During the long months of overlapping Covid lockdowns across all Australian states and the international lockdown to international travel, which is now stretching into years, one of the pleasures we freshwater fly fishermen living in the sub tropics miss the most is the opportunity to travel to some of the more beautiful places on the […]
Whether stuck at home or patiently waiting for your next fishing season to arrive, our Seasons Archive has you covered. Dating back to 2017, with stories from authors such as Tom Bie, Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate, Dylan Tomine, and more, plus packed with photography from some of the best in the industry, it’s sure to stoke […]
Written by Taupo Fishery Focus by Editor, James Barnett for Newsletter : Taupo Fishery Focus #9 Issue 9 – December 2019. By trout anglers for trout anglers. Welcome to the December edition of Taupō Fishery Focus, the bi-monthly online newsletter for anglers who fish this world class trout fishery. Summer brings a wealth of fresh opportunities for catching trout in […]
Written by Taupo Fishery Focus by Editor, James Barnett for Newsletter : Taupo Fishery Focus #8 By trout anglers for trout anglers Issue 8 – October 2019. October marks a transition in the New Zealand freshwater fishing calendar with numerous rivers and lakes opening across the country. This takes significant angling pressure off the Taupō spawning rivers, […]
Reminder: Gone Fishing Day is on this Sunday, 20 Oct 2019 Join a FREE DPI fishing event as apart of our Gone Fishing Day this Sunday from 9am to 3pm at the locations below, with lots of fun-filled activities. Ballina, Pop Denison Park Moree, Jellicoe Park Lake Macquarie, Pelican Foreshore Reserve Botany Bay, Dolls Point, […]
Greetings from Brown Trout Heaven, New Zealand. It’s September. The days are lengthening, the daffodils are blooming and the lambs are frolicking. Fortunately it was a mild winter in the northern South Island which passed quickly. Getting out there into the forests, mountains, and wilderness trout streams is high on our agenda and […]
Recreational Research on the local trout at Spatsizi Wilderness Lodge. Wow! A double rainbow crowns a wet and cold Brisbane CBD this morning as Jack & I head off for a week of fly-fishing in northern Canada #Spatsizi. It was Jack’s turn for the adventure of a lifetime with his old man … which would […]
I’m a long term visitor to the Taupo Rivers system and there’s no doubt in my mind it’s one of the best managed recreational fisheries in the world and, quite frankly, puts our Australian management of the once-magnificent Murray Darling system to shame. I get to Taupo whenever I can and would recommend it as […]
We’ve just enjoyed our first family fishing trip at Hinze Dam for some time, with old friend Steve Wilkes from Sports Tuition. We had a ball. All five of us made the trip: me, Jeanine, James, Jack and Juliana. A full house of J’s, something we only realised after we’d named the last one, five […]
What an extraordinary season we’ve just had—our 16th at the Lodge. If you stayed with us in that time, you probably saw for yourself what incredible condition our wild browns maintained during one of the driest summers on record. They’re fit, fat and heading into winter in the best shape I’ve ever seen. And chances […]