Trout Fisher Magazine

I’m not entirely sure what the percentage breakdown is of a trout’s diet would be, in regards to, sub-surface versus surface fodder, but often quotes like “80% of a trout’s diet is nymph based” or “99% of the time, trout feed subsurface” are thrown a

It took two tough months' fishing, an alternative material and four lost fish, to bring me back to scuffed fluorocarbon. Although there have been plenty of blanks since, I strongly suspect fish spotted the silk too easily in the lake and possibly, th

A nice simple entrée or lunch dish for the Christmas Festive season. The gazpacho (Spanish chilled tomato soup) can be made a day in advance so an easy one to put together. The smoked trout here are Tongariro trout fillets frozen, thawed in the refri

An incident that renders an angler unable to fish for several weeks is one not easily forgotten. My mishap occurred on April 3, 2004. I know that for certain. The lack of the usual regular fishing diary entries from that day onwards for several weeks

Primal rods are the tangible result of decades of hard earned fly fishing expertise. These are rods designed by people who have fished and designed rods for a very long time. So it should come as no surprise that the end result is a premium level, hi

Opening day is a great tradition. It’s always more about getting out on the water with valued friends than about catching copious quantities of trout. Early season fishing is never easy with high rivers, cold water temperatures, windy conditions, and

As the muffled rumblings of a motorbike breached my thin-walled sanctuary, long idle synapses fired and conspired to trick me into hearing the familiar sounds of the night watchman (yomawari) puttering about the narrow, twisted lanes of my old neighb

Yippee, my campsite is securely set for another season after coming very close to not making it this year! This year I couldn’t be bothered with all the hullabaloo of gathering in the waiting area, the night before the gates open. I lined up the day