tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31278805446109250462024-02-22T01:33:35.725-08:00Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior FliesStu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-61505138429988409912014-05-28T22:00:00.000-07:002014-06-01T22:33:06.215-07:00NZ FLY FISHING JUST GOT BETTER, The best fishing flies in the world, NZ trout flies, Stu's Fly Shop<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It has been a wee while since I had a chance to update the blog. So I am sorry about that to anyone who has been waiting for the normal blog updates. I am alive and well and a passionate about my work as ever. Thought I better let you know that my work load with my Facebook, Stu's newsletters and new super cool web site has kept me flat out when in the office after guiding. I really appreciate your interest or business. So <a href="http://stusflyshop.fluid.net.nz/sign-up-for-stus-news" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">sign up to my NEW newsletter</a> for all the free stuff. <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Like my NEW Facebook page</span></a> </span>and have a look at my <a href="http://www.stsuflyshop.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">NEW website please</span><span style="color: black;">.</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span>You can upload your fish photos of the big or small ones you have caught on one of my designs as I have a new grip and grin gallery on the new site. As well you can submit reviews of flies which you have caught fish with - to interact with other keen fishermen and women.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">The coolest trout sticker you can gets your hands on - so best you get on the new web site and check them out or put in a large order and get a free one or two?</span></td></tr>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-8797770198818827222014-02-27T09:59:00.000-08:002014-02-27T18:43:38.200-08:00NZ FLY FISHING, NEW ZEALAND FISHING FLIES, CICADAS, LARGE RAINBOW & BROWN TROUT, AWESOME CLIENT FEEDBACK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Stu,</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">I was recently in Athol, specifically to visit your shop and buy some flies. What a little ripper of a shop! Anyway I used your</span><span style="color: cyan; font-family: Helvetica;"> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=1dozbhump"><span style="color: cyan;">Blowfly</span></a></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> on a little stream up near Twizel a week or so later to great effect. I managed 22 rainbows one day, all on the same fly! Its a bit tattered now but she’s still good for a few more yet (see below). Your flies are not only “Superior” their bloody durable!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Cheers…….AC</span><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans serif;">P.S Your Cicada pattern is starting to come into </span>its<span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans serif;"> own now</span></span><span style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans serif;">…</span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The Browns are chewen’ em’ down up Reefton way!!!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Gidday Stu,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Hay just an quick email to say thanks again I just recently brought some flies and bits from you and would like to share the love.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;">Mate, I just used your</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"> </span><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=cicadayellowhiviz"><span style="color: cyan;">Deadly Cicada, fluro post</span></a></span> </span><span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: white;">size 6 with a size </span><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stushareandcopper"><span style="color: cyan;">14 Hot Rod H & C trailer</span></a><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stushareandcopper"> </a></span><span style="color: white;">and here's the results.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">They work a treat in Wellington's back country waters</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Will be back for more fly's keep living the dream mate thanks again and tight lines. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Cheers,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: large; line-height: normal;">Jason McMahon</span><span style="font-size: large; line-height: 22px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Taken last year by pro-sports photographer Jay Beyer in the USA as I released a large carp. He must have sold it to this magazine for their back cover - good on him, great work.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being a complete geek, I can't resist a good magazine. One that I found this year in the USA was the<span style="color: cyan;"> <a href="http://www.theflyfishjournal.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">Fly Fishing Journal</span></a></span> - a quality magazine with some great photography and even better - well written articles. It has a much different approach than other magazines and not at all scared to step over the line. It was so good I just bought a subscription for myself. Only four issues a year and I am waiting on the next one! So if you are a geek like me, I can only recommend getting your paws on this magazine.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Has arrived at last and looks like it will go through to April. Although it has been very warm with no wind, the odd day it has changed and temp has dropped and I have been well wrapped up when out guiding. When this happens, the fishing just drops off very quickly and the guiding becomes a challenge even more so. Though the fishing bounces back the following day when the heat returns and the fish and insects return to the surface.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is used all over clean green NZ - to kill all mammals. Every land mammal we have has been introduced and need to be controlled. They do it with poison and spend millions each year doing plane and helicopter drops of it in the mountains, forests and valleys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This year there is a move to drop even more to try and help stop a huge mouse and rat plague forecast for next year. Even if more 1080 drops are made there will no doubt be trout eating mice and getting very fat next year. So get your <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=singlemouse"><span style="color: cyan;">mouse flies</span></a> ready.</span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some advanced tuition for my client from Australia who was a hero at an accident. The next day he and a friend on the way to fish the Mataura River were first at a crash scene where a tourist van went off a bridge. They rescued most of the people and tried in vain to rescue the trapped driver who was trapped in the van under the water but sadly he died.</span></div>
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They were a little shook up after the experience and had to retreat to the local cafe to calm down but still managed to carry on and do some fishing later in the day. It goes to show it is always good to know your first aid and if your are on country roads do not speed as the police reckon this was the cause of the fateful accident. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">In January the rain came down most days sometimes very heavy and hard. The NZ Fly Fishing Schools still went ahead, sometimes with clients under the verandah snuggled up under blankets with hot drinks while I did some demonstrating.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">A not so happy member of the Grub Club :) Normally the larger fish stay deeper but this one was on grubs high in the surface.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Basically since November I have been booked out each day with tuition and guiding and it's been all go but so much fun. I still have some dates available in March April and May - so if you are thinking of some guided fly fishing, casting lessons or NZ Fly FishingSchool, just <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm"><span style="color: cyan;">give me a call or send an email</span></a> </span>and<span style="color: cyan;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: large;">I will do my best to fit you in.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is a great time for mayfly hatches in Southland which is something to remember if you like small dry fly fishing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is nearly booked out already so if you are thinking of next season get in quick so that you are not disappointed. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: yellow;">THE BEST fly and indicator floatant you will use. Also now in the Superior range is SHEEP DIP & FAIRY DUST</span> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=flysauce"><span style="color: cyan;">CLICK HERE</span></a> <span style="color: yellow;">To find out more about these new products. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Thank you all for supporting the wee shop that actually cares about fly fishing and you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hello,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you have all been having fun out there.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Yes - it has been a while, though the Facebook page is updated daily (thanx to Ela) and the monthly newsletter has been sent out on time. The usually updated blog has been delayed due to heaps of work and some new web site work.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So I thought I best get up early and try to make you smile.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">The leaves are full of the little homes of the </span><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozfloatgrubs"><span style="color: cyan;">willow grubs</span></a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The season has been so far pretty awesome and some great days out my clients have been having. Although the weather so far through January looks like being the worst we have ever had. Every other day the sun pops out and its warm, that is short lived and the rain has fallen nearly every day.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Rivers have been clear for a day then high and dirty the next. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The good thing though I have managed to find clear water and feeding fish for my clients. Despite the conditions, I am longing for clear water and rising fish though.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Reading the front page of the local paper yesterday, the weather gurus are saying that it may rain on and off every day for the next 10 days and then summer will kick in big time. So expect to wait until Feb March for a short hot summer and <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=84"><span style="color: cyan;">terrestrial dry fly</span></a> </span>action on mass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">THE WEE SHOP</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The shop as usual has just picked up in January with plenty old faces returning with stories of the one that got away and new places discovered and kept secret.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For me I love to hear all these stories and especially when it's other species of fish that have been getting chased in some far corner of the earth.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In 2013 I booked our
South Island trip. I knew I wanted to do some trout fishing and as a
Wellingtonian I was really looking forward to something different from what I
have done in the last several years. Ela met me at the shop first. The shop is
like your best dream. If you can imagine a little building sitting beside the
highway at Athol. This is the first time that the old saying - A kid in a candy
store - was a reality. Awesome! Stu said hello and we hit the river. We found
fish feeding on the surface and also gathering in what seemed like a fish farm
to me. The most wild trout I have ever seen in at one time. We used one of
Stu’s banana flies. A little yellow willow grub. BANG! This happened three
times for me. Two landed and released, one pinging off after a a lively leap
from the beautiful green of the river. Stu was easy to get on with and shared
a truckload of information that he has built up over a long time. I was the
SPONGE that day. Loved hearing about the insect life cycle and how it works for
the trout. Stu was ever the good guy fixing the special birds nest I managed to
create with one cast and removing the fly from my jacket at one stage. He tied
new flies on for me faster than my dog can chase a ball. We had wets on one
fish, dry flies the next. Then back and all the time Stu expanded on WHY. Stu’s
sense of humour was great too. It’s not often I met someone that can handle and
enjoy my sort of humour. All up - this would be the BEST guided trip I have
ever done.</span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">THINGS THAT FALL INTO THE WATER</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The leaves of the willow trees are full of the homes of willow grubs and they will soon fall like rain drops. Buried in the wet tussock grass waiting on the warmth of the sun with folded wings are millions of cicadas. So we are not the only ones waiting on the heat of the sun - bring on summer!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">King Fly NZ rod, reel, line, bag & tube set</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">KING OF FLY NZ - THE KIWI FLY ROD & REEL SET</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The response to quality and the value of these sets has caught me out and we ran out of stock of them at the end of December. Luckily another shipment arrived and they are back in stock.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So if you or a friend are looking for a great fly fishing set up for a good price - <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=kingoffly"><span style="color: cyan;">check them out</span></a><span style="color: cyan;">.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">They come with a spare tip section as well and we have spare other sections if you every need your one fixed after crushing it in the car door or something.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are going to bring one to the South Island or buy one it would be best to look at a 9ft 6wgt, then your next rod a 5 wgt, then a 4 wgt.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The 6wgt rod will have enough guts in it for casting the larger size flies, heavy mayfly bombs and help you cast into the wind.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">5wgt rods are great for medium sized flies, lighter nymphs and less wind.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">4wgt rods are so much fun to use here especially with the short casts we do in summer with willow grub flies and very small nymphs on clear calm days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Gradually they are appearing and it always makes me smile when sometimes after years of tweeking in my studio the final result is released.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">One of the new fly designs that are catching fish everywhere.</span><br /><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=nutjobwhite"><span style="color: cyan;">The UV Nut Job </span></a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">FREE NEW SUPERIOR FLY CATALOGUE & POSTER</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will now be pleased to know that providing you <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/"><span style="color: cyan;">placing an order</span></a> </span>or ask us we can send you or your club a pretty cool neat Superior flies catalogue that you can leave in the car, office or pin to the wall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thank you all for sending your photos through and comments on my Superior flies and services. It is very much appreciated, please keep them coming as it helps miserable man like me smile :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: yellow;">Mother and daughter having fun and learning at </span><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/schools/fly-fishing-schools.htm"><span style="color: cyan;">NZ Fly Fishing School</span></a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">More and more work has been going on with this side of the business and everybody that has been attending the days have been more than happy. Many returning clients and bookings for future dates.