New Lamson Speedster Fly Reels

Our buddies at Lamson have just put out a new reel called the speedster. In short it's cool and we've all decided to buy them for ourselves. The log description is, the speedster is an ultra large ...

Last Casts on Lake Otamangakau

Over the weekend my brother and I joined a few friends to fish Lake Otamangakau before it closes. In addition to a few inches of rain over the two days we got stuck into a bunch of great rainbows. ...

Fish Envy 2010

I've definately tried my best this year, but with a number of blank days under the belt, a bunch of NZ's best rivers covered and some of NZ's best fishermen to help me along the way I haven't caugh...

Filming of Manic Guide to Casting DVD

I've just got back from 4 days filming a beginners guide to fly casting. The DVD has been filmed and is being edited by Carl McNeil of On the Fly, who you will know from his first film Once in a Bl...

Damsel Attack

This warm weather seems to have really brought on the insect hatches. And on our stillwaters there is no insect more prevalent at this time of the year than damsels. Here are a few pics from Gary L...

Lake Aniwhenua and Spring Dry Fly Action

I'm not even going to start the story of how bad my opening day was. So instead I thought I'd reflect back on a great day a couple of weeks back on Lake Aniwhenua. This was our first fish of the da...

Southland Fish Raging

Sometimes you need to simply let loose and "fish rage". In other words take some time out to just eat, sleep and fish without any other distractions in place. For me there is no where better to do ...

Difficult fish late in the season

It's at this time of the year when many river fish are coming off their high of smashing terrestrials on the surface and the cooler water temperatures are starting to turn their bodies onto spawnin...

Stalking Lake Edges

Summer is a little delayed, in case you haven't noticed. So if you're a once a year Christmas holidays angler you may find things a little different this year. Different, maybe! But most likely, it...