by Dr. Peter Trolove President NZ Federation Freshwater Anglers  Introduction:- Stokell’s Smelt has been in serious decline for a number of years now. Dr Peter … Continue reading →

by Tony Orman Fish and Game NZ has come out opposed to trout farming says a front page article by Amber Allot in this morning’s … Continue reading →

With apologies to The King’s Breakfast by A.A. Milne by Peter Trolove An angler went a fishing, his day became a frown With plants and … Continue reading →

Opinion by Tony Orman   Satellite imagery carried out by the Hawke’s Bay Regional Council reveals hundreds of thousands of tonnes of sediment in some … Continue reading →

Opinion by James Speedy Should a government be boss? Should government tell the people what to do? Or should the elected body do as the … Continue reading →

Further nitrate testing of water in Canterbury streams and rivers continues to reveal an alarming and deteriorating situation that demands urgent and immediate action says … Continue reading →

UK actor Geoffrey Palmer greatly loved for his film and tv roles roles in such sitcoms as Butterflies, As Time Goes By and The Fall … Continue reading →

Book Review: “Where Is it? – a Wildlife Hunt for Kiwi Kids” by Ned Barraud, published by Potton and Burton, price $19.99 Ned Barraud — … Continue reading →

An Opinion by Michael Charity After reading Rupert Pye’s comments  here’s some quick, random thoughts on the new cabinet of the Labour Government. It is … Continue reading →

A political comment by Rupert Pye A curate’s egg is something that is partly good and partly bad. The saying can be traced back to … Continue reading →

Tony Orman came across this delightful article in a 1939 “NZ Fishing and Shooting Gazette” magazine. He has abridged it and hopefully he says without detracting from … Continue reading →

An Opinion by John McNab For decades now New Zealand has been afflicted with a phobia that decrees all introduced species are evil.  It’s a … Continue reading →

This is a situation where you have to see the forest, and not just the individual trees; or more correctly see the ecosystem and not … Continue reading →

An Ecological Opinion by Rex Gibson Many of  the environmental concerns of farmers and outdoor recreationists hinge around the preoccupation of DOC, Regional and District … Continue reading →

By “March Brown” There’s enough cobbly-wobbly advice given to wives of trout fishermen but a survey has now shown why wives don’t need any advice. … Continue reading →

DoC reviews ‘nonsense’ media permits Reproduced from Newsroom by David Williams, Newsroom’s South Island correspondent and investigative writer. The department demands the news media gets … Continue reading →

A new balloting system is being implemented on two Fiordland Rivers in an effort to avoid over-crowding. The season on the  Clinton and Worsley Rivers … Continue reading →

An abridged article from USA’s “Hatch “ magazine ‘on-line’ by Chris Hunt of USA’s ‘Trout Unlimited’ Scientists the world over have gushed enough terrifying data … Continue reading →

by Ben Hope Contrary to the opinion of some puritan piscatorial souls that spinning is “chuck and chance”, it is quite skilful and demands a … Continue reading →

As reported in the media, (Oct 9th, 2020) farmers, scientists, council staff and others are currently gathered in Palmerston North for the best part of … Continue reading →

The urgent need to action freshwater reform is being forgotten in the hullabaloo of election rhetoric says the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. Federation … Continue reading →

  Press Release by Council of Outdoor Recreation Assns of NZ (CORANZ) The two major political parties Labour and National have shown disinterest in the … Continue reading →

Book Review: “The Great Unknown’ by Geoff Spearpoint. Published by Potton and Burton. Price $60. Reviewed by Tony Orman This book “The Great Unknown” is … Continue reading →

After a 2019 trip to North Queensland I was reminded of Slim Dusty’s 1957 classic Aussie song, “A Pub With No Beer”. It was based … Continue reading →

by John McNab One of the classics in fly fishing books is Englishman Franks Sawyer’s “Nymphs and the Trout”. Frank Sawyer in the 1940s and … Continue reading →

by John McNab The first day of October still holds a magic for me, as for many of my earlier years, it heralded the opening … Continue reading →

by Ben Hope “They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that’s not quite it.  What happens is that you begin to … Continue reading →

In the annual Fish & Game Magazine, issued free to all licence holders, political parties were polled on their policies in respect of fishing and … Continue reading →

A Discreditable Discussion Paper on Trout Farming Dear Councillors The New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, (NZFFA), has much in common with the objectives of … Continue reading →

New Zealand’s recreational trout fishery conservatively earns at least one billion dollars annually for the national economy and is now again threatened by a trout … Continue reading →