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">More specialized equipment has been sourced to develop the NZ Fly Fishing School and make them even more enjoyable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Helping people enjoy the sport even more and becoming more efficient with their equipment makes me go to bed at night with a smile on my face. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Nice colors</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">GUIDED FLY FISHING</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few dates are left for this season and already next November is nearly full. So <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/guiding/guiding.htm"><span style="color: cyan;">book early</span></a> if you are thinking of coming.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">More nice colors</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="color: red;">Fiordland Fly Fishing NZ Backcountry Package</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you ever wanted to go exploring backcountry rivers? The rivers in beech forests of Fiordland might just be what you are looking for - gin clear water and trout can see your fly from meters away!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We can camp out or use backcountry huts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A range of packages are available and can be tailored around your timeframe and needs.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Water taxis, planes and helicopters for transport can all be arranged. <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm"><span style="color: cyan;">Contact Stu or Ela today</span></a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">A huge trout gets released by another happy client</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Cheers,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stu </span><br />
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-28783536085474594502013-10-27T14:15:00.000-07:002013-10-27T14:15:06.844-07:00Fly Designs, NZ Rainbow Trout Rivers, NZ Fly Tying, NZ Fly Fishing, NZ Fly Fishing School, Fly Casting Lessons<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">After walking up a few rivers when they were clear checking out the rainbow population, I managed to get this good shot.</span></td></tr>
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It is nearly the 1st of November when all the rivers that flow into lakes open. This is the time when there is plenty of rainbow trout around - providing the rivers run clear after all the rain. Some good fun sport should be had.<br />
A <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozredtungbloodworms"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">wee size 16 Deadly Bloodworm</span></a> under a dry fly or an indicator usually gets their attention and mouth open. After doing my usual checks on a few rivers they are looking pretty much as they always do at this time of year and with plenty of pre-spawning rainbow in them.<br />
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Yes, in the past few weeks we have had all types of weather thrown at us, but it is only weather I suppose and there is nothing we can do about it. It is kind of good us humans are not controlling it, just like fishing we can't force the fish to open its mouth and be fooled.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>A BIT OF GOOD WEATHER</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>BACK AT THE VISE - WITH A VISION </b></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><br /></span>When I can get a chance, I am on the vise working away perfecting some designs.<br />
I just finished one design that originally started in Tasmania (Australia) some 17 years ago. Things like this make myself and my customers realize the time and work that go into my designs.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>THE FACT - BUY THE FLIES YOU CAN TRUST</b></span></div>
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Nearly every other company just copies every fly design from computers and gets them made and sent out - sometimes with a different name and a new tail. They do not care. I do care about my customers and what they are tying on, the design and the hook.<br />
I want my customers to catch fish, have a durable fly for basically the same price as a poor quality fly on a cheap brand hook sold in most shops through NZ, Australia and the rest of the world. And I want my customers to come back and buy with confidence.<br />
Now that I have gone wholesale with my designs, you can now ask at your local fishing shop for Superior flies and trust it. At last you as the customer have NOW the choice - never trust what people tell you about flies they are selling, look for the Superior fly brand (black and gold label) and fish with confidence.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Here it is the new access boat all kitted out and ready to go. Not only will I be using this myself, it will be available for renting out. Just drop me a email if you wish to rent it for yourself or if you are a guide with your clients. We also have mountain bikes, waders, rods, reels etc. for rental as well.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">"I have driven 6 hours from Christchurch on Friday night to fish a Southland stream which runs through my mates farm. Up at 6 am Saturday morning I walked upstream from the road bridge. I spotted 14 fish and cast to at least 8 of them with flat out refusals every time. At 1 o'clock I needed some inspiration (read retail therapy) so packed the gear into the car and headed for Athol and Stu's Fly Shop. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When I arrived, Ela was surprised to hear I was having difficulty hooking up. But when I told her what flies I was using she explained that it might be too early in the year to be fishing them (they worked for me at the end of last season but its now spring time....Duuuhhh me!). Ela took me through half a dozen different patterns which Stu and the other customers had been reporting success on. I purchased a couple of each and headed back to the river.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Fishing the same river with the same leader same everything... the only difference being the fly on the end... I cast to 7 fish, hooked 4 landed three one of which was on a dry (Stu's <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozextrahivizmayflygrey"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">grey Parachute Mayfly size 14</span></a>, others on Stu's <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=12greynznymphs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">grey Deadly Nymph size 14</span></a>)... A fish on a dry in the second week of October!..Magic!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Actually not magic just some really good help some really good fly patterns and some of the Stu's and Ela's inspiration that I get every time I go into the shop! Thanks again Ela.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Have a great season everybody and keep supporting the little shop with more passion than a man in bed with two Swedish models.</span></div>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-23006398261418238212013-10-03T20:50:00.001-07:002013-10-03T20:52:53.904-07:00Mataura River Fly Fishing, NZ Fishing Flies, Mayflies on the Mataura, Superhero range of Flies, Fly fishing NZ Guiding packages<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">Michael Scheele - the NZ artist - has been busy with his great art work again. This year, three of my Deadly Fly Designs have been featured on the fly fishing NZ calendar which is awesome.. Above is my smelt bait fish fly the Barred White Deadly minnow</span> <span style="color: yellow;">- </span><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=wdminnow"><span style="color: cyan;">click here to see</span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">DEATH IN THE VALLEY BY STARVING FISHERMEN !</span><br />
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The season has started here and early in the morning when I am at the vise, I hear and see many fisher folks cars sneaking about the back roads heading to the Mataura River that is just behind my shop and house.<br />
These are mainly the bait fishing guys, just out for a feed and mainly of an older school of though when it comes to catch and release.<br />
If only I could make them understand the big fish they love to kill and boast about are the gene pool for future large fish, without them the size may decrease. Guys just eat the smaller ones.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">THE BRAVE IN CHRISTCHURCH CITY</span><br />
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So thats my wee complaint which is nothing compared to my recent visit to Christchurch - my first visit in years. The guys up there have had it tough and are still smiling despite the town being wrecked by each quakes, you guys are much braver than I will ever be.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FROM A UNIQUE LITTLE FLY COMPANY - WHO CARES ABOUT <b>YOU</b> </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">5 years from the first prototype - The Superhero range is being released, fishing will never be the same!<br />Click here to buy the first release</span> - <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=superhero2"><span style="color: cyan;">The Superhero Nymph</span></a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">THE COMMANDO UV NYMPH - a real cracker of a wee design</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">THE FIRST DAY OF GUIDING OF THE NEW SEASON</span><br />
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The fist day of guiding for the season was fun for me and my client Mike.<br />
Mike had one day booked with me and had some tuition from a friend. Though had only been out fly fishing 2 times in over ten years. So today he told me was as much about trying to catch a trout, but mainly for some good on the water tuition.<br />
It was not looking too good when we started the forecast was for 130klm hour winds and some heavy rain.<br />
There was fishermen in most of the access spots along all the rivers. After a 40 min drive, we managed top find a spot without a car parked and set off.<br />
It was not long before we found a pool with every fish out feeding and it was like that pretty much all day.<br />
So it was an awesome day for learning and more.<br />
9 fish were fooled by Mike into taking the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=14"><span style="color: cyan;">Superior Fly</span></a>! From Mikes comments at the end of the day his friend Craig (a very keen fly fisherman) "Better watch out!" Pretty sure Mike will be joining him on all his fishing trips from now on and I really hope so.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">LEARNING NEW SKILLS</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">I have now spent weeks behind the lens learning, getting things ready for the new launch</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">MAY FLIES ON THE MATAURA RIVER - OCTOBER</span><br />
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The weather has been hot and cold and mayflies are hatching most afternoons and if you are lucky enough to find a trout in some shallow water or close to a bank at this time there is a high chance you may be able to take off your nymph offering and think about a <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stusextrahivizgreymayfly&cat=14"><span style="color: cyan;">small dry fly</span></a>?<br />
A local keen fisherman the other day managed two nice browns doing just this.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow;">This little fellows mum and dad found a great way to transport him using a Stu's Fly Shop bag. Looking at his face I do </span><span style="color: yellow;">not think he feels too safe!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Check out my new <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/categories.asp?cat=194"><span style="color: cyan;">guiding packages</span></a> and come fishing with the best - the legend Stu Tripney :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Thank you all for your support as it is all very much appreciated especially any orders, keep the great comments and photos coming in and please share the videos and blog with others.<br />Cheers<br />Stu & Ela</span></td></tr>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-17252691328972617202013-09-09T15:40:00.000-07:002013-09-16T13:29:05.168-07:00RISE FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL, SPONSOR STU'S SUPERIOR FLIES, GREAT FLY FISHING FILMS, SUPERIOR FLIES DISPLAY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> <b>SORE BACK - A TIP</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The jaws of my fly tying vise are nearly worn out again and the innovation and creation process is taking its toll mainly on my back.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So here is a tip if like me, you spend a long time at the vice or laptop: get the best seat you can and a Tempur back support, which will help you sit more upright - if you are a slouch like me.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> <b>STU'S SEPTEMBER GUIDING AND CASTING LESSONS</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The guiding and NZ Fly Fishing Schools days have already started for me and with the mild weather plenty fun has been had and improved casting skills.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It has been interesting stalking the edges of the local lake and sight casting <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozdminnows"><span style="color: yellow;">Deadly Minnows</span></a> in front of cruising trout. Some of them have come from over 15ft in the clear water to intercept the fly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dates are filling fast for the season so if you are interested in polishing up your skills or just a fun day on the water <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm"><span style="color: yellow;">drop me a line.</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>ON TOUR WITH THE FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For the first time in the 8 years since the Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival has toured, I have at last managed with the help of Ela to be able to tour with it on the North Island and maybe some of the Southland dates. It would also have been great to tour with it in Australia, but the pennies will not stretch that far - bugger! Maybe next year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The short fly fishing films that will be shown are: "Only The River Knows", "Jungle Fish", "Blackwater Devil's Gold" and the big first time showing of Nick's new film Leviathan - which is also the featured film. Going along to any of the shows is a great way to support the film makers, sponsors and in general fly fishing as a whole.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As a proud sponsor of the Rise Festival I am allowed to display my flies at the shows.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">So it is all go here getting ready to set up my little table with a display of my fly designs for all to see and also to hopefully meet many old and new friends. I will be sending Ela back in Athol some photos of the shows and feedback which she will post here and on the Stu's Fly Shop <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop"><span style="color: yellow;">Facebook</span></a> page.