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- A Top Trout Fly Lure – The Woolly Bugger
By Alan Burgess of fishingmag.co.nz I remember some years ago being in a local tackle store in Christchurch – which shall remain nameless. Whenever the … Continue reading - Obsession with Pine Trees an Environmental and People DisasterPress release – Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations of NZ An outdoor and conservation forum says the loss of a boy’s life at Waikanae Beach … Continue reading
- The Rakaia River – We Don’t Need Another Bloody Model!Opinion by Dr Peter Trolove Subtitle:-Laws Without Enforcement Are Meaningless Last Thursday, (26 January), I attended a small meeting comprised of anglers and others concerned about … Continue reading
- A Puzzling Day – November 23, 1935This article was published in the January 1936 issue of the “New Zealand Fishing and Shooting Gazette” No sport in the world can perplex its … Continue reading
- Streams Drying Up Under Onslaught of Pine Treesby Ben Hope Late last year, research commissioned by Federated Farmers and Beef + Lamb New Zealand (B+LNZ), found 54 percent of New Zealanders want … Continue reading
- Trout fishing tips to improve your catchFrom The Fishing Website Late night fishing for trophy fish Often trout become shyer as we move towards summer in response to angling pressure. Sea-run … Continue reading
- BEHOLD, THE BEST TROUT FLY IN THE WORLD!from NZ Trout App So, you now know what a fly is, what it is intended to do, who makes them and where to get … Continue reading
- Tony Orman and Black Tail Creekor perhaps Nothing Gained Without Effort It had been a week of rain at home – every day! It did not really matter I thought … Continue reading
- The Businessman and the Fishermanby “Trutta” One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line … Continue reading
- Of Trout and Educationby Tony Orman Remember the good old days when we had a five day working week, there were no trout fishing guides, virtually no 4 … Continue reading
- Fly Pattern or Presentation?by Ben Hope The other day I came across an article from the US where the author said that trout brains are small, they’re not very … Continue reading
- Of Soft Hackled Fliesby Tony Orman Once in the US at a Federation of Fly Fishers’ Conclave,in Eugene, Oregon, I met trout fishing author Sylvester Nemes. Sylvester was … Continue reading
- Some Thoughts on Trout Fishing Managementby Tony Orman One winter morning quite a few decades ago, I took three trout on a Hawkes Bay river. Winter fishing had just been … Continue reading
- The Environmental Disaster of Carbon FarmingOpinion by Tony Orman In April last year, I went trout fishing to a stream that is a tributary of the Wairau River. … Continue reading
- Misguided, Ill-conceived DOC’s Whitebait “Management”Trout have often been blamed as invasive predators of whitebait by Forest and bird and DOC but a Waikanae whitebait Steve Veail, former national president … Continue reading
- Great Book on How Glaciers Have Moulded New Zealand“Vanishing Ice” subtitled “Stories of New Zealand’s Glaciers” by Lynley Hargreaves, published by Potton and Burton. Price $59.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman Perhaps you’ve been fishing a … Continue reading
- The Best Dry and Nymph Trout Flies?From Epic Flyfishing USA (abridged) Ok, I’ve led you astray, there aren’t ten, there are three, maybe four. Stick with me here. Thinking back over the past … Continue reading
- Don’t Forget Wee Wet Flies and Kate McLarenby Tony Orman You may be too young to remember the little wet flies that were all the vogue in trout fishing prior to the … Continue reading
- Is Catch and Release As Good As It Feels?by Tony Orman Frank Murphy has fished the upper Motu River situated between Whakatane and Gisborne for just on 40 years.He spent some nine younger … Continue reading
- Classic Essay: Fly Fishing, Mindfulness, and the ArtOrvis Staff Posted on January 8, 2020Categories Fly Fishing Written by: Donald Richard, Brattleboro Retreat Fly fishing and mindfulness practice can go hand-in-hand, allowing you to experience the … Continue reading
- Unsustainable Water Management“The release of the LAWA monitoring reports for 1727 river and lake sites reveals a national disgrace 82% of monitored lowland lakes are in a … Continue reading
- Carbon Mining – Short Term Gain, Long Term Pain.Opinion from Pure Advantage There is a new risk to you – the taxpayer – from the government’s recent decision to back off from excluding exotic … Continue reading
- NZ’s Predator Free 2050 Pointless and Cruel?(special report) An European scientist is calling on New Zealand to stop its poisoning of pests under Pest Free 2050 policy as it is impossible … Continue reading
- Fenced Riparian Strips – a Clayton’s Solution?By Tony Orman In 2017 the late Bill Benfield wrote an excellent book “Water Quality and Ownership” published by Tross Publishing, in which he criticised … Continue reading
- Stories from Our Back RoadsBook Review: “Stories from Our Back Roads” by Ray Stone. Two volumes at $49.99 each, i.e. North Island and South Island. Reviewed by Tony … Continue reading
- Dirty Truth About the Waikato RiverFrom Radio NZ Radio NZ journalist Farah Hancock has lifted the lid on the reality of the Waikato River which from its pristine water outlet … Continue reading
- Peter Trolove Responds to Big IrrigatorsOriginally intended to be a comment attached to David Williams story here about noncompliance with the Rakaia NWCO, NZFFA Chairman Peter Trolove’s thoughts elevated to … Continue reading
- Big irrigator’s water takes ‘potentially non-compliant’Original posted at https://www.newsroom.co.nz/big-irrigators-water-takes-potentially-non-compliant Regional council ECan outlines the difficulty of monitoring Rakaia River consents, and how little it knows. David Williams reports Fresh analysis … Continue reading
- Guy Trafford takes a critical looks at Mike Joy’s latest attack on the impact of dairyingOriginal posting from interest.co.nz Guy Trafford takes a critical looks at Mike Joy’s latest attack on the impact of dairying on the Canterbury Plains’ groundwater … Continue reading
- The real cost of dairyFrom the Otago Daily Times: During the past few decades we have wrought the most massive changes to New Zealand’s environment since fire was used … Continue reading
