Rookie Jack continued to fling his green and white UV Z-Spinner into the ebb tide of the Waimakariri Estuary until its shoreward travel was interrupted by a large Chinook salmon.
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Just imagine digging your toes into warm white sand, peering out over a turquoise ocean while listening to the water softly lap at the shore.
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I must admit, my first forays into fishing for trout in Canterbury’s braided river systems were a total failure.
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A once-in-a-blue-moon event describes the result of a trip to Lake Coleridge with my brother last June.
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With the ban on international travel, one would assume that angling foot traffic would ease on New Zealand’s rivers.
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It was a 5am start on a Friday morning as my friend Jeanna and her dad rolled into the driveway with the boat and fishing bows in tow.
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During the years my mates and I fished the Tongariro River, our go-to place to crash was the Tongariro Fishing Lodge located in Taupahi Road, Turangi.
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Every now and then, my home becomes a ‘fishing lodge’. So, how does a suburban bungalow with three bedrooms, one garage and a lemon tree become a fishing lodge?
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Spending time flyfishing in the backcountry of NZ with friends is hard to beat ...
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When the temperature gauge on the display proclaims an ambient temperature of minus 8 and rime ice glistens on every surface, it’s probably time to question one’s sanity.
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Lockdowns, skill shortages, intergenerational inequalities. There’s no doubt about it … discontent stalks the land. Our response?
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It’s obvious that Percy Bysshe Shelley, concluding his poem about the ‘wild west wind’, wasn’t one to long for the opportunities that winter fishing affords ...
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