Well I have just had a busy last week guiding and there has been some excellent fly fishing opportunities as our season runs into Autumnal conditions. We have a month to go before the South Island's low country rivers close at the end of April and another month until the end of May when the high country rivers close here in the South Island.
It's a great time to be out on the water with very few anglers around compared to the main summer months and with some great mayfly action coming up until the end of the season you knwo I will be out there getting stuck into it.
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Showing posts with label flyfishing. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Summer Time and Cicada's
We had a great weekend's Safari fly fishing trip to a remote backcountry river and the cicada's were going off. Check out A 70's Safari Party clip!
I am now away again for a 2 day trip into Southland and the weather is looking great so no doubt more terrestials will get used to tempt the hungry trout to the surface.
We are staring to see more settle weather coming thru but as always the odd frontal system has been coming in but moving out quickly as the next good high ridges in so now is a great time to be Fly Fishing New Zealand
I am now away again for a 2 day trip into Southland and the weather is looking great so no doubt more terrestials will get used to tempt the hungry trout to the surface.
We are staring to see more settle weather coming thru but as always the odd frontal system has been coming in but moving out quickly as the next good high ridges in so now is a great time to be Fly Fishing New Zealand
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Handcrafted Bamboo Rod update
Chris Carlin of Far North Rod Smiths emailed me yesterday to say that he had finished making my rod and is starting the big journey to NZ. I will be hooking up with Chris when he gets down my way and will be looking after him on the water for a day'a real New Zealand fly fishing and get him into some big South Island brown trout. Maybe I wil get a chance to cast the rod? Probably another day!
He sent me some photos of the bamboo rod, a 8'6" 5wt 3 piece of handcrafted beauty. I greatly admire the skill and effort that goes into making rods like this. Even many of the tools required to make these stunning rods can't be bought but have to be made by the rod maker themselves.
Check out the accompanying photos and remember to give Chris a buzz (when he finishes his NZ vacation) and order yourself one of his stunning rods - it will be a rod for life!
Tight Lines,
Simon
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Fly Fishing New Zealand - another summer week
Oh, the NZ school holidays are finished so most Kiwis are back at work until the weekend so its a great time to becoming fly fishing in New Zealand over the next few months.
Friday, January 16, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
A week in Southland and Otago Fly fishing
Please check out the accompanying video fly fishing blog that goes with this post.
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