Fishing For Kingfish | Spring Fly Fishing Tauranga Harbour

With the start of a new flats saltwater fly fishing season comes a lot of expectation and excitement, especially so when youäó»ve been patiently waiting for the planets to align so you can get back...

Dore's Mr Glister Tungsten Streamer

Quite simply, large backcountry browns in spooky water don't always require a subtle approach: in fact, this will more often than not result in them swimming hastily for cover as they sense the sli...

Learning To Fly Fish with Ben Brown Of Built To Fish TV

We sat down with super offshore salty geezer, Ben Brown, this week for a catch up about his foray in to the world of freshwater fishing. When it comes to the salt, thereäó»s really only a few other...

Getting Started In Fly Fishing | Five Tips

Thinking about getting into fly fishing? Sheezey itäó»s easy. If you can touch your ear you can throw a backcast. If you can point your finger at a target, you can throw a forward cast. Pause a lit...

10 Tricks & Tips For Fishing In Taupo

The central North Island spawning runs are famed the world over, and for good reason, the fishing in Taupo can be super, or it can be utterly poop! Sadly, for many newcomers to fishing the Tongarir...

Fishing Estuaries | An Overlooked Fly Fishing Option

You know trout live in tidal estuaries year round right? And with the majority of NZäó»s population living somewhat near the coast, chances are thereäó»s a river mouth open near you. Fishing estu...

Five Saltwater Fly Lessons To Save The Day

Itäó»s easy to take the good days saltwater fly fishing for granted, but what do you do in the face of adversity when your chips are down, and you feel like youäó»ve gone all in? It might be simple...

Chris Dore's Depth Control flies

In fly fishing, every now and then something rocks the fly tying world. Chris Dore tends to rock the fly fishing world more often than others. The man fishes more than fish themselves so its little...

Pure Fly NZ Series 3 - Mike Kirkpatrick's Trophy Tips

Have you been on the internet lately? Oh good, so you would have seen Mike just straight killing it, catching huge numbers of New Zealand trophy brown trout. It's been impossible to miss. Surely ...