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New Zealand & Australia Fly Fishing Blog

Salty Saturday - Bonefish, meet Mr Chu

Hmm, seems like this is becoming quite the familiar sight, not that we'd ever get sick of it. Mr Chu with yet another Aitutaki Bonefish from his recent trip.

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Friday Fly Day - April Film Flies

As the days grow short and temperatures drop, the trout begin to lift to the plethora of mayflies hatching out while conditions are optimal. A glance at most anglers fly patches usually reveals a p...

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Salty Saturday - Adventure Angler finishes on a high

This is one for our Aussie brethren, one not to miss! "This weeks episode of Adventure Angler TV is the last of season six! For our finale, I team up with my old mate Dave Bradley on the Hinchinbro...

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Friday Fly Day - Autumn Spinners: The Patterns

So if you didn't get see yesterdayäó»s Techy Thursday dropping of knowledge on spinner falls, then you need to go check it. If you caught it, then here is the dime on tactical spinner imitations to...

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Manic Monday - Chris Dore wins the Waipahi!

Very happy to have the privilege of winning Gold in the 132nd annual Waipahi Gold Medal fishing competition yesterday on my debut. This is possibly New Zealand's oldest fishing competition now in i...

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Team Tuesday - Rob Vaz

Rob Vaz sent us these pics from the weekend just been, and as per usual he's clocking great numbers of fish.

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Techy Thursday - Autumn tip 2: understanding the spinnerfall

Autumn's kicking it up a gear and lately we have experienced some cracking spinner falls here in the South, but many struggle to identify the difference between a rise to a spinner, and a rise to a...

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50 Experts Share Their 3 Best Fly Fishing Tips

John Lewis of Epicwilderness.com has put together a very comprehensive selection of tips, tricks and learnings from some of the best in the business. Fifty experts sharing their top three tips? Tha...

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Manic Monday - Andy Trowbridge photography

We're not just fishing geeks here at Manic, we also love to nerd out on photography and related equipment. Andy Trowbridge is much the same except that his photography level far exceeds anything we...

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