November

 

 

 

The 1st of November sees the highland and backcountry rivers open.

We’ve had a mixed bag with the weather but some good fish have been brought to the net, in fact the largest Brown Trout I have got a client onto was caught this month and weighed in at a whopping 15lb.

Federico Caloi

It was such a treat getting this fish,Fedrico had booked 2 days but the night before our first day it rained very hard and all the rivers colored.

Frederico said he wanted to go, even if he just had one shot all day, I told him of a spot I had seen a good fish while hunting down south over winter, it was a long drive and a good walk. Federico got 3 shots before she took the fly, it was quite a sight watching this girl, tail walking all over the show.Well done Federico, we caught some fish the next day but this is the one we remember.

Wilderness Fishing

One of my favorite parts of fly fishing is where it takes you, I often say to people if you travel with a fly rod you will see some of the best sights a country has to offer.

When you get to go places like this the job never gets old.

Most of these places we never see another person let alone another angler.

Camping out is always a good way to make the most of your time on the water, and sitting around the camp fire telling yarns is always good too.

This month we have had some good wilderness fishing, some being accessed by helicopter, some by boat and some by 4WD, but really, it still comes down to putting in the effort once your on the ground.

I work a lot with a mate Henare Deewes from dreamwaters.co.nz, people say we are a great team and sometimes on our real wilderness fishing trips, we go one on one with clients, its a great way to get the most out of it. We have been working that much together with fishing and other trips, we have started another website, check it out sionz.co .

This is classic example of wilderness fishing, but still putting in the effort.

I caught this fish with Henare, but don’t think these beauties come easy, this is on day 3 of a 4 day camp out by ourselves, we didn’t see one other person.

You need to be fit and prepared to put in a good effort for these type of fish, but man it sure is worth the effort, to be honest it is this type of fishing I find the most rewarding.

A beautiful Rainbow.

5 nice fish hooked and landed in this pool alone, well worth the walk and extra effort, just to be here was so cool let alone the fishing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom and Meg Gordon understand NZ fishing, the rivers got a load of water before we went out, they knew using the boat and doing some yards was the only way we were going to make it happen on that day.

 

I have a few more days booked to round out the month and am looking forward to summer really kicking in.

Next post will be end of December so merry Xmas everyone, take care and of course, tight lines.

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