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><b>A FEW WORDS FROM THE RISE FLY FISHING FILM FOUNDER - NICK REYGAERT</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Welcome to the Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival. It is hard for me to believe that we are in our eighth consecutive year. What started life as an obscure concept has developed into one of the premier events on the fly fishing calendar.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">As a pastime, fly fishing encourages isolation. Lets face it, if there were two hundred fly fishers on your local stream, you would hardly be rushing down to meet them! The festival gives us a rare opportunity to meet en masse in a social setting, exchange ideas and maybe even trade a few secret spots. To date as many as three fly fishing clubs have had their genesis after members met a Rise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Paid for the city parking that was more than the accommodation for the night and realized I was not in Athol any more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Found the cinema and set up my table next to the Rise Festival Stall, whilst eating a big burger called - the Bastard.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There was the captain of the NZ fly fishing team, TV celebrity fishermen from the NZ TV shows and plenty keen others. It was nearly a full house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">During the film I sat down the front and it brought a great big smile to my face hearing all the gasps of disbelief and laughs of everybody as they enjoyed film after film on the big screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">After the showing of Nicks feature film - <a href="https://vimeo.com/69778484"><span style="color: yellow;">LEVIATHAN</span></a>, I could here a constant murmur in the room - that was a great movie! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The thoughts of those attending must have been: "That's it, I am going fishing and I'm pumped".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The sign said $15 bucks for the night in the car park in Auckland a bit on the steep side - though I was near to the backpackers and cinema.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Inserting my car parking ticket into the machine 5 times and it still said $60, it was not long before it was pointed out the small print on the bottom of the sign! Smart buggers!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">A little bit lighter in the wallet and now even more keen to leave the big smoke the super small rental car was now on it's way to Taupo.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Taupo is another wee cool town and with a fishy feel to it and fish images all around. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The cinema was in the center and another great location, tables were scrounged from the ever helpful staff and the Superior Flies display table was organized and also the RISE ticket & DVD sales table.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">There was also some other great special sponsors here, as all the profits from tonight's films would be going to help Dave and his awesome gang of young recruits who are</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">committed</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">river-keepers of the area. It's so good to meet river warriors and the folks that do their best to assist them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It was nearly a full house and everyone loved the films. Many I asked said the films and the quality of the films were the best they had ever seen.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">There were famous guides here and lodge owners and people who did not even fish - it was another great night of fish porn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">One of the talking points of tonight's films was the first part of LEVIATHAN and just where was that location and stream? Double figure monster trout exploding in a shallow water connected to 20lb tippet!!! No finesse in this stream!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Talking to fishy Steve - a guide up here - I realized that these guides up here are</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">full time. That's all they do, they guide all year.</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">It's worth if you are ever up this way to spend at least one day out on the water with one these full time guides, even if you think you know it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The Palmerston North RISE show was another success - all that attended were happy that they did. A full bag of FREE prizes was given away, everybody was amazed about the quality of the films shown. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Tonight the festival arrives in Wellington - the capital of New Zealand. Hope to see you all there and remember to drag (bring) your friends along :)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">See you all at the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=14"><span style="color: yellow;">Stu's Superior Flies table</span></a>.</span><br />
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-1083736413014965542013-08-30T11:27:00.002-07:002013-09-08T13:59:14.105-07:00WHY WE FLY FISH , CRAB FLY, DAMSEL NYMPHS, RISE FLY FISHING FILM FESTIVAL<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The New Zealand fishing season is not far away and due to the mild weather more people seem to be about and hanging over bridges. Looking for that magical shape of a trout, that they are going to catch this year!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">But before the season kicks in, <a href="http://www.gin-clear.com/filmfest/nzschedule/"><span style="color: cyan;">The RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival</span></a> is about to tour and be coming to a location near you in New Zealand or Australia. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Stu's Fly Shop & Superior Flies is again proud to be sponsoring the festival - why - because we love it!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">It is a great night out, not only to see the latest fishing films about to be released, but a great social event and an excuse to eat ice cream and popcorn.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since being back it has been so busy gearing up for the new season, marketing, web stuff, photos, fly designs and building work. Seems most days I am working 16 hrs and the season is still along way off.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 24px;">"</span>This fly shine's in the water which makes it irresistible to fish. Made from durable synthetic materials with a hot wire chartreuse body for some weight, covered with a synthetic tan transparent bubble body"</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: yellow;">TRY FISHING THESE SMALL BUT HEAVY</span> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=tungdbrown"><span style="color: cyan;">DAMSEL FLY NYMPHS</span></a> <span style="color: yellow;">DOWN DEEP - AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE FISH ARE MOVING SLOW THROUGH THE WEED BEDS.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">G’day Stu & Ela,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;">I received my fly selection in the post today and a big thank you.</span><span style="font-size: large;"> I have never seen such quality and balance in fly patterns. How you can tie such small lies is beyond comprehension and your innovative use of synthetic materials is the best I have ever purchased or seen anywhere.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">Rest assured you will be receiving quite a few orders from me and when I get the chance I will show my fellow Trout fly fishers the selection I received.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">May your eyes stay sharp and your mind in tune.</span></span></div>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-34595884463731805922013-07-29T11:22:00.003-07:002013-08-15T22:48:19.073-07:00The Trout Bohemia NZ Fly Fishing Book Review, Trout Diaries, Stu Tripney<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My nose is so cold and it is supposed to be summer here in Yellowstone Park - maybe the bears are hibernating this summer? Deciding there is no choice, I gently roll over and push my nose into the cheap Walmart pillow. It is now I am wishing I had purchased the more expensive, softer one but the scottish blood in me got the better of me.<br />
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It was full moon last night and maybe that was the cause of the constant chatter of the Canadian geese most of the night in the meadow beside the tent.The red stuff is starting to circulate round my ever increasing nose of old age and it starts to feel normal again.</div>
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Smiling and staring at the condensation on the roof of the tent, casting my mind back to some of the interesting and juicy bits. "Wonder if I know that guy in the North Island? Surely I know that river? So that is where and how the jet boat engine started its life!</div>
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The battery life in the lantern was gradually dying but that did not matter. The sun was rising and its warm rays started to light up the inside of the tent. Great! Enough visibility to read and to be taken for another great adventure in the pages of the book before it is time to string up my fly rod and chase some small Yellowstone grayling.</div>
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Closing the book, I unzip the tent with a smile on my face, the fish are calling. Or is it just the fresh air? Whilst playing with water and the creatures that live in it on the other side of the world, my mind seems to be constantly going back to different chapters in the book. </div>
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Only two other authors have ever managed to do this to me, a great travel writer, Paul Theroux and fly fishing legend author John Gierach.</div>
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Derek Grzelewski is writing his way to greatness and has yet again crafted another awesome book.</div>
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He has an unique gift of taking the reader on a true journey. A thought provoking love story about trout, bohemians, emotions, love, knowledge and a dog he sleeps with.</div>
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Just like The Trout Diaries, you will end up reading The Trout Bohemia book more than once and using it as a reference guide in more than one way. </div>
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Your mind will wander back and forth whilst reading it and for months after. I can promise you that part.</div>
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How is my casting? What can I do to improve my love life? Do I like dogs? What do I want out of life? Do I have the right fly tied on?Am I really here for the fish?</div>
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Once Derek Grzelewski has finished writing about NZ and its trout and people, I personally can not wait until he wanders off to other continents to chase other species of fish - and meets the bohemians that chase them. I hope he takes his pen and paper with him, the world is his oyster! The Fly Fishing Bohemians Vol 1 - 100!</div>
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Though maybe he has found his true love?</div>
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A book worth the wait.</div>
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Thank you for your great work Derek.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b>IT IS MAGICAL</b></span></span></div>
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There is something absolutely magical about sight
fishing. It is all about the visuals, watching the fishes' behavior as
you try to tempt it with your hook covered in thread & feathers.
"Come on fish "<br />
"This is the best tasting morsel you will ever eat."Trust me!"<br />
More
often than not you will get the famous carp rejection. It is this part
of the game we play with nature, that I am sure that keeps us coming
back. We Humans love the big R, I am sure.<br />
The bonus part is when we
do not get rejected and the fish moves gracefully towards your fly and
inhales it. That fuzzy warm sensation comes over us and for some a heart
attack is not far away.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red;"> KISS OF DEATH</span></b></span><br />
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With carp fishing
here in the USA on some of the gin clear waterways in which carp may be
found, the visuals of this type of fishing are the draw card.<br />
You
will get rejected, humbled and once you have experienced it, you will
keep coming back. Because when you get your fly accepted and engulfed by
miss rubber lips, you will be converted. And you will dream about those
rubber lips.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b> TIPS ON CATCHING THE LIPS OF DEATH</b></span></span><br />
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Keep your rod tip low, strip strike and your new 4x4 Toyota Land Cruiser will take off.<br />
Very
few carp take to the air when hooked, they just seem to go and go with
amazingly strong thrust of their very powerful tails.<br />
Like most fly
fishing, you can use any rod and reel to catch carp. Though if you have a
stiff fly rod with a fighting butt and a good drag on your reel, you
will enjoy it even more so. A 6wgt is OK, though a heavier wgt rod will
help you cast into wind and control the fish more easily. You will also
be able to cast some<span style="color: yellow;"> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dgo"><span style="color: yellow;">heavy weight flies</span></a></span> out with more ease. <br />
Although
it's great casting light flies out, I have found that in deeper water
with carp that primarily feed on the bottom, you will need to use heavy flies at some point - to get down into the zone.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b> FOOL THE WARY BUGGERS</b></span></span><br />
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Carp feed by smell and sight mainly. If
you have for example a carp moving along the bottom looking for food,
you need to intercept the fish with your fly and make the fish see it.
Do not cast on top of it. <br />
Cast far enough in front of the fish and
let your fly sink to the bottom. Be patient. Wait for the fish to be
pretty much on top of the fly and then give it the "come and eat me
strip."<br />
Remember carp and most other fish do not like flies attacking
them so always try to get your fly looking like it is trying to escape
from the carp. This will trigger the predator instinct of the fish.<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> THE TAKE- STRIP STRIKE</span></b></span><br />
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You
will see the carp dart towards your fly and slightly tip up upwards as
it inhales your fly off the bottom. Strip strike and hopefully you are
connected. If not - provided you have made a strip strike and not a
trough strike, your fly should be still in the zone and the fish may
give chase and drill down on your fly again. Giving you another chance,
normally I have found the second chance is your last chance.<br />
Once you feel the fish, keep a tight line, adjust your drag settings quite high and hang on for a powerful fun fight. <br />
<b><span style="color: red;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> STRONG HOOKS</span></span></b><br />
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12lb- 20lb
Fluorocarbon tippet and saltwater bone fish leader and flies tied on the
best strongest hooks! are recommended. Knowing this will help you fish
and fighting the fish with confidence. I like to push my gear to the
limits when carp fishing and not exhaust the fish. Very rarely do I see
my backing, though it is needed.<br />
The few occasions I have seen my
backing is when I have connected with a 15lb+ fish on a still water -
when even with a lot of pressure on. The big ones you just can not stop.<br />
I have a been a carp junkie for over 9 years, coming over to the States in my quest for my visual carp fishing fix.<br />
Months
at a time has been spent working out how to catch these awesome fish.
