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New Zealand & Australia Fly Fishing Blog

It’s the small things that make all the difference and covering all those bases are what keep the top anglers in fish. While we are all looking forward to the upcoming winter ‘swing season’ and sor...

These Boot are Made for Walking Okay, I have an admission to make. I’ve long had a love/hate relationship with wading apparel. In my experience, the gear that works best at keeping you upright, dry...

Techy Thursday - The Loon Hot Box

The Loon Hot Box is a simple compartment style fly box for keeping those top flies close at hand. No more dipping in to your pack for recruitments or packing heavy for that evening flick down at th...

As you're all well aware, it has been an interesting and certainly confusing time for fishos here in Australia. On a state level most regulations have been different so the fishing trips have been ...

So when Andrew Harding offered to send us this mounted monster Tongariro brown that has been retrofitted with some super sweet boar tusks we were in two minds what we could actually do with it. Add...

Manic Monday - Win an AFO Experience

If, like us you're getting bored as hell during this lockdown, why not put that potential energy into something worthwhile? The majority of us are sitting at home, dreaming of time on the water, ty...

The Primal Raw 8'6" 4wt is a gem of a rod for my twig water territory. The light touch when I first picked it up was delicate; I'm not a fan of a heavy blank, especially in the factor of finesse fi...

Another week, and another question has arrived in my inbox. This week, Mark emails: “Hi Chris, hope you going well? A question please. Which current line do you think best suits the 6wt Scott Radia...

Given the nature of my role at Manic I’m in the slightly weird position of living vicariously through New Zealand and Australia's best, busiest and most passionate anglers on a daily basis, acting ...