“If Winter Comes … can spring be far behind?”
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 ...
Read MoreIt’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 ...
Read MoreIt must be hard for more recent generations to understand, but for much of the previous century when trout were caught, it was deeply engrained in our psyche to kill and eat them.
Read MoreGrowing up in Colorado, I was fortunate to have ample opportunity to hone my fishing skills on trout; even though we were able to go to New Zealand ...
Read More“No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” So wrote Heraclitus some 2500 years ago.
Read MoreThe sea-run Chinook salmon fishery in New Zealand is little more than a hundred years old.
Read MoreA few years ago, I changed from being almost totally focused on trout as my freshwater fishing obsession to targeting perch in our local area.
Read More‘Where, what, how and why?’ That old chestnut! I’m pretty sure the first time I heard that, I was at school.
Read MoreThe trout was lying exactly where my brother had hooked (and lost) it the previous month; but instead of lining it up himself, he generously directed me to a casting position downstream.
Read MoreThere was a piece of paper sitting by the photocopier. Under the heading ‘Boys’ were three questions: ...
Read More“To whitebaiters, many things about whitebait remain a mystery. But one thing they all agree on is the need to monitor and manage the pastime so that the generations to come can also share the camaraderie, the peace and beauty of unspoiled coastal river environments, and most of all the thrill of catching a tasty feed.”
Read MoreTrout fishing and the fanatics who indulge in it have one failing in that they tend to make the task doubly difficult by creating an air of mystique about the ways and means to catch a trout.
Read MoreMost of us who hunt or fish can recall the names of those who’ve mentored us. In the same way that we’ve benefitted from their willingness to pass on ...
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