Went for a brief fish with past clients and friends Glen And Theresa Good on Saturday morning. By the time I dragged myself out of bed and caught up with them on the river they had already landed 4 Rainbows. Glen added another to that talley and myself a further 1 before the wind got up and we moved to find a less windy position. We found a less windy position but the fishing wasn’t all that hot which was expected given the conditions and time of year. Later in the afternoon I had a brief flick out in a back-country spot and landed 2 nice browns in the 3 – 4 pound range and lost a good Rainbow around 4 pounds also.

Have basically been focused getting the new boat ready rather than fishing the past couple of weeks but am pleased to say that hopefully the boat will be on the water and ready for chartering within the next couple of weeks – so I can get back to fishing and earning some money rather than spending it! The goal is to have this boat offering sportfishing options out of the Bay Of Islands (including salt-fly) during the summer and to have another smaller center console boat ready also for October 1 to give an extra option based out of Turangi/Taupo when conditions don’t suit fishing rivers or lakes from the shore. The boat in progress at the moment has been modified to be virtually snag-free and completely walk-around to suit fly fishing but is also incredibly sea-worthy and is offshore rated to get to get fishermen safely and comfortably out to the good fishing. We hope to be offering fly fishing tours in the near future that involve pick-up and drop off from Auckland airport and then an on tour fishing trip fishing and sight seeing around the Central North Island for trout and then sea fishing as well in the Bay Of Islands as well as a couple of other North Island locations. We are also considering at some stage adding hunting if required into these packages.