22/06/2023

Last trout trip of the season

Here we go again. Another year has gone by. Crazy how fast it goes. For the last trip of the season we decided to ditch the tent living and the spawn run, instead hire a cabin and explore other streams in the Snowies. Tying flies in a heated room after being hammered by rain and wind all day was a read more

08/06/2023

South Coast flats bash

Shortly after coming back from New Zealand I got some news that Australian Salmon have moved into the estuaries of the South Coast NSW for they annual winter migration. Decision was made to pack our bags and load car on Thursday, leave as early as possible after work on Friday arvo and drive for 6-7 read more

07/06/2023

New Zealand South Island – Part 2

Second part of the trip saw way more sun than overcast days, and the rivers managed to clear up reasonably well, which meant I was able to hit some of the backountry rivers I was initially planning to. Some nights got pretty cold and waking up to some frost on your tent wasn’t surprising at read more

06/06/2023

New Zealand – South Island Part 1

Back from New Zealand and finally got some time to go through the images, pick a few and scribble a few words for the blog. The trip started with the usual NZ weather – sunny day on my day of arrival and then pouring rain for a few days in a row, leaving rivers I intended to fish blown out and read more