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by Tony Orman Consulting Doctor Google on the computer about trout fishing, trout flies and other fishy matters is a great winter pastime which we didn’t used to have. The other day I came across a very good looking night … Continue reading
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by Dave Witherow (The world news is bad, and I have decided to post something nice every day, in between the politics and poison and general mayhem. I have been given permission to post this story. I hope you enjoy … Continue reading
Opinion piece by Rex Gibson For most anglers freshwater fishing requires the payment of $133 for a fishing licence. There are different rates for overseas anglers (and only some Australians seem to moan about that), youth, family, loyal seniors, short … Continue reading
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Opinion Piece by Rex N. Gibson The Current Status. New Zealand Fish and Game has operated to serve the interests of freshwater sports-fish anglers and game bird shooters, in its present form, since 1990. It replaced a national network of … Continue reading
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By Tony Orman Minute quantities of ‘free chlorine residuals’ are poisonous to trout and aquatic life and it is unsafe to discharge chlorinated water into a river at any concentration says a study done 40 years ago. The study was done in 1971 and entitled … Continue reading
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Message from the Ministers “Freshwater management is complex and challenging. There is no easy fix, because it sometimes takes many years for the pollution already in our land and water to dissipate. But we’re not going to keep … Continue reading
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By Tony Orman I once read a very funny spoofy story in a very funny fishing book. It involved a survey by some mythical university on trout fishermen and wives. I’ve semi-plagiarised it below. I can’t recall the book now but I think it … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman An American writer Ted Trueblood was a boyhood hero of mine in the fishing and hunting world. I avidly read his articles in the US “Field and Stream”. He was a superb writer, unpretentious, practical and with … Continue reading
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by March Brown Just a few flies will do instead of a hundred and one different patterns. That’s the message to learn from the masters. One of the classic books of fly fishing is Englishman Franks Sawyer’s “Nymphs and the … Continue reading
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by Brian O’Rourke Reprinted from the “NZ Fishing and Shooting Gazette” September 1955. The South Branch of the Waimakiriri River is about 12 miles from Christchurch – a long way on a bicycle with a load of fish! Years ago … Continue reading
