Posts made in April, 2011

Interesting Things 1

Posted by on Apr 13, 2011 in Everything Else, Fly Fishing, Fly Tying | 0 comments

I’m planning every-so-often having a post about some interesting things I have found and here comes number one! Up today is one of the best looking flies I have seen in quite a while and an account of quite an epic summer trip across the Fiordland mountains. Click on the pics to follow the links. The Fly – The Fiordland Trip – Hope you enjoy these two as much as I...

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The Weekends That Weren’t

Posted by on Apr 12, 2011 in Fly Fishing, New Zealand | 0 comments

April has arrived and that spells the last month of the season for many waters here in New Zealand. Fortunately a lot of the mountain waters remain open until the end of May to give me some more fishing time! I have to make up for the 6 weeks lost with the broken foot afterall. Weekend 1 saw a two day trip to a backcountry river. The drive there was pretty spectacular, the sun was high in the sky and it was warm. Typical that we were driving and not fishing that day. Myself, Char, Tay and Pete arrived at the river in darkness and spent 4 hours hiking up the track in the dark. It’s not...

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