Team Tuesday - Kunio Onishi

Kunio Onishi is our fly fishing ninja mate from down Taupo ways and if you're in anyway spey-curious then he is the guy to talk to. If there's is someone that spends a lot of time switching it up o...

Salty Saturdays - Scott Thomas checks in

"We had a couple of cyclones earlier that shut the flats down but now with the weather heating up I will be able to get out a bit more and keep putting the Scott Radian #9 to work, check out this E...

Come along to Ballingers Hunting & Fishing next Tuesday

Attention all Canterbury fisherman! Rene will be in the neighbourhood next Tuesday so pop along to Ballingers Hunting & Fishing and cast a few rods and pick his brains about all things fishing....

Team Tuesday - John & Geoff at the Youth Worlds

You may have seen that John Gummer and Geoffery Berntsen have recently been over in Colorado competing at the World Youth Fly Fishing Championships. Well it's all wrapped up now and here's an updat...

Techy Thursdays - Kaikoura's Blue Moki

A coastal species commonly ranging south from Auckland Islands to Stewart Island at the bottom of the South Island and East toward the Chatham Islands, where the water is cold and nutrient rich. St...

Team Tuesday - Kaikoura Salmon Enhancement Society

The Kaikoura Salmon Enhancement Society Inc is an non-profit organization. Formed in 2013, its current aim is to release salmon into Lyell Creek. We released 10,000 young salmon (smolt) into Lyell ...

Friday Fly Day - The new Ultimate Eggs are here

The egg, but ULTIMATE!! There's some marketing hype for ya, but seriously these are some pretty cool eggs that have just rolled into the warehouse. Basically they're the "traditional" yarn but with...

Techy Thursdays - Oh baby it's cold outside

-6c... Didn't expect that. Here's a couple of quick tips to help you fish effectively when it's less than tropical. 1: wear good gloves. Can't fish if the finingers won't function. I'm a fan of the...

Charles Smith Switches It Up

Charles Smith has been switching it up on the canals, using the Airflo Switch rod, 390 gr Skagit Switch head and Airlo Fast Sink 10' polyleader to great effect.