Techy Thursdays - Conquering dirty water

"Whats plan B Chris?" Wild weather can hit at anytime of the year here in NZ and there is nothing more disheartening to the weekend warrior than finally getting time off from commitments and findin...

A rainy day wander

Despite the poor weather forecast Matt and Chris headed out for an explore and a fish on Saturday. The river was pretty clear when they arrived but as expected the rain set in and quickly gave this...

Cast a Radian at the Melbourne 4X4 Show this weekend!

Darren Asquith aka Squish is the man behind Untamed Flies & Tackle and he's going to be spending this weekend parked up at The Melbourne 4X4 Show with a bunch of Scott Radians for you to try ou...

Manic Mondays - One month left...

The title says it all really. One more month and we're into the season and hopefully we'll all be seeing a bit of this: PHOTO: Kiyoshi Nakagawa And the best way to kill the next month is to pull al...

Techy Thursdays - Learn the Tongariro Roll Cast

The Tongariro Roll Cast is a bit of a legend around Taupo ways and the man behind the technique is offering up another clinic Saturday the 30th of August. This cast is a development of roll and spe...

Salty Saturday - Fly Guys Beginners Guide to SWF

If you follow our blog then you'll be well aware of the great work that the team at Big Angry Fish have been doing recently in the form of sight fishing for snapper on the NZ flats . Hopefully this...

Manic Mondays - Sight fishing to snapper on the flats? In NZ?

The crew at Big Angry Fish really stepped it up a notch yesterday with some epic sight fishing to snapper in estuary shallows on the fly. We are very stoked to be involved in our small way with Sco...

Manic Mondays - 43 days to go

It's not long until we're kicking off the new season again, time flies...sort of. At least we have winter fishing available most places if you need your fix or, if you're like me you like to do a b...

Salty Saturday - Satori

Fly Fishing for Permit is a religion. Its about being in the moment and connecting with something natural, spiritual and surreal all at once. It's about the process and letting go. It's the instant...