Went fishing yesterday and part of today with a local Turangi friend Damien and had a great afternoon yesterday with around 8 or 9 hookups but a slower afternoon today with 3 hookups for Damien. Fished with the Ausie guys I guided on Sunday this morning and explored a little new water where we did manage to hook a couple and successfully managed a deep crossing though Ian took a small involuntary swim before we attempted the crossing. The fishing is certainly OK at the moment if you are the correct spot but the clear conditions are making it hard for some people and most people would still describe the fishing as hard for this time of the year.

Am progressing with my friend Johan with a new set of instructional pages and videos for my site which will show demonstrations and tying instructions for several useful fly patterns for this area as well as slow motion single handed spey casting techniques - hoping to have some of the spey casting stuff sorted by the end of the weekend. It has been difficult finding a good day to get the filiming today in recent weeks.