Hi All, Today I guided a delightful couple from Lincolnshire in the UK that spent the night staying at Spot X Lodge and were all geared up for battling big New Zealand fish when I pulled into the driveway on a very misty drizzly morning. Bob and Shaine had some experience with fly casting and assured me that if I put them in the right place they could deal to our fiesty trout and have a fantastic day. We arrived to the river in the pouring rain and trudged our way up the bank to a place that suited both of them and began casting in the obvious areas of where fish would lie and feed. I had high hopes as the this area has not seen much rain and it could bring the fish on the feed just nice which I was right and it was not long and Bob was hooked up to a steam train that was taking him onto his backing and had Bob re thinking his thoughts on trout and their capabilities, unfortunatley Bob locked the reel up and the fish escaped with a full set of flies connected to it’s lip. Both Bob and Shain had continious hook up’s through the morning and afternoon and showed some great skills in landing a few fiesty hard fighting Rainbows that were all in great condition and was obvious that they had fed well over the summer months. The poms managed to hook a total of ten good fish but only landed 4 as they were not used to the larger rivers and stronger fighting fish of New Zealand. Shain actually asked me to find her some smaller fish to play as she was finding hard to hold onto the steam trains that grabbed her natural nymphs, it’s an odd request it’s usually the other way around. It was a pleasure to fish with you both and I hope to share simallar experiences with you both in the future have a great holiday.

Tight lines, Andrew Christmas