Archive for January, 2008
Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Exploring North Island Spring Creeks
Explored a couple more areas of a nearby spring fed stream with Ross Novak today. Neither of us hooked any but I did manage a take on dry and Ross a couple of missed takes on Nymph in one section where we came across 4 brown trout in the 2 - 3 kilo range. It [...]
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Saturday, January 5th, 2008
Discovered Another Great New Zealand Dry Fly River
Went fishing with my Alaskan friend Ross Novak today to a river that he hasn’t fished for a few years and I had never fished before. It was an interesting river and we hooked several fish around 2 pounds and 1 of around 3.5 pounds. Also had a few other missed takes. The river [...]
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Friday, January 4th, 2008
Exploring Spring Creeks
Explored a few new spring fed streams today with my Alaskan friend Ross Novak. One stream was a winner with good numbers of brown trout feeding and though not easy fish, we managed to hook four and land 3. saw the biggest eel of my life at around 5 to 6 feet long which meant [...]
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Guiding Mike Davies North Island Fly Fishing - Day 2
Guided Mike Davies from England for the 2nd day today and chose an easier going farmland type river to save his recently injured knee from giving him any grief. The fishing was a little tough with an angler encounter on the river - struck other fishermen who decided to jump in the river 100 [...]
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Good Fishing For Mike Davis From England
A beatiful sunny day greeted Mike Davis from England this morning on a beatiful New Zealand back country river. The fishing was good as usual with Mike landing 6 out of 10 hooked of which the biggest was this 6 pound rainbow and 3 of the others landed were over 4 pounds. The walk up [...]
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
Back From Holiday
Just got back from my holiday up North since boxing day. Went fishing and free-diving nearly every day of course. Caught a few snapper and crayfish then decided to return a few days early to guide tomorrow and avoid yet another day of sea-sickness!
Tongariro Report
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River Conditions: Low and clear
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