Our good friend JP Samuelson of www.saltflylifestyles.co.nz handed us a bunch of raw footage from his many fishing adventures. After a year or so stored in my archives I decided to revisit some of the footage this morning. I had previously just skimmed through the following clip not fully realising just how AMAZING this piece of footage actually is! Watch the whole video from start to finish … Continue reading VIDEO – EPIC! PURE FLY KINGFISH
A wee bit of video we shot on the Tongariro River, no lavish editing, just raw fish catching footage. Our apologies for not naming the angler, if anyone can fill us in on the details we would appreciate it. Continue reading VIDEO – TONGARIRO RAINBOW – RAW FOOTAGE
Article by: Alan Bulmer Photos: Paul Smith, Mark Hoffman, Alan Bulmer While researching for an upcoming article for Active Angling NZ I stumbled upon a website called “Rod Building Forum” and a fascinating interview with Tom Morgan on fly rod design. It is well worth reading:- http://www.rodbuildingforum.com/sources/special/morgan.php Tom Morgan is best known as the owner and principal rod designer for R.L. Winston from 1973 to … Continue reading FAST ACTION FLY RODS – ARE THEY REALLY BETTER?
A video project that we were involved with earlier this year, focusing on the lifestyle of JP Samuelson. Check out his website….. http://www.saltflylifestyles.co.nz/ Continue reading VIDEO – A SALT FLY LIFESTYLE
In this video Alan Bulmer talks about hard bodied lures and how he ended up with his “go to” selection. Continue reading VIDEO – SELECTING LURES FOR THE FLATS
Filmed & Produced by Paul Smith (Paul Smith Visual Media) Michael Jenkins discusses his technique for softbaiting from the rocks… Continue reading VIDEO – SOFTBAITING FROM THE ROCKS
Photos: Paul Smith, Jim Lanfear & Alan Bulmer I recently stumbled upon an article http://www.tacklemaking.com entitled “Colour theory for fishing lures”. While the article is written from an American angling perspective it got me thinking about the most effective colours for flies and lures when fishing the estuarine flats in NZ. Before I add my thoughts read what they had to say below:- DIFFERENT FISH … Continue reading CHOOSING A LURE COLOUR TO SUIT THE CONDITIONS
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