Posted by The Gearhead
Monday, December 19, 2011 6:16:00 PM
There were probably many, many times this year when I may have...
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Disturbed You...
Pestered...
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Posted by Colin Shepherd
Thursday, November 03, 2011 9:39:00 AM
Headed south from Auckland at 0730 with Selwyn Hodder in his new Nissan Pathfinder. We crossed the Mangatutu at Lethbridge Road at 0930.The river was clear with a steady flow. The weather was overcast with no rain. We decided to go to Trout...
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Posted by Colin Shepherd
Sunday, October 09, 2011 10:19:00 AM
At last, 01 October arrives. Neil Hirtzel and I fished the Puniu and Mangatutu on opening day. The Puniu was clear, clean with a steady flow and holding fish. We nymphed our way upstream on Newman Road. Neil had a "yellow string" setup with two...
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Posted by Colin Shepherd
Monday, August 08, 2011 4:06:00 PM
Had a great time fishing the Puniu on the weekend, ( 6th and 7th August). Accessed the river from Newman Road.
The river was clear with a flow of about 10 cumecs, Fished with a french leader of about 9 metres and worked my way upstream....
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Posted by The Gearhead
Saturday, July 30, 2011 12:16:00 PM
20110728: Derek Grzelewski
Gentlemen May I draw your attention to a ground-breaking new book on trout and fly fishing titled THE TROUT DIARIES, A Year of Fly Fishing in New Zealand.
An executive at Booksellers NZ said about it: "this is...
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