This carp season I have managed to put the finishing touches to my go -to Superior Carp flies.<br />
They all should be available through the <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/default.asp"><span style="color: yellow;">web site</span></a> by November 2013.<br />
The carp
fly range will have bottom flies, mid column flies and surface flies -
all especially designed for fooling our rubber lipped wary carp
friends.<br />
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There are more and more
resources available nowadays. Two of my favorite are books: Carp On The
Fly and the latest one released in 2013 called Fly Fishing For Carp by
Kirk Deeter.<br />
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A few DVDs have also been made, though I feel none are
that special. One I do remember and it was an old one, showed carp all
over the place in a lake,though they struggled to catch a few. That was
great to view, though I do not think that's what they were trying to
show.<br />
<span style="color: red;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"> CARP FLY LINES</span></b></span><br />
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This year also sees two of the main
fly line companies releasing carp fly lines. RIO was the first in 2012
and this year Cortland has also released a line. Both lines are floating
and are capable of fishing over medium weighted flies.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;"><b> CARP GEAR</b></span></span><br />
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I
have purchased two carp fly fishing t-shirts over the years from USA
fly shops. Derek De Young - the fish artist from Livingston, Montana has
now carp scale iPhone covers. Lots of USA guides and shop owners on
their days off prefer to go for a carp fish rather than trout. <br />
<b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: large;"> INTRODUCED TROUT & CARP</span></span></b><br />
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An
interesting point from the book Fly Fishing For Carp was the reminder
that carp were introduced. To the USA from Europe at the same time as
they introduced brown trout.<br />
The two main species of carp I fish for
are the common and the mirror carp. There are also grass carp which I
hear are even harder to catch as they feed on vegetation only. The
mirror and common carp are very opportunistic and will feed on nymphs,
minnows, crayfish and midge and hopper from the surface in some areas. <br />
Give another species a try and you will find out why they are known as the fresh water bone fish and fresh water permit.<br />
I hope this has helped some of you and got you twitching.<br />
Remember to sign up for the <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/join-up.asp"><span style="color: blue;">newsletter</span></a>, follow us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop"><span style="color: yellow;">Facebook</span></a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/StusFlyShop"><span style="color: lime;">Twitter</span></a> & Instagram (<span class="st">@<em>stusflyshopnz) </em></span>and support the passion.<br />
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Book your guiding trip for this year - the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/categories.asp?cat=193"><span style="color: yellow;">NZ Fly Fishing School</span></a> is taking bookings now. November is nearly booked out, some days are available in October.<br />
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-80383448218625150722013-07-08T14:51:00.000-07:002013-07-08T14:59:51.006-07:00SAGE NZ SOLD, FLORIDA TARPON, PERMIT, DUVALL STREET<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Why? Maybe it's just guiding so many people who have been there and recommended it, tempted fate. Also know it is not known as the easiest place in the world to catch a Tarpon - so for me that makes it even more of a challenge. Friends have been there over the years and in 10 - 14 days guided fly fishing 2 fish landed has been the norm, although many have also blanked. Many have hooked and jumped fish but never get them to the boat.</div>
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A very kind customer this year recommended that I must go and experience the fishery and offered to help me out when I get there with his knowledge and use of his own flats boat.</div>
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Arriving in Key West and it was raining - soon dampens my thoughts a wee bit. Now my friend would also not be able to make it and my fishing plans were not going to be as smooth as I had hoped. Realizing that not having local knowledge and use of a flats boat it was time to scramble around and see to hire some guides. </div>
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Most of the guides were booked out even though there is over 150 guides working on the Tarpon and Permit fishery with many more out of star guides - also coming working the area during the busy season May - June. But with some more great help, a few good guides were available for the odd day here and there.</div>
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Over the space of ten days most of the days guiding that I had managed to book were cancelled due to the rain, clouds and strong winds. This made me realize that no matter how the conditions can be in NZ, very rarely I need to cancel a guided trip as there is always a place to fish somewhere.</div>
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Down here not so, the ocean does not have many hiding places. In total, I got out 4 days. The first day out was a dream day - sun, no wind, no clouds. We staked out a clear white sand flat amongst turtle grass in a known tarpon migration channel. It was not too long before I got a glimpse of my first Tarpon. The size of a grown man with a mouth that could inhale a 40 inch pizza in one gulp!! Over 120lbs - Bear, my guide, estimated. Cast! Cast! he shouted, one o'clock, 60ft etc. </div>
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I fumbled with excitement and did my best to get a cast out. The fly landed, I stripped it and the huge shape swam past. It was then when I realized now what happens if I hook such a thing!! I also realized that the tarpon were not actively feeding as such and you have to sort of force feed them your offering and make them remember to open their mouth and eat.</div>
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Over the next 3 days of tarpon guiding, I got 4 - or so - fish to have a look at the fly and for me that was even awesome. It was just awesome to be there and experience the fishery and the stories of the guides and fly shops. Weather is weather and it is always a gamble. This time the unpredictable weather and the tarpon won. And yes, I would still love to return some day, so I best start saving as it's not the cheapest place to go in the world. The very last day we probably also should have cancelled but Rob, my guide, reckoned we should try the backcountry side of the peninsula for permit. Despite the rain we wrapped up and headed out and I was just so happy to be out the motel. </div>
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After 4 hours of slowly poking along staring for fish in the overcast conditions, a forked tail of a permit broke the surface. I made the cast and Rob's secret shrimp fly descend into the path of the permit. A few twitches and a strip strike and all hell, let loose. After some strong blistering runs and a large knot in the fly line, it somehow managing to go through the eyes of the rod. The battle was nearly won until at the very last moment the permit got wrapped around a rock right beside the boat! Rob jumped in the water to free it but a second too late and the line cut clean on the rock. I was so near to landing my first permit and it was an amazing experience. Poor Rob had worked so hard to get me onto one, he was more upset than me so I had to comfort him with a shot of whiskey. I never knew a guide abusing fish tht much than Rob!</div>
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The next day in the local fly shop I realized how lucky I was as 4 weeks previous the world famous March Merkin Permit Competition had been held. 30 of the best permit fishermen and guides from all over the world descending. After 3 days of hard fishing (which equals to 90 actual fishing days), only one permit was landed that won the competition. </div>
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So now it's time to leave the saltwater, wind and rain behind and head for summer in West America with my tent and my quest for the freshwater permit - yes, the carp! </div>
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SAGE NZ SOLD (GUIDE QUALITY LTD)</div>
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After many great years Don Fraser has sold his company to Tore Nilsen, ex Manic Tackle. Thanks heaps Don, for all your great work with SAGE and RIO.</div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Hello! It has been a busy April with lots of great stuff going on and creative work getting done.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">The guiding has been just awesome this April with some returning clients arriving back - yet again - this season for an April fix. None of them were disappointed and the trout were behaving and in top condition.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">After a day guiding two lovely gents from a big Sydney fishing club, I got up early at 4 am the next morning and quickly typed this wee story before I forgot. It got printed in the clubs newsletter with Butterfingers 1 & 2 not knowing until they read it. It brought a few smiles to the club members and I hope it does the same for anyone else reading it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">There was none left in the shop after huge demand for the design during the summer months so I had no choice but to get in front vise late on a Friday night and tie up a few dozen. As I knew the weather might just hold out and the wee grubs would still be dropping from the willow trees and just maybe I had clients that will want to join the Grub Club.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A funky wee black van pulled up beside my Landcruiser early on sat morning and as I walked across to meet my two clients for the day my guiding brain kicked in. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">1 - The cool funky black van- they must be a couple of young dudes </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">2 - The size of the small van - they must be very friendly with each other if they are sleeping in it as it's so small.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">4 - I wonder if they have fished in the South Island before and especially this area - Southland. Known to Humble the best!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Then the I heard the creak of the doors opening!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Chink! The sound of glass hit the gravel beneath the door and a wrinkled sun bleached fishing hand reached down and rescued the half drunk bottle of a liter of whiskey, a freddo frog chocolate foil blew also out the from the drivers side which was also quickly retrieved by sun bleached hand.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">The creak of bones and the sighs of relief to get out the van drowned out the local singing bird population. Then two neatly dressed fly fishing fashion police stood in front of me with their hands out stretched with huge smiles of "we are going fishing" across their faces - "Yes, you have got us two for the day Stu."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">"Hi, I'm Butterfingers one!" "I'm Butterfingers two! "Oh no" I thought to myself and introduced myself as Stu!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Great! Two very passionate fly fishers for the day and after a little guide interrogation as we loaded up my truck, deciding they could cast and since they were going to be in the area for over a week I quickly decided what would be best for my two new friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">The day would be best spent with me knocking off a few of their cob webs and getting them ready for the days of fun that lay ahead for them both when they would both be out slaying the Southland wary brown trout.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A short drive was all that was needed to a spot on the Mataura that had not been fished for over a week. The upper Mataura is known for being the most humbling river in the world by many experienced fishermen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">It is a great place for me to work with clients on the skills that would be needed for success here in NZ. The visuals are great and even if fish are not caught you can normally at least see some trout and get your blood boiling.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A normal day guiding an experienced client say on the upper Mataura would be six chances in the day, that's six fish eaten your fly, then you had better convert the chances . If you do not get it 100% all right it will not happen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Over the past 11 years guiding the upper Mataura one of the 30 river system's I guide on in my area. The most trout that have been fooled on the upper whilst guiding have been seventeen in one day. This has normally been when the river has been rising, the fish all come out from the banks, drop their guard, the water is not so clear, and start to feed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Today the river was low, clear and the sun was hopefully going to come out later to aid our trout spotting. We arrived at the selected spot and straight away we could see trout feeding. It looked like a few trout would make it to the net today!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">B1 and B2 quickly spooked the first few trout and after a few casts managed to start relaxing without the need of a wee nip of Talisker. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Though now thinking back on this fateful day they both put me through, it may of helped relax them both.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">The next pool we had five nice fish over three pounds each sitting just beneath the foam line sipping their breakfast. Seeing these large trout B1 and B2 started to get very twitchy and excited.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A UTE pulled up and the local land owner came over to have a chat with us and decided to stay and watch these two professionals from Lake side fishing club in action.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Both were oblivious to the farmer as they were both transfixed by the noses of the browns breaking the surface amongst the willow leaves floating down the feed lane.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Within 20 mins 3 of the large browns were fooled by a small foam Deadly NZ Blowfly and none were landed. Slack in the system, too slow and too soon were the reasons for no hook ups. We mentioned to them both to try and help them, if they got any more chances over the day.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Hamish - the farmer had a wee chuckle to himself and patted me on the back and whispered in my ear: "looks like you have a hard day ahead with these two pro's."</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">The rest of the day was spent losing fly after fly and fish after fish, the day was on fire and all the fish were out feeding and hardly a minute went past when we were not casting to sighted fish. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">As the day went on my jaws were begging to ache as we joked and laughed the day away despite me tearing my hair out. Nearing the end of the day, realizing that why had I even bothered to bring my landing net with me as it was extra weight to carry. At lunch time it was also mentioned that maybe I will have to go back to the shop and re-stock on flies and put the net back in the car! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">If only the guys had of told me that they both specialize in LDR (long distance release) and SDR (short distance release). The net should have been left at home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">I should have also left the lunches back home as well as every now and then I would see willow tree branches moving as they both seemed to be grazing like giant pandas on the tasty willow tree leaves, or we're they just retrieving their flies?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">In total fifteen wary browns had been fooled and none landed by B1 and B2 and they will now have to wait another year to join the grub club. 34 flies were lost to trees, grass and fish and it looks like tonight I'm back in front of the vice. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Though if he is as much fun and passionate as B1 and B2 about fly fishing in a nice strange fly fishing way - I'm looking forward to it :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">The guiding days have been very good with days filled ,of fish landed and lost.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"> The main rivers in the area have been fishing great despite the low water, feed by spring creeks they are cool and the browns most of the times have been exploding into the air, like rainbow trout.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Yesterday I worked with a fly fisher from Switzerland who had been struggling to catch any of the browns in the South Island. He had been in the North and caught plenty. But the South was beating him and he was starting to beat himself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">But he was honest and realized his casting was not up to fooling some of these browns. He had been fly fishing for 5 years and is in a club. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">We ended up spending nearly the full day in the casting area and gradually I managed to turn him around as he was a very quick learner and ironed out his faults very quickly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">We ended up on a small local river for 2 hrs at the end of the day and in that space of time he hooked 7 large brown trout. He was ecstatic and it goes to show what help a day at a NZ Fly Fishing school can do for some and a wee bit of local knowledge.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">The shop has been very quite in the past two weeks with not many fly fishermen or tourist around. Three days three customers, so we now have a press the bell system on the door of the shop. This way office work can get done at the same time. So if you are passing and see the door closed but the flags out it means, we are always open. Just press the bell and we will be there to serve you with a smile.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">It seems many people are getting ready for a saltwater trip over the NZ and Australian winter. As we have received many emails regarding orders for the Superior Saltwater range of flies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">In 16 yrs this has to be the most calm weather wise season I have ever had. Especially no wind!! Yes, nearly every day there has been no wind. Yes, not much rain either and now in my small town. I hear that 4 of the houses have run out of water, some for the first time ever!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">1 - Willow Grubs - yellow</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">4 - NZ Mayfly Bombs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">8 - NZ Tungsten gold bead nymphs</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">There will be a new newsletter bing sent out in the next day or two, which I'm sure you will all enjoy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Pillow grubs! The other day I had some overseas fishermen in the shop screaming for some more pillow flies, as they had been having great success with my pillow fly? It took a wee while to realize what they were after. That was a good laugh - Willow Grubs - not pillow grubs :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Also great feed back has been coming in from all over the world about the success people are having using my designs. One that caught my eye was a gentleman from Brazil who had been fishing in Fiordland and had great success with my chartreuse willow grubs - this was strange I though as there was mainly beach trees in Fiordland and I had never heard of Willow Grubs in that area, but I still believed him - especially when he sent me the photos,of the flies in the trouts mouths.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Maybe the fish were just being suicidal and eating any fly I thought to myself. It was only when I was on a four day camp out on a river in Fiordland just recently I figured out why! There was lots of small chartreuse caterpillars drifting down the feed lanes and the Chartreuse Willow Grub matched the hatch as they say! Perfect. Fish on!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Another great thing I have learned this year! The learning never ends and I love it.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The photo-"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" - Jesse's words on his awesome photographic art - remember send me an email, if you want to contact Jesse regarding buying a copy of the limited edition print - 4 left out of 10.</span></div>
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<pre style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: normal;">A self portrait with a cheeky and ostentatious feel, an image purely driven by my own fantasy and love of all things ornate and excessive.
