I discovered Creel Lodge about 20 years ago and I keep coming back. It’s called a lodge and although it doesn’t have the traditional lodge styled dining and lounge areas, I love it. It’s right on the mighty Tongariro, the best fly fishing river in the world for libidinous steelhead on their winter spawning run […]
Month: November 2010
The Barracks’ Pool Pike
It wasn’t the best of starts, really. Here I was, with the bride to be, in the heart of the Scottish highlands, trying to pronounce the Gaelic names of my dad’s Scottish ancestors and getting to know the new Pommie in laws. In a lay bye café en route to Loch Rannoch, we had seen our […]