Fly Fishing New Zealand. GUIDES TRIP - Getting High on Dry. 

Silverm9r cheers for the kind words. Simple is best.

Thanks for the kind words!

Thanks for taking the time to comment

Great video. Quite beautiful to watch!

John Olds hehe cheers mate!

Bright idea to go there! Cheers!

Thanks and I’ll see you then!

Thanks for taking the time to watch

Thanks for your kind and thoughtful words - means a lot.

Haha - yeah big fella, sometimes they just fall off... :-)

Cheers

Mikael Hansson cheers for taking time to comment with such kind words. All the best!

srv29 thanks for the kind words. I’m not sure what a Burkheimer is so I’m guessing not...

Guilty as charged...

Food for thought here...

hahahaha! Mike and his old wrinkly nits... Thats like the comedic gift that just keeps giving! Cheers mate, i hope all is well buddy.

No worries and good question. The fish here being large and powerful (generally speaking) can make sudden surges even when you think you have them beaten, if you are in deeper water, they tend to use you as a snag and make a run at or around you resulting in either a bust off or worse, a trailing hook in your leg. Just experience of 35 years doing it i guess and working out the best route to success.

@@mikefsher Makes sense. Thanks for the reply! Keep up the good work on the fish and the videos. When I strike it rich, I'll be headed your way for a guided fishing and backpacking trip.

@@chrish.smithjr.2945 No worries - we'll be here

yep, it's like that ;)

I use great quality hooks and indeed own and use a sharpener. Shit happens.

@@mikefsher Well, you can’t deny you had more than your fair share of shit happening that day! 🥹 😋 Maybe you just hadn’t used your hook sharpener on those hooks. 🤭

The hooks were sharp, I wasn't - happens. Or even a run of luck as fly fishing is certainly not an exact science.

Haha

Thanks mate, fun times

Thanks so much and indeed watch this space

Yeah he's one of the good ones!

Try nzfishing.com

My nephew and me fished with Blair last March and had a great time. Caught lots of fish in a beautiful wilderness river. My nephew is a guide in MT and fishes well over 100 days per year, but he'd be the first to admit that the smartest thing we did was to start our trip with a NZ guide before going it on our own. The local fly shops are a great source too.

Jarred, NZ fishermen are pretty tight lipped about recommending rivers on the Internet. Sure way for said river to become too busy with all the visitors who read about it. There are some good resources though. www.topomap.co.nz John Kent's book, South Island Trout Fishing Guide Really recommend hiring a guide for a day or two. I went in 2015 and had 5 days with a couple of different guides. Caught fish, inc p.b. rainbow and brown. Four further days on my own and managed only one. Visited US in 2016 and had time with guides on the Snake and Green Rivers. Great guys and had fun, but...The NZ guides were a lot easier to work with, didn't have an outfitter middle man, little or no paper work, no legal disclaimers, super laid back, very reasonable deposits, not sure about cheaper, but the days were longer and I reckon I got more out of the experience. So don't discount a NZ guide based on experience with US guides 😉 Best of luck. Chris

Hire Mike!

Martin M each situation will be different but it’s normally fairly obvious if you look around for the main house where you want to fish. There are also often Fish and Game access signs so be sure to use the access points here if available. Do not cross private land if unsure... asking around will normally provide the answers you seek.

@@mikefsher thanks Mike

Cheers mate - thanks for the kind words.

Cheers for the kind words. We all have days where they don't stick, i just had several days where they came unglued a lot - happens...

mikefsher Hi Mike, you would be surprised how difficult it is to teach the “long distance releases”, i have tried different guides, but no one would show me how they do it. I had to learn the hard way. I have fished NZ for 48 years and always recommend hiring a local guide, not just to start off with some good results but for the pleasure of learning. Thanks for your lovely demonstrations of angling in a lovely country. Harera.

@@pierevojzola9737 Haha, cheers for that. I was the master of that particular release for sure.

Hi, best to contact my wife Nans at nans@southernlatitudeguides.com and go from there.

Indeed sir!

struck2soon cheers buddy

Cheers mate!

Italian Troutaholic yes indeed

PatrickSeanEarl cheers mate!

Thanks Steven, appreciate the support!

Cheers! One thing is for sure, you don't catch many with poor presentations.

mikefsher agreed!

@@mikefsher agreed as I have certainly learnt that for myself in the past when I started more less as you can bomb a fish over and over with a cast several times in some cases I have found, particularly in the nymph and all of a sudden 13th cast later the fish decides to take. "I use to ask myself why now" considering it's the same fly but the issue was more than likely poor presentations to all the prior casts to the successful one in the trouts eyes..

Thanks for the kind words, try a nail knot tool for a slim connection from tapered leader to fly line.

@@mikefsher ty, will try that. But if i do so, i must cut down a bit of flyline every time i change tapered leader. But sure i will try that, thx👍👍👍🎣🎣🎣

@@vreth22 you shouldn't need to cut down the fly line just the loop connection on the fly line, you would only need to cut down the nail knott connection from butt section of leader. 👍

Easy. Listen carefully to his instruction, as if he's any good, he'll have the spots and techniques dialed in. Also just enjoy the day without putting to much pressure on yourself as nothing can ruin a day out more than an overanxious client. Tight lines mate!

mikefsher Ty so much Mike and your continued inspiration for everyone taking up this art.

@@anthonygregorio2208 Thanks again and best of luck!

MrKveite1 thanks mate!

Thanks mate!

16:56 pretty pompous, "watch us catch fish and go fuck yourselves, pay me to catch fish like this"

A true master of any craft will give you all the information. I can and do tell someone everything I do i even give them the fly, but guess what that doesn't mean anything. 9x out of 10 they still can't do it... it's learned over time.

sF Biggie cheers!