How to Spot Fish - Dealing With The Dreaded Fly Fishing Glare

It’s never too glary to find a few fish, you just have to adapt your strategy.

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Intake Now Open For Salt Fly School Term 2

Too slow to pull the trigger on the first Salt Fly School? Here's your chance at redemption, due to popular demand Lucas from King Tide Salt Fly is running a second term on Saturday, November 7th s...

The Tasmanian trout season got underway to a good start, with enthusiastic anglers braving cold conditions finding some nice fish. After the interrupted end to last season due to restrictions creat...

Friday Fly Day - Whitebait Flies

So the fishing has been slow the past few days but by changing flies regularly and switching up the retrieve, enough fish have been coming to the net in the estuary. When I switch out my whitebait ...

Techy Thursday - Chasing Whitebait

The Whitebait have begun their annual run and on our Southern Estuaries, so have the juvenile Lamprey. Accordingly, the fish are becoming more active as things transition into spring and are turnin...

A high riding, easy to see indicator is a pleasure to watch bouncing its way downstream. Even more so as it disappears. There is a world of difference between the larger, denser, clip on indicators...

With very little rain of recent a common complaint we are seeing around the traps is that the rivers are getting low and anglers are often left scratching for fish. Those who are still using the sa...

One of the good things to have come out of 2020 so far has been the resurgence of the good old Kiwi holiday. New Zealanders have been flocking to renowned local hotspots, previously deterred by the...

Attention North Islanders! Now is your chance to get some first hand tuition from Mr Lockdown Lessons himself, Chris Dore . Chris is escaping the south island for a few days and will be in Turangi ...

I have been asked a lot recently about which running lines I favour for winter swinging and in most instances my response is unequivocally Airflo Miracle Braid. It’s easy to handle, shoots like a M...