My guest this week is Alex Waller from New Zealand. You’ve likely seen his great videos on Orvis News or on his YouTube channel, Trippin on Trout. Alex shares his techniques for fishing nymphs in late fall and winter. His techniques are a bit different than . . .
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Video Pro Tips: How to Catch Big, Picky Trout
Here’s a brilliant installment in the video series “The Bank” from Dave and Amelia from Jensen Fly Fishing. Here they offer a couple of important pieces of advice for fishing to picky trout, . . .
Video: A Brown Trout Adventure on Crystal Clear Rivers, by Todd Moen
In his latest video, Todd Moen of CATCH Magazine heads back to New Zealand’s South Island in search of big brown trout. In this fly fishing adventure, shot on the west coast rivers of the South Island, the film takes us over . . .
Read MoreVideo: The Responsibility of a Fly Fisher
Here’s a beautiful video from a New Zealand, which focuses on a fly fisherman named Cole and his relationship to the outdoors. As he travels through a gorgeous landscape and catches . . .
Read MoreVideo: Shadows of Silver in the NZ Backcountry
Andrew Harding (a.k.a. “troutboynz“) has been producing self-shot fly-fishing videos from his native New Zealand since the summer of 2010, but this is undoubtedly one of my . . .
Read MoreStory and Photos: The Search for Big Browns on the South Island
Written by: Matt Smith It was day one, in a sudden downpour. I was wadered up in mid-December, feeling the wind and wishing I had worn one more layer. A bit of thunder rumbled nearby for good measure. Knee-deep in the rain-swollen Wangapeka, on the northern end of the South Island of New Zealand, I … Continue reading “Story and Photos: The Search for Big Browns on the South Island”
Read MoreVideo Pro Tips: Secrets of the Shallow Water Dropper
Dave and Amelia Jensen, of Jensen Fly Fishing in Alberta, cranked out these wonderful how-to videos at a remarkable pace during their annual New Zealand adventure. In this episode of . . .
Read MoreVideo: Incredible Cicada Fishing in New Zealand
Every year, we run into cicadas in New Zealand. The country hosts 42 species of cicadas, which inhabit quite different ecosystems, and each has its own size, color, shape. They all have one thing in common though–an unmistakable chorus! The big, . . .
Read MoreClassic Story: Fly-Fishing Perfection on New Zealand’s North Island
As the thirty-six-foot Top Cat plowed through the mounting whitecaps in the middle of the lake and sheeting rain lashed at the windows of the cabin, I found perverse comfort in singing. . .
Read MoreVideo: Operatic Fishing in New Zealand’s Mackenzie Basin
There’s lots to like in this video from DM Wong, including stunning scenery, beautiful trout, slow-motion cinematography, and a soaring soundtrack. Shot in the Mackenzie Basin, which is in. . .
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