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by “Trutta” One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf. He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman Remember the good old days when we had a five day working week, there were no trout fishing guides, virtually no 4 wheel drive vehicles and trout were abundant and pretty easy to catch? The reason was … Continue reading
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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 bright and as a result they can eat sticks, leaves and tiny stones. Have a look in … Continue reading
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by 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 the “guru” on soft hackled flies. Soft hackled flies, a form of “wee wet flies” … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman One winter morning quite a few decades ago, I took three trout on a Hawkes Bay river. Winter fishing had just been introduced. It was June and after using a deeply sunk nymph I had killed two of … Continue reading
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Opinion by Tony Orman In April last year, I went trout fishing to a stream that is a tributary of the Wairau River. It is also an important spawning stream for both brown trout and probably some salmon. … Continue reading
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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 of the NZ Deerstalkers’ Association, pinpoints that government and more especially the Department of Conservation … Continue reading
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“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 wilderness stream and have paused to sit down and just admire the towering mountains? I … Continue reading
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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 20 years or so, I used to haul around just about every fly pattern I … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman You may be too young to remember the little wet flies that were all the vogue in trout fishing prior to the advent of nymph fishing in the 1970s. My early teenage years trout fishing with a … Continue reading