Fly fishing traditionally ruled by the elite and rich, and a sport so close to my heart since early childhood, I have tried to bring it inline with a more lowbrow and rock n roll lifestyle. A mixture of tweed and hot latex makes for humorous and fun feel.
A boy can but day dream of a world dripping of Helmut Newton extravagance and desire. Black and white transforming an Australian alpine stream into the highlands of of Scotland and the elitism and ownership of fisheries that bars average men and women from fishing them.
Unless of course they can afford to pay for the right to fish.
Perhaps the extravagance and desire would not appeal so, if the beautiful streams I fish freely in Australia were suddenly privately owned and hired to only those who could afford them.</pre>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Recently The Trout Diaries 50 min slideshow interview has been uploaded to Youtube so you can now listen and watch some cool photos at the same time. Click on the image below to watch and listen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Thank you all for your AWESOME support and feedback.</span></div>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-85623993108414095872013-03-16T09:34:00.001-07:002013-03-26T18:02:36.121-07:00NZ Fly Fishing, NZ Trout Radio, NZ Fly Fishing Film, Trophy Trout, Mayfly Hatches, Spinner Falls, Stu's Fly Shop NZ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: yellow;">The Interview - 53mins of Fly Fishing, History, Casting, Tips, Fun, Fly Tying and Fly Design - enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Yes - at last the author of the top selling trout book "The Trout Diaries' and producer of the Trout Diaries radio show - got hold on me. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Derek asked me quite a few questions over 50 min and recorded it live. There was no written down questions and answers, a microphone was just held in front of me and we just did it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">The interview has had well over 600 downloads and is still rising, this has surprised us both.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"> It just shows when the truth is told and some good information is given people do listen. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;">So if you have not had a listen to it, stick on your head phones, crank up the volume, </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6s-3Q1R6io" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">click here</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> after reading the blog and even without being on the water, you will be taken on that thought provoking journey into the world of fly fishing, guiding, casting, catching fish, fly design. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">If you like it let your fishing club members and friends know and share the passion, without our passion we would not have as many waterways full of life!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">If you are looking for some of the best mayfly hatches April is the time to come to southland fewer fishermen around and plenty of cool water., living on the river means i get to know first hand what is going on in the trout world in Southland. Some dates are available for the end of March and April , call or send me an email for that small dry fly fishing fix.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> Remember there are not many guides who live on the river or have spent as much time on the water, ,there is not much i do not know about whats going on in the southland trout world, Local knowledge you will not find just anywhere!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow;">The new Superior Flies Film - the history, big fish, the journey, the years of design, the art , passion and dreams - enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The new short film has been very well received through out the world and great comments and feed back have been coming in.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">One person commented that I had the flies in my box the wrong way! Never said it was a good clip and congrats, just wanted to let me know !!!!!! wrong!!! But was I :) ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Allot of the times I'm not right but who always is? But he did make me realize why for many years I had changed the way I put the flies into this box. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">My vest and box get thrown around when I'm guiding and the odd time my nymphs would fall out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">With the tungsten little heavy nymphs mainly, I found they would not fall out of the foam slots as much if they were put in the other way round.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Just like how you hold a rod there is no right or wrong way as long as it works for you.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">So now you are going to watch the film and the flies and box and it's going to get you thinking and that's the magic of fly fishing - it's a game of thinking and working things out and just when you think you have it cracked. </span><span style="color: #999999;">You have to start again- it's great, the learning never stops.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="color: #999999;">To watch </span><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">the film clip</span></a></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica;"> </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica;">remember post it on your social media site and enjoy and share it.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A range of mayfly designs from my vise, all ready for the hatches.These mayfly designs work throughout the world.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Well, it's been very hot and most of the small streams have dried up and many fish have died - which is a shame. Some have been rescued by Fish & Game and many by caring members of the public especially some awesome farmers. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Lots of these small streams are spawning streams for the trout , so I would imagine that many small trout have died and the long term out look is not so good. Hopefully nature will take it course and things will pan out.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Many farmers have been stopped from getting water from the ground as all the rivers are getting so low . Environment southland are the ones who regulate this.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">My house water comes from rain water, which is stored in a tank which is also getting very low, so rain is need all round. Fingers crossed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: Helvetica;">It has been a terrific year so far with clients </span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">enjoying great fun days on the water with plenty surface action.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The hot weather has made the fish all look towards the surface as the bugs keep floating down on mass. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Less water means less places to hide so spotting fish is at its all time best for me and clients.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The visuals have been awesome with many clients pulling the fly away before the trout takes in excitement, especially when fishing the Willow Grub up close.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Recently there has been some large mayfly spinner falls more than normal in March, which means April is looking great for the autumn mayfly hatches.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Cicadas are still around and fish are still munching on them, as well as Willow Grubs - which are still dropping big time from the leaves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">If you are looking to catch some beautiful colored mayfly feeding trout before the season ends or brush up on your casting or river craft skills, look no further. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Check out the new super slim fly boxes - you can buy now - custom selected filled box - full of Stu's Superior Flies - all tied on the best TMC fly hooks. Just contact me today and let me know your custom wishes.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #999999;">I still have a few days available in March, April and May so </span><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">contact</span></a><span style="color: #999999;"> me today.</span><span style="color: cyan;"></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Much more than just a wee shop!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">This season I decided to sponsor the full Rise Fly Fishing Film Festival tour and take Stu's Superior Flies to world and chase the dream!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">The feedback from the tour has been great from so many countries and passionate fishermen and women. The tour - I'm pretty sure - has rekindled many peoples love for fly fishing, especially in the cities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">To be able to go along to a venue and meet like minded people and watch some of the best fly fishing movies in the world just makes many people realize what more destinations and species can be caught on the fly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">Here is another wee tune to listen to, that may get your feet tapping.Its nothing to do with fishing or is it?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">I hope you all enjoyed the recent newsletter with the new film announcement.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">If you have not done so already, </span><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/join-up.asp" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">sign up for Stu's news</span></a> <span style="color: #cccccc;">and get all the new info, special offers & gossip.Next week the new March news letter will be sent out with some great stuff on it and links, so do not miss out, sign up today!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">To view the short new film about Stu's Superior flies - </span><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">click HERE</span></a></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">The fishing has been on fire all season with record amounts of fish being landed. Many clients have managed to catch their personal best size brown trout.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">For the past month it has nearly been all dry fly action and many clients joining the Grub Club - that is landing their first fish on the mighty wee size 20 Willow Grub.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">A combination of Grubs, Blowflies and Cicadas seems to be the normal diet of many of the trout at this time of year in the river systems.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> Find a good piece of stable water, work out the feed lane and proceed carefully casting up the feed lane with a Deadly Cicada / Deadly Blowfly with a NZ Floating Willow Grub tied off the back seems to be the best rig for catching fish for customers and clients.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">When recently guiding, we have ignored most sighted fish in the deep pools as it can be harder to fool them with heavy nymphs etc. at this time of year. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Over the last 3 days guiding 51 trout have been fooled into taking the flies, though not all have been landed, as it's fishing not catching :) </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Unlike most countries in the world in NZ the fish seem to feed through out the day and the most productive time seems to always be when the temp is at its hottest. This probably is due because of the amount of insects that hatch and get active when it's hot, thus bring on the trout to feed especially on the surface.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Having no real natural predators like eagles and bears fish will easily move into clear shallow water if especially left undisturbed for a few days where they can be much easier to spot.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">So here in NZ it's not unusual to arrive at your spot late and have the best chance of hooking up.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">All the rivers are now getting quite low. They are all gin clear. Hopefully we get a wee bit rain to top them all up a bit, but it's not looking likely.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">This is also the time of the year that Fish & Game do their drift dives. This involves a team of guys with wet suits and masks floating down certain river systems and visually counting fish numbers. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Recently on they did a drift dive on the Mararora River which was the first river to have the dreaded Didymo and have since for years been troubled with it. </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">This year the drift dive had some great news. The river was now sporting a good population of trout again and looks like it's starting to recover.</span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;"> I wonder if it's just a natural cycle of fish stocks and breeding or if all the recent floods had something to do with it, by flushing out allot of Didymo and clearing the stones so that the aquatic live and trout can go about their business in the normal way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">It will not be until august or around that time that the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival will hit your local big city. At the moment it has kicked off in France for the first time and being well received with shows selling out in most of the big cites, 200 + people at a show. The German side of the tour has also kicked off and all we have had from many people is that they had a great night of fish porn with like minded people, again sell out shows. When the pre-sale starts for NZ and Australia, you best get your </span><a href="http://www.flyfishingfilmfestival.eu/schedule/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">TICKETS</span></a><span style="color: #cccccc;"> quick.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">Recently we have started to supply a specialist fly shop in Italy. The feedback from the owner is that his customers are loving the designs and quality. As the years go by, I hope to add more and more specialist fly shops in different countries to my list of supporters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Back in are the size 10 Cicadas and newly released are the green size 10 Deadly NZ Cicadas. Great searching flies - </span><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dcgreendoz" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">order here</span></a></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Catch us also on Facebook and </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">like our page</span></a></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: large;">. Upload your photos of fish caught on Stu's Superior Flies and have some fun.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just returned from guiding and a good friend Paul, a fly fishing guide from Wanaka, was in the shop and on a road trip with his client Brandon who had been having some NZ fishing fun - he could not resist such a good fishing cap. Oh and yes, we are nearly always that happy even Paul.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are many different species of cicadas from large to very small, they all pretty much have the same silhouette that the fish see from below. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They tend to take to the wing in search of sex when it's a calm windless very hot day. Many fall or fly clumsily onto the water. When they hit the water, they do so with a little plop. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As soon as they hit the water and become stuck in the surface, they panic and struggle for a short while creating little vibrating wakes of water in the film.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This only lasts for seconds normally and then they just sit quietly on the surface waiting to washed to shore where they can climb back onto land. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once the trout start to feed on them for us fly fishers it can be so much fun casting large cicada dry flies out and watching fish move considerable distances to engulf them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My client cast his fly out 20ft short and 20ft to the left of the fish, nowhere near it. As soon as the cicada fly landed the fish must of heard it and turned and came down stream like a missile. I screamed at my client to leave his fly and the fish slowly came up to suck it down.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having it on the best strongest fly hook with the largest gape also helps anglers hook and land the big trout of a life time, that at this time of year come from the deep in search of these double cheese burgers with mayo.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: #666666; font-size: large;">1- <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=84" target="_blank">Stu's Deadly NZ Hi-Viz Cicada - black, green, tan, chart and olive</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: #666666; font-size: large;">5 -<a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stusdamselnymph" target="_blank"> Stu's Realistic Damsel Nymph</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: #666666; font-size: large;">7- <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stuswaterboatman" target="_blank">Stu's Waterboatman - black / tan</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: #666666; font-size: large;">8 - <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=84" target="_blank">Stu's Foam Elk Hair Caddis</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: #666666; font-size: large;">9 -<a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=Dragadult" target="_blank"> Stu's Deadly Dragonfly (Adult)</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">10 - </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ddant" target="_blank">Stu's Deadly Hi-Viz Ant</a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This time of year is pretty full on, with the odd day still available at the end of the month and next. <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm" target="_blank">Contact me today</a> if you are interested in any of my services. Fly casting lessons, NZ Fly Fishing Schools and back to back guiding for the past weeks means very long working days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But each day the hours fly by and I realize this is because I'm doing something I'm so passionate about. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Years ago when I have worked in other jobs some of them I would be looking at my watch as to when I could finish and go home nearly every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working on the water, it is actually very hard to call it a day and return to base camp and I can think of no other job that I could wish to do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Everyday I have been netting good solid fat trout, due to the coolness of the water after the recent showers of rain and cooler water temps. The trout have been very frisky with many of them jumping at least 3 times during the fight. Thinking they are rainbow trout!