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Opinion by Paul Revere Many believe – among them ecologists – believe the world is beset with a massive extinction, the sixth mass extinction which comprises the five previous catastrophic events over the past 600 million years, during … Continue reading
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by Sally Forth While the Taupo-Rotorua area is usually associated with winter fly fishing, there are many other regional options – and even down south in the South Island. Look for sea tuning brown trout as they can follow whitebait … Continue reading
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by Peter Langlands In recent years there has been a lot of activity on the internet about new trout fly patterns. However, while some patterns are highly refined and will occasionally work when more traditional patterns don’t, I believe there … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman Back in the 1980s I discovered a fabulous small trout stream. I’ve always had a soft spot for small streams. After all I began my serious fly fishing as a schoolboy on the little tributary streams of … Continue reading
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Abridged Pollution is not always easy to spot but there are visible indicators that can reveal whether rivers are in a good ecological state writes the UK’s Graham Lawton in the February 25th 2023 issue of “New Scientist.” Here are … Continue reading
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Abridged There are 200,000 kilometres of wildly varying waterways in the UK but do we understand their true value and the threats they face asks Graham Lawton recently writing in the “New Scientist”. Stand by a river in the UK … Continue reading
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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 subject of Woolly Bugger trout flies came up the discussion immediately centred on one of … Continue reading
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Press release – Council of Outdoor Recreational Associations of NZ An outdoor and conservation forum says the loss of a boy’s life at Waikanae Beach near Gisborne and devastation to rural communities show the obsession by government with planting pine … Continue reading
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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 the unhappy state of Canterbury’s Rakaia River’s recreational fisheries. Most were invited members of a … Continue reading
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This article was published in the January 1936 issue of the “New Zealand Fishing and Shooting Gazette” No sport in the world can perplex its votaries so much as angling. There is always something to learn, always some apparent contradiction … Continue reading
