New Zealand & Australia Fly Fishing Blog

18 inches (a shade below 3lbs) being the average size

but during a good rise the angler will find himself with countless opportunities for deceiving free rising southern trout. How you handle the excit...

and even throughout the spinner fall

those prospecting the bases of ripples with a suitable nymph or wet fly can pull up some good fish. Traditional wet flies such as the dark red spin...

and ultimately congregate in backwaters

eddies

do not believe the dry fly opportunities are over.

high viz parachute pattern tied onto the tippet

then on a dropper off the bend of this

and it is often difficult to decide if the rise was to your fly

or to a natural. This is when the use of two dries comes into play.

and upstream reach mends to facilitate longer downstream

drag free drifts and absolute fly first presentations.