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ela - queen of Stu's fly shop ,social media has been busy adding even more knowledge / skills to help you all .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently Ela has been spooling up fly reels with backing and line for happy customers and in the past weeks learning how to attach the leader with a needle knot and finishing it off with UV glue. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Demonstrating the new strike indicator is her favorite thing though as there are so many people who have sell not seen this easy to use <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=strikenz" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Strike Indicator</span></a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There is now not much Ela does not know about all the gear and flies. So if you have an order or question regarding gear / guiding / casting / NZ Fly School just give her a call on 03 2488890 or contact her by email - <a href="mailto:nzborn2fish@hotmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">click here</span></a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The people I meet are amazing people and also very passionate. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This past week I have been working with returning members of Sydney's two largest fly fishing clubs. Everyone of them has no huge expectations of fly fishing here in the South Island and are here for the challenge and big wild trout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's a yearly escape from the city life and these guys know how to enjoy the pleasures of the countryside and the fishing.In the next Blog or news letter , i should have some great photos of the large trout they managed to land with me. Shame i do not have any photos of the ones that got away! :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If you are in Sydney, Australia or in any city in the world, look up your local fly fishing cub and go along and have some fun, male or female, young or old it's the best way to meet fellow fishers, learn new skills and have some fun trips away.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some people are hard to buy a present for - <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=giftvoucher" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">here is the perfect gift</span></a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">All the waterways are fishing great and are all low and clear. Expect to start to find trout in the fast shallow riffles as water temperature rises and they seek more cooler oxygenated water. Lakes, as usual the fish will be patrolling the lake edges, so short casts are all thats needed. A Hi-Viz Deadly Cicada on the surface just off the drop off will do the trick.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few of you have been asking about the great underwater shot in last weeks news letter.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the <a href="http://jaybeyer.com/blog/2013/01/new-zealand-is-awesome/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">link</span></a> to the dude that takes the time and effort to get the shots we drool over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Here is the link to the <a href="http://www.naylorhouse.co.nz/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Naylor House</span></a> - a great place to stay nearby the shop. Many of my returing clients stay here in this free standing historic country house - it's cosy, modern, self contained and you can get meals at the farm house - which everybody loves. The lovely hosts Avis and real fisherman John leave you alone and you have your own space in the country. It's two fields walk to the Upper M</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">ataura and only a 5 min drive from the World Famous Fly Shop. What more could you ask for?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At last I have found some pretty cool pink fly reels and have two models in stock - though they are in stock and for sale, to be honest if I can not sell them, they will look awesome in photos with my instructor rods and orange line, so watch out for some cool photos.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">The great thing is there was a record of view figures and if I were to add them both together, it is a little over 39.000 views which is amazing for a wee shop in middle earth surrounded by hobbits and large killer brown trout!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few times, I had to explain that this may be a wee problem with the water levels etc. Tom understood and off we went every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On went the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=fluroelk" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Hi-Viz Foam Elk Hair Caddis size 14</span></a> and up came trout to engulf it and fun we all had.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> A few times in the not so clear water I did manage to persuade Tom to cast nymph rig - adjustable indicator, <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stusdozgreybombs" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">NZ Mayfly Bomb</span></a> with a Deadly Blood Worm size 18 dropper and each time this was presented to a trout, there was no resistance to the taking the very small <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozredtungbloodworms" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">Deadly Blood Worm</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">You will catch more fish if you cut them off and use a<span style="color: cyan;"> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=c%26fnailknottool" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">needle knot tool</span></a></span>, and use a needle knot, finish the knot off with a little uv glue over the knot, </span><span style="font-size: large;">for an even more pro finish.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-size: large;">Loved your Flylife magazine advert, by the way. After traveling throughout Australia for more than 20 months, we had more than our fare share of far too tight budgie smugglers - although they seem to become less common - and beer feed bulging guts.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-size: large;">So it came as quite a relief to see such a well defined and somewhat attractive backside. And regarding the feelings of the fish, well, we thought it to be common knowledge that carp are suckers for anything wormlike, regardless of its size.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: orange; font-size: large;"> Stu, you definitely were our pin up of the season. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The selections for the RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival Europe that is run by Nick from <a href="http://gin-clear.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Gin Clear Media</span></a>, based here in NZ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Has announced more dates and films it will be showcasing on the night. </span><span style="font-size: large;">The films as usual selected are all looking great.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Working with Nick and his crew the past few months makes me realize the work that goes into making even 3 mins of one of these films - gone are the days of making just a fishing film, they have to be so well done to compete in the market place. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many of the small fly fishing film makers have pulled out through the years, they though it would be easy and plenty money to be made. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The truth is there is very little profit in selling DVD's unless you have a well made unique product and the cost of the good equipment the main guys are using is considerable.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Many years ago I managed to get stuck on a remote island for many days and had no choice to fish while waiting for the air plane to get fixed. While sort of stranded, I had the chance to fish with an fun american fly fisher.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It turned out he was a major Hollywood movie director and reckoned he could have not so good camera work and equipment sometimes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But if he had good guys involved in the editing suite it would be all good. Good editing is the key - that was his point.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if you are thinking of making a film or have a great idea - go for it and have fun doing so. If it does not make the cut for say the fly fishing film festival, i</span><span style="font-size: large;">t will still be great for You Tube. We all love fish porn and the more the better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Check out the dates for the shows - <a href="http://www.flyfishingfilmfestival.eu/schedule/" style="color: cyan;" target="_blank">click here</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a good interesting new blog that I have been meaning to recommend to you all :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Check it out and his older blogs. Yes ! From what I understand Derek has been busy with his creative thoughts and new book has been finished and maybe out in May. I look forward to another great interesting book.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://derekgrzelewski.com/trout_blog/?p=40" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Click here to read</span></a></span>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember - if you are reading this and do not support Stu's Fly Shop - you are a mean bugger and I hope every fish busts you off this season and next :)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has again a great special offer for readers in it, fun, fishing info and some great photos of HUGE trout that have been caught,all on my Superior Flies - wow!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: small;">Only the best strongest light wire hooks are used! 90 % of flies sold in most shops are on cheap hooks! And the flies cost the same? Be safe this summer!</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well - this year has been very busy with many return clients arriving back for some more good times. Long may it continue.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mark and Di were back for a week of great fishing at the start of November. Mark left on a high by catching a huge trophy brown trout something we had been working on for a few seasons now. It's great for client and <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/guiding/guiding.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">guide</span></a> when a plan eventually comes together. One of the problems guiding them both is that I end up with sore jaws from laughing with them both even though we are very serious when we are out there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fishing has been on fire and it was great to see in the last few weeks the trout freely rising to dry flies. Small deadly blow flies were working great but the pick of the bunch and the most productive fly would have had to be my <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dant"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">deadly hi-viz ant.</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Although there is no ants around at the moment there is plenty of dead saw flies floating down most river systems - that's the flies that hatch from the willow grubs.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Normally the grub action will start in the upper sections of the willow lined rivers, though this year my Gore customers on the lower Mataura were using and catching many trout well down past Gore for the past three weeks.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">That small grub fly on the smallest strongest tmc hook never seems to stop amazing me. Still strange after all the years my design has been available that some people have not even tried it and give up at the sight of willow grubbing trout.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Within a week of the grubs starting to fall the phone was red hot with all the local and New Zealand / Australia top guides after dozens of them.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other day Ela was in the shop as I was out busy guiding. Soon she had three fishermen asking her if they could borrow the phone to call the guide and see if he could come and pick them up. The guide had lost them and they were not too happy, after a few calls and 40mins the guide arrived and I don't think that would have been a pleasant drive back for him back to the city. This has happened in the past that I have had to help clients that have been left behind by a guide. This should never happen and if you do you homework when hiring a guide it will never happen!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The hot spell we just had was great. The top selling and most productive still water / backwater fly was the <span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ddaddy" style="background-color: yellow;">hi-viz deadly Daddy fly</a>- </span>which room the underneath also looks like a damsel fly. Many lake edge fly fishers have been having great results using them. So get some of these in your box soon as I do not have many left in stock.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other day two people came into the shop again to burn Ela's ears off about a guide jumping right in front of them on a semi remote small river that has a road beside it. They were not far from him and he saw them as they waved in dismay letting him know that they were working upstream, the guide was yelling back F### ##F and waving his fist.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Their is no need for this as their is plenty of water around. The guys were there first and in NZ if they are moving upstream you fish behind them or go else where, it's sad to hear that this attitude was taken when he obviously stop and read the note on their car and could see them, before going in front. Lucky they were nice guys and did not go up to his car and client, as one of them was a black belt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The hot spell over the Christmas break had everybody with time on their hands a chance to go fishing and out they all were. Most people were lucky enough to catch at least one fish - guided and unguided.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The stories of the big ones that got away were many and a few were lost due to broken hooks, flies that seem to be always bought from the same online stores. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The spinning guys and girls using bubble floats with a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dnzblow"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">Deadly NZ Blowfly</span></a> </span>tied off it were also doing well along the edges of most lakes. Rapala lures as always seem top work with the pro- spinning guys in every water way.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Summer ? 4/01/13 first light- Snow on all the mountain ranges, cold and high rivers</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's been raining heavy for a few days now ! and it's not looking good for most people that want to fish rivers until they clear again in quite a few days - rain depending.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some rivers I'm hearing from travelling fishermen are nearly over the main bridges. It is these floods that help clear the rivers out, but in some cases can help clear the trout out, as the flow is so strong.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Checking the forecast, there seems plenty of rain on the way over the next 7 days.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Once the rivers descend it will be nymph time again, then once they clear completely the trout will be more readily to rise for dries again.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"> <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=bmbombs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">nz mayfly bomb</span></a></span> and a size <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozkingpogos"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">18 king pogo</span></a> with a small indicator above it will no doubt be my go to fish catching rig with clients this week.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently the lower Mataura was on fire in the riffles and under the willow trees, the fish were all lined up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">But today two groups of anglers have come into the shop, looking for water to fish as when you stay down the bottom of a long river system.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It will take even longer for the water to clear so best keep that in mind when planning any trips, but if you get it right and the weather is all good, it can be fishing on your doorstep from your accom.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Armed with a some new waterproof rain jackets from the store, I have now sent them all, into an area which at least has some clear fishable lakes and I'm sure they will have fun, even in the rain.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A large attractor <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dcicada"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">black deadly nz cicada fly</span></a> with a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=hkms"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">small hot nz midge</span></a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">under it works well in the rain. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Try striping some <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dmdoz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow;">deadly minnows</span></a> </span>back over weed beds for some good fishing and it also keeps you warm. When fishing deadly minnows I will nearly always tie them directly to the leader.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Another huge trophy brown trout from the Greenstone River - 9lb+ - that was fooled with a size 10 NZ Black Deadly Cicada on a 4wgt rod, landed in under 5 mins - the perfect Christmas gift :)</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This looks like the last blog before Christmas, due to guiding and teaching work - in other words the silly season is nearly apron us all and it's time to do stuff.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: large;">If you are still trying to figure out what you would like for Christmas or to buy for a friend here are a few ideas!