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River Reports
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Choice As Bro - New Zealand . Part One
Sat 18th May, 2013
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| Its always interesting reading visiting anglers impressions of New Zealand. For the last few years Tazzie angler Paul Anderson has been coming here for his summer fly fishing fix. This year he brought along a couple of mates, Brendan Turiff ... aka Beevor and Shaun Scarfe ... aka Scarfey. Brendan { above right }was tasked with writing about their trip and over the next couple of weeks you can read all about it. Thanks guys. For those of you who don't like using indicators tied on snap links this first part also has a video demonstrating a great alternative from Barry Dombro at www.strikeindica ... |
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Tongariro river update.
Tue 14th May, 2013
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| A beautiful Autumn day in Turangi with temperatures reaching the low twenties by mid-morning. With little or no wind and not too many anglers on the river I can't think of a better place to be. Anglers are reporting a real mixture of fish and you never know what you'll encounter from one cast to the next. The best way to increase your chances is to keep on the move because its still early days and the distribution of trout seems to be very uneven. I didn't get on the river until after lunch and other than a couple of skinny hens I'd relocated three times before I found a few decent fish later ... |
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Another sliding indicator.
Sun 12th May, 2013
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| I don't miss much about the UK ... but one thing I do miss is the huge choice of fishing tackle available there. Trout fishing, sea fishing and coarse angling are all extremely popular pastimes in Britain and there is an endless supply of good quality equipment to cater for every branch of the sport. But it isn’t only the big items. I'm a sucker for gadgets ... always have been. Pop into any U.K angling store and its like an Aladdin's cave with heaps of little bits and bobs that make make life easier for the fisho. Over there its known collectively as terminal tackle and it seems as if some ... |
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