Trout Fisher Magazine

For the first time in the organisation’s history Sport Fly Fishing New Zealand has named a women’s team to compete internationally at World Championship level – The New Zealand Fly Ferns. This team of dedicated female anglers are growing their craft

A nother challenge in my life continues and in flyfishing, the need for constant selfmotivation is what I quickly picked up from Mike Weddell’s latest book. I’ve read it three times over the past issue, because we think so much alike in so many ways

It was known as “The Trout Fishing Capital Of The World”, however endowing Turangi with such a title these days is a bit of a stretch. The fish are far smaller, a 5lb fish worthy of a photo opportunity, whereas in the 80’s such a fish would be classe

2016 seems like a long, long time ago. That’s when my Kiwi wife Miri decided that 35 years in Australia was enough, and it was time to go home. The move took more than a little longer than originally planned, but in May 2021 we finally touched down h

Once a year we travel north to meet up with our sons to spend a few days fishing and socialising at the wonderful Creel Lodge on the Tongariro River. Last season we were invited along to a Rotary Meeting and Dinner following Peter (Trout Fisher Edito

I began trout fishing 66 years ago and like many others who wield a fly rod, I started my angling journey as a spin fisher. However, almost from the very beginning, I was a sight fisher. I learned very early that while I caught a few fish when castin

Trout Fisher copy deadline was today but I went fishing instead! Accompanied by my friend Rob Blackbeard from the Nelson Trout Fishing Club we headed over the hill into Marlborough and rainbow trout country. On the drive over we talked about our coll

Life throws a few curve balls and as such my fishing this year to date has been extremely limited. As we grow older we lose the flexibility of youth and health issues take much longer to overcome than what they used to. Good things inevitably will ta

I stared at the phone in contemplation. Job on the rocks due to Covid, massive uncertainty at what the new year would bring, but my arm didn’t take much twisting; from the moment those characters were radiated, my mind was already made up. The lure o

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