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">1 - Stu's fly shop gift voucher</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">2 - Stu's Superior Fly Box with a selection of Stu's Superior Flies for any area you fish</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">3 - Guiding or fly casting gift voucher</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">4 - a unique sexy Stu's Fly Shop t-shirt or Hoodie</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other day guiding we had a big rainbow refuse, though carefully inspect 4 different dries which he had probably seen from many anglers before us, but when presented with a Bionic Green Metallic Beetle he had no hesitation - from then on that day nothing refused our indicator and beetle combo - even in fast water.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">As well as the radio for safety I also carry a small first aid kit and a personal locator beacon on all my guiding days chopper or 4x4 guiding.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This year thanks to Ela helping me so much, my guiding has been even more relaxed than usual and huge trout, fun and laughs have been had by all of my clients. It's so good to have so many old clients returning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mark and Lady Di returned again for another 8 days of bent rods and sore cheek bones, from laughing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Erik and Marie after 4 years of hard saving from Sweden returned and both nearly cried when they had to leave and I don't blame them - the fishing was awesome the week they were here.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">More photos of the guiding and tales of the huge and small trout in my next newsletter in January.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A shame to hear that the Garston Pub - where allot of my clients will stay and eat - is changing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Al - the chef who is a master in the kitchen - has had his lease cut short - the pub will still be open though - let's hope the new lease owners can manage to keep up Al's standards.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though Naylors Cottage is still the number one favourite for most of my clients for accom and food only 5 min drive from the shop and Mataura River.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Oh - I still have a limited number of dates available for guiding in the new year, but best <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/contact/contact.htm" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">contact me soon as they fill up quickly.</span></a></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">A year of huge Oreti trout for my clients - look at the size of this wild brown trouts head as we remove a Bionic Green Beetle from its size 14 hook</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Facebook</span></a> </span></span>and read nearly daily what has been happening at the shop, soon we will be streaming shop interviews with customers and local and visiting customers!! Now that's going to be fun. For special offers, great fishing info and prizes and the best shop fly news, it's best to <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">SIGN UP TODAY</span></a> and receive the Stu's monthly news that every month you will look forward to receiving in your mail.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">At the start of every day we do some Zumba Fly Casting! (joke), analysing the day before on the laptop. Lady Di getting her stroke perfect.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Recently I have been busy with some returning clients who have enrolled in my Fly Fishing Bootcamps - more about this later. But as usual - it's based around becoming the best fly fisher and fly caster you could ever be and it runs over 5 days with accom included and at the end you will leave with great memories and new casting stream craft skills. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">Yes - yet again Stu's Fly Shop: guiding, teaching, Superior Flies gets another great mention in a world class German fly fishing magazine - world famous? well maybe just in Germany! But as normal I'm working on it.</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes - most of you have been calling worried that someone has stolen the shop signs and we thank you for letting us know. Soon the new signs will be erected and i'm afraid there are some PC changes being made - but hey - it's still going to be one hell of a sexy huge sign and the shop will still be the cutest coolest fly shop in the world.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6aa84f; font-size: large;">I little while back I purchased a selection of your flies, I couldn’t have been happier with them and they have certainly fished the pants of anything I buy around here (Melbourne).</span></div>
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-7757092643216578442012-12-01T23:54:00.000-08:002012-12-08T11:06:46.134-08:00The fly fishing advert, Huge NZ Trophy Brown trout, creative photography<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The weather has been great and the fishing hot as you will all know from the Christmas newsletter that has been just sent out today.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A huge trophy brown trout that I managed to fool - this is why only the best hooks are used on my flies, you just never know when the big one will show up! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dcblack" target="_blank">The fly that caught it</a></span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fly Life is an awesome magazine, that i have supported from day one and have spent thousands of dollars advertising with, (which keeps magazines going)I still have all my copies from vol one!!its hard to believe how long they have been on the go.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> The editor and the rest of the guys have done some amazing work with the magazine and i take my hat off to them for having some humor , steeping out side the square and helping me with the design of this advert and putting it in print.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They all loved it right from the start.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For over 4 years the vision of getting a special photo for an advert that would hopefully make many people smile would pop into my head.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Many attempts at getting one were made but just never managed to capture it properly.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Whilst in the USA the other year - chasing my favourite wary fish the common Carp - the perfect location with a great back drop was found. That day was spent trying to pull that shot off, but failed.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Realising that the best light for the shot would be in the morning as soon the sun came up in the bay.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> A nice carp had been sighted the previous day maybe he would also be there in the morning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Shaking with excitement I fumbled away rigging up my 9wgt rod and tied on the new carp gimp fly that I have been working on for many years. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He was there and he had a brother or sister long side, they cruised along the white silicon sand hunting down any cray fish that made the terrible mistake of letting their presence known to the suction lips of death.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> As the two carp approached the area, my heart was pounding as I knew these carp were very wary.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A careful cast out with a little plop well in front of them, soon had the GIMP sitting on the bottom hopefully in the correct spot. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just like sight fishing for trout or bonefish as soon as they were inches from the gimp I gave it that - come and eat me twitch - instantly the lips of death shot out from my friend and engulfed the Gimp. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After a few years of holding onto my work it was decided. It was time to start to release some of my creative photographic work, with plenty more to follow.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The advert created a little bit of a storm as some said it was not PC enough for the magazine that printed it, others said it would harm my business, did I care! Many complemented me with my creative advert with some great emails of support.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> There are far more worse things in the world than some fun, but I could be wrong.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Personally I think that some people in the fly fishing game should loosen up a little and realise that they only live once and should learn to smile.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> Fly fishing and life should be fun - not all life or death?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After all if you use my Unique fish catching fly designs that are on the best Tiemco fly hooks - this could be you!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Thank you all the amazing support, please forward this to any of your friends that may need to smile today.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I hope you all liked the information and the photo of that huge 20lb + trout in last weeks newsletter (not the blog). Remember to <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/join-up.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">sign up for Stu's newsletter</span></a> - for news from the shop and vice, comps, prizes and fun.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This weeks blog is about the Aitutaki and the big bonefish, that many of my clients have been to and more are asking about. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All these post and news letters take time and effort, so feel free to shop with <a href="http://stusflyshop.com/default.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Stu's Fly Shop</span></a> and support the passion.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">With the help of some wonderful locals, pointing me in the correct direction, I would cast all sorts of saltwater flies into the water and catch quite a few different species of fish, some I never did learn the name of. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Before long realization kicked in, Raratonga was not the place to target Bonefish, the name Aitutaki Kept coming up, so I cut my stay short on Raro and was soon on a small plane to Aitutaki.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After a phone call to the only guide on the island - who gave me the feeling he was very busy and could not guide me. But soon he came to his senses and realized he was not busy and was just had the old island lazy disease.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">His wife must overheard the conversation and may even hit him on the head with a coconut to make him realize money was to be made..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fishing hard and casting like a demon hoping to connect with a grey torpedo. Eventually after 3 days my first Aitutaki bone fish of around 7lbs came to my hands. Lost 5 others into coral where they all managed to bust me off or hang me up.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All up in the 7 days I landed 3 bones and lost 5. Looking back in my diary I sighted only 12 bonefish in all that time and I had perfect sight fishing weather..</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">On nearly everyday guided in the main lagoon, we encountered relatives of my casual guide. They were out netting fish, mainly targeting bonefish as it was a local tradition and the bones were a sought after pickled fish delicacy.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">From which I learned if you have a bonefish heading into the coral, take the drag off and they will slow down and most of the time will stop.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then gradually apply tension and try and steer them into the next blistering run away from the coral.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This technique I actually learned and practiced many years later on many bonefishing & fly design trips to Christmas islands, if only it had been applied on the Aitutaki bones, lost into the coral!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the last 4yrs the Aitutaki bonefish fishery has changed dramatically.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A great DVD called Itu's Bones has been made featuring the new highly trained bonefish guides, the turn around with the fishery and it's history, not to mention the breath taking tropical views the island.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are thinking of heading that way I recommend you get a copy of it.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You now need a fishing license, the new guides are all kitted out and now are nearly fully booked every day. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">From all the reports coming back from my clients who have been heading over, it is turning into a great fishery and a huge new tourist revenue for the island.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Like one of my friends who had just returned said "people still go to Aitutaki think they will catch lots of bones and fall over them and it will be easy, just like big trout in New Zealand". It's not a numbers game in Aitutaki, it's fishery is all about quality and beauty.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is a big chance that you may catch one of the biggest bonefish of you fly fishing life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There is also a chance that you may catch a record breaking bonefish. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Some bonefish have been found years ago in the nets at 20+ lb. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The chances are you will catch one in 3-5 days fishing and will definitely see some big bones.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are also plenty other species to fish for from the shore or a hired kayak. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One day when I was wading in the lagoon a huge black shadow similar to the size of a mini cooper car headed out of the lagoon towards the channel, a huge trevally! So you never know.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You may get some strong wind, you may have to cast a slightly heavy fly to get down, you may have to control a big bone, you may break a rod.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For these reason I suggest to take at least <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=23"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">2x 9wgt rods</span> </a></span>and if you are heading out on a day trip/afternoon for whahoo or tuna, trevally take also 10wgt.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Take a good <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=sage6080reel"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">sealed drag reel</span></a> with you and a spare is always recommended. Yes they need have plenty of backing as big bones love taking people well into the backing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So do not take your trout lines with you thinking they will do. They will not and will stick to the rod when casting. I know first hand of this money saving mistake.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A trip in New Caledonia chasing bonefish one year, left me with two destroyed fly lines within 10 mins of each other, due to coral.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though you are going to have a much better chance if you have flies tied on good hooks with sharp points to help penetrate the hard mouths of all saltwater fish. It's always best to take more than you think you will need. It's not unusual to lose 10 flies in a day for some people.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">They all sit on the bottom and have plenty of movement due to the materials used. These are becoming hot favorites of the guides in Aitutaki, some of Stu's Superior Flies where also featured in the great DVD Itus Bones.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you need more information or some equipment, Stu's Superior flies, lines, leaders, tippet for your trip please visit - www.stusflyshop.com </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Since these bone fishing trips I have also worked as a saltwater fly fishing guide for a season in Australia where more knowledge about saltwater flies and tackle was experienced.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=nzhotkiller"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Red Hot Killer Nymphs</span></a> are the number one choice for most, followed by NZ Tungsten Gold Bead Mayfly Nymphs in smaller sizes. The wee bit of bling on these seems to work early season on the Southland rivers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Lots of different guides have been in for their season stock up and it's always good to catch up with them and find out how their bookings are. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This is a time when most of the guides actually get a few days to fish, well the keen guides do.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">For me that's a great thing to see guides who like me have fused their passion with their work still out there enjoying there passion.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">A huge trout being released by my last client</span></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">was through yesterday and had managed a 3/4 day out playing. He had managed to land 5 brown trout between 3-5lb and was pretty happy about that on his first day of the season.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are over that way in Wanaka and looking for a friendly knowledgeable guide check his services out </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.aspiringflyfishing.co.nz/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">www.aspiringflyfishing.co.nz</span></a></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He was pretty disappointed that I was out of my black Ninja Nymphs as he was after dozens of them as they were his go to fly of the day and last season. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Which was great to hear that his clients had success with them, he was mainly fishing them of the back of a <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=stusdozgreybombs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">size 10 Mayfly Bomb</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> connected by 5lb rio fluro plus tippet.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The weather here in Athol has actually been pretty settled and the main Mataura river has been mainly running clear. Snow has fallen on the mountains and some days it's cold. But already the birds are looking for nesting materials and spring is on its way.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Most of the trout at the start of the season will let you have a few casts over them, some trout that I was guiding some clients onto who were not so accurate let us try up to 20 times before they were hooked or not. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Though it was interesting to see some trout after 3 attempts learn pretty quickly. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Already I hear some of the larger wise trout on some rivers that have not been caught are moving off just after one fly drift past them - I love that stuff it just amazes me, that some how they know the season has opened, and seem to remember from previous seasons.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Just in is a new DVD <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dvdwg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">The Waters Of Greenstone</span></a> and it's pretty cool that Stu's Fly Shop is on it. Check out one of the trailers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Well the much publicized Oreti river has been getting it's usual pounding at the start of the season and there is nothing wrong with that - it's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">a great river. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I was told the other day already people thinking it's their river and letting down the tyre of a vehicle that was parked on the top bridge - I'm not sure if this person was camped there all night, that's beside the point.. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Things like this are not good for NZ, so if you saw anything please report the culprit to the police, fingers have been pointed but no evidence, there was a few people around that day at the top bridge, someone knows something - we are fishermen not vandals - come on guys! Lucky the guy had a spare.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The author will be through to sign books in the shop, so if you do not have a copy of this book - if you get one from me it will be signed - and may be worth $$$$$ in the future ?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Being professional I did not laugh as I could see his man pride was hurt ! :) He made me promise not to tell anyone - especially his father back at the shop. Being myself - I have never told anyone!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He also nearly fell in again, but he is a fun guy so having to carry an extra towel with me when I guide him is now just part of my job. Oh and he is not old! He is just a wobbly kind of guy! :) - I sure hope he will not read this - or his friends :) :)</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are in their area check out their shop and services. So if you know or are a cool fly shop that wants to stock my Superior fly range </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">contact me or Ela.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Yes - we are open again and rocking my home town of Athol! The shop will be open nearly every day throughout the season that is possible.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ela is helping all season, so if I'm out guiding or busy you will always find the shop open, which I have struggled a bit with in past years without help.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So we look forward to seeing all you happy people in the shop again this season and no doubt a few miserable folks as well.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It's funny that some people spend all there lives in doom and gloom!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Today was the first day of opening and the few people that came through were guides after <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/products.asp?cat=135"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Superior flies</span></a> and local catch and grill wormers after licences. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The worm fishers will have a ball on the first day of the season as the good old worm is deadly especially if the waters clear and the fish have seen no anglers all winter. Tomorrow in the shop I expect a few people smelling a bit fishy which is much better than BO.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Check out the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=wwcal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">new calenders</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Check out the <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=ipad"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">ipad trout art covers</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Check out the<a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=rnecks"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">trout art redneck buffs</span></a>- great for the sun or insects</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The fish and game rangers came past and gave me all the info on what's been going on with the spawning of trout and salmon and drift dive counts on some rivers, it's always good to get inside info.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The upper Mataura for the first time in over 30yrs dried up in mid winter which was not to good for fish stocks, so most upper reaches of southland rivers got hit with a winter drought which made allot of trout head down stream earlier than usual in the main rivers and small holding waterways.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">MAGAZINE CATCH UP</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">If you are looking for a new magazine to come through the post 4 x a year have a look at the cult fly fishing magazine - <span id="goog_1236899995"></span><a href="http://www.drakemag.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">The Drake</span></a><span id="goog_1236899996"></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The complete Fly Fisher -African magazine is a close second choice, full of different content and plenty travel content.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Fly Life - another great magazine - though after looking through the latest edition seem to have been taken over by a bunch of NZ article writers working for a tackle company. Only promoting their products in a smart way which is a smart game plan, I only hope they are not fooling all the readers as they have already done it with the F&G magazine here in NZ. (That's my winters bitch:) -before the season starts).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">All the orders are going out the same day and again I thank you all for waiting on the shop opening. You are all awesome.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"> <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dccicadas"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">-size 8 and 10 in stock</span></a></span>- Yes the colour the tussock fly fishermen have been after for many years - chartreuse.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Remember 95% of flies sold in shops and on line are on poor hooks- that's not the case with my flies, they are all only on Tiemco hooks- well proven on big fish! </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">WHAT FLIES THE PRO GUIDES ARE BUYING UP!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Nearly all the internet orders from guides and in the shop for the start of the season have been buying up!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=dozmixed10bombs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Stu's NZ Mayfly Bombs</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=doznzgreymayflynymphs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Stu's NZ Realistic mayfly nymphs</span></a></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=doznzgoldkillernymphs"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Stu's NZ Killer Nymphs</span></a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">- Hi -Viz Black Deadly Cicadas - for sight flys and attractors.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Since getting back a week ago the weather has been awesome, shorts and t-shirts in the afternoons. This weather pattern has helped us get all the grass cut and the shops casting area tidied up.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Which was a good thing as I have been busy doing a few casting lessons. This weeks forecast does not look too good with rain forecast most of the week. This will not stop all the die hard fishers who have taken time out to slay every trout, good luck to you all. To make it more appealing all the rivers are now clear down this way and are at normal flows!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm out guiding tomorrow, which is the first day of the season with two new clients, hopefully we can brave the wind, rain and fool a few wild browns.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A few dates for guiding and casting lesson are available before Dec, so contact me asap if you want to <a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/guiding/guiding.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">hire my services</span>.</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It may be very small the shop - but it will surprise most!<br />
Just like my dads wallet - George my dad, in the shop before his 98th Birthday!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red; font-size: large;">ELA QUEEN OF FACEBOOK</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Ela has been busy helping me with facebook. Please if you are on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: cyan;">Facebook</span></a> </span>give her all the help you can, with cool fish photos and details of what superior fly you caught it on etc.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Have a great fun season, day, week or year</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Cheers</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Stu & Ela - "Driven by sheer passion & living the Dream"</span><br />
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Stu's Fly Shop & Stu's Superior Flieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02417085478503976475noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3127880544610925046.post-38464255205497150132012-08-31T00:18:00.000-07:002012-10-12T13:09:55.410-07:00New SAGE rod, NZ Fly Fishing Schools, Stu's Superior Flies, RISE film fest, Gin Clear, start of the season<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">We have just been traveling through India, filming & photographing fishing as we went with the odd bit of teaching fly casting to some locals and travelers. Now in Nepal doing the same but</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"> hampered by the monsoon weather- like in India - which has made things harder to get the footage and shots. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I have yet again learned so much more this year and I take my hat off to all the local guides and fisherman_women who have showed me their local methods and tricks to fool fish and posed for my photos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out the </span><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/proddetail.asp?prod=cbaitfish" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">crystal bait fish</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> design that the predator fish (Mahseer) love!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out the NZ RISE Fly Fishing Film Festival </span><a href="http://www.gin-clear.com/filmfest/nzschedule/" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Sept</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> dates!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out the award winning new </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39WaBhPRzyM" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"Predator"</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> fly fishing film clip from Nick - Gin Clear. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For your plastic fishing license visit </span><a href="http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/buy-your-licence-now" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">fish & game</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out the award winning hands free rod </span><a href="http://www.smithcreek.co/rod-clip.php" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">clip</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> available in September. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out the SAGE award winning new </span><a href="http://www.sageflyfish.com/fly-rods/freshwater/circa/" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">"Circa"</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> fly rod. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Visit us on </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/stus.f.shop" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> and follow us on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/StusFlyShop" style="color: cyan; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The web shop will open on 19th of Sept so get ready with the wife's credit card or your husbands or dads :) or mums (joke)!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Introducing Ela / Teaching</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Normally it all seems a bit rushed in a way, due to clients, time limits
when it comes to my casting tuition and fly fishing schools. Even if
it's spread over 2 or 3 days. With Ela traveling over a long time and
being very keen to learn about fly fishing i have been experimenting
with a new approach to my teaching methods, (a new game plan!)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />For
the past 2 months Ela has been learning mainly about the flies,
equipment and aquatic life of the food of trout. But still i have not
given her a fly rod or taught her anything about casting as of yet. The
foundations at the moment to me seem really solid doing it this way over
time. Ela has decided to share with you on the blog some of what she's
been learning along the way. I'm sure you will all enjoy her journey
into the world of fishing and fly fishing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">It's Ela here from Stu's Fly Shop. I'm on the road with Stu & his fly rod vice (he is busy working on new fly designs) now for 3 months - it's time for the newbie's next blog!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Stu is <span style="font-size: large;">a <span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/schools/fly-fishing-schools.htm"><span style="color: cyan;">natural born teacher</span></a></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="color: white;">and i'm keen to learn more about the fly fishing mystery, i asked him to share his knowledge with me. We've had plenty of time - in 28 hours bus rides, at overcrowded trains (it's always nice to have more audience) or at a sun-kissed balcony with a nice chai tea. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">So i bought myself a student notebook, pens and here we go: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">As i knew nearly nothing about fishing, insects & <span style="color: yellow;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/categories.asp?cat=22"><span style="color: cyan;">the</span> <span style="color: cyan;">hardware</span></a></span>, Stu started with<span style="font-size: large;"> the basics. I felt like <span style="font-size: large;">I<span style="font-size: large;">'m a student again<span style="font-size: large;"> - all new for m<span style="font-size: large;">e! I <span style="font-size: large;">practiced</span> my hand-writing skills an<span style="font-size: large;">d soon had to buy new pens<span style="font-size: large;"> (as the indian ones' don't last too long)</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">After each lesson, <span style="font-size: large;">i was tested the day after - back in school again, dudes!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Watching Stu at the river<span style="font-size: large;"> showing off his <span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/schools/fly-fishing-schools.htm#Private_Casting_Lessons"><span style="color: cyan;">casting</span></a></span> skills <span style="font-size: large;">helpe<span style="font-size: large;">d me a lot to combine theory & practice of the whole fly fishing thing.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Soon there came the day when Stu went out to discover new waterways and improved his casting skills - it was early in the morning<span style="font-size: large;">- i went with him and his guide to learn more by watching - i thought. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">As Stu wen<span style="font-size: large;">t upstream by himself quickly, the "Ghillie" (yes, i had to call my guide Ghillie) decided to teach me<span style="font-size: large;">! I <span style="font-size: large;">was quite surprised but didn't had time to think about it 'cause the Ghillie handed me a fly line on a wooden stick (aka the reel)! He taught me how to use it, there was something stinky at the end of the line, the<span style="font-size: large;">y use a special formula of <span style="font-size: large;">pattie- called "Raggie" to catch fish here! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">A minute later i had a first nibble, i casted the line out and within seconds it happened - i caught my fi<span style="font-size: large;">rst fish!!! As i was so exited about this, i nearly dropped the fish! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: small;">My first Mahseer!!!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">At the time Stu came back from his fishing, i already caught 7 fish in 3 hours - <span style="font-size: large;">not too bad for<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">me, who never did fishing before- both of Stu's arms are sore from casting and he had not even seen a fish! Maybe i should teach him.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stu's Superior Flies - the most TRUSTED name in fly fishing flies</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">" is stoked to be a sponsor of RISE FLY FISHING FESTIVAL 2012 <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">- check out the advert <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6UMU8CiQE8"><span style="color: cyan;">here</span></a></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Th<span style="font-size: large;">at's it for today, i hope you enjoyed the story of Ela getting pimped up to answer all your <span style="font-size: large;">questions from October, 1st @ <span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: cyan;"><a href="http://www.stusflyshop.com/default.asp"><span style="color: cyan;">Stu's Fly Shop</span></a><span style="color: cyan;"> </span></span><br /><span style="color: white;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: white;">Dates are filling fast so if you want to book Stu for October, November or December, please contact him soon.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: cyan;"><span style="color: white;">See you all soon, have a great time, en<span style="font-size: large;">joy the time!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cheers<span style="font-size: large;">, </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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