Sage One Fly rod, Fly Fishing The Mataura, NZ fly Fishing schools, NZ Casting Lessons, Mayfly nymphs, Stu's Superior Deadly Minnows, NZ Smelt

THE DREAM TEAM HAS RETURNED- WHERE IS GEORGE!!

Even when it`s quite there is always work to get done- where is George!

Just when things got quite in the shop and this April i´m down to 1 or 0 customers a day in the shop, the awesome dream team had to leave. Yes George my dad who you all got to meet in the shop the last few months has gone back to bonnie Scotland and the funny thing is has also taken mum the shop and house cleaner with him- the bugger! 

It was again awesome having their help and without them providing some great slave labour, i´m actually not too sure how i would manage to keep the shop doors open. Because the guiding and teaching is what still supports the shop. 

Two members- Mum & Dad of the dream team praying for customers for the Easter sale -from the universe!! 

Having my parents staying with me for over 10 weeks some would say would be crazy. Having them help, meet and understand all of the crazy fishing women and men and what makes all you guys tick and what drives me.

It is just an awesome thing, special thing to share with ones parents, lets hope i can budget to get some of the dream team back next year.

I hope you all had fun with them and no doubt you all did as people keeping coming in and looking at me and saying where is George!! - that does make me smile.


JUST IN IS THE NEW DVD-HATCH -CHECK IT OUT- you might even see my flies and ugly mug on it!

SAGE ONE FLY RODS- 4wgt 8,6 just in stock

RIO HI - VIZ  ORANGE Tournament fly lines- 120ft now back in stock.

SALTWATER FLIES- Check out some of the Best Baitfish flies you will ever use!! 

APRIL - FLY FISHING IN SOUTHLAND!- mid - upper MATAURA starting to fish well.

I have just finished doing quite a few full day fly fishing schools for beginners and some advanced fishers, where i was teaching casting in the morning in the casting area at the shop, then in the afternoon we would go to the Mataura river where we would put into practice our casting and some stream craft skills. Once everybody has roughly (in a day) got the hang of things we go chasing those things with fins!

We have been fishing mainly using the easy to see Deadly Cicada flies with a 1/2 foot of rio fluro 3.5lb tippet, tied off the bend of the cicada hook and a small size 16 nz realistic mayfly nymph tied on.

April trout are normally fat and in top condition.

Nearly every afternoon we have caught fish on the cicada and the nymph about 50-50. There as usual at this time of year seems to be quite a few fish in the riffles especially down in the Nokomai gorge walk in area down to cattle flat.

We all love dry fly April mayfly Madness!

Around 3pm there have been mayflies hatching with some fish starting to watch there clocks and start to rise for these small brown mayflies, but still not in a feeding frenzy- which we all want!

The upper Mataura has a few larger fish holding in pods in some holding pools but still not numbers moving up yet. One thing i personally want to do is to fish up from cattle flat up through the Mataura gorge area - that´s on my bucket list! One day!

There has hardly been any fishermen around so it´s been quite easy guiding at the moment and finding water and fish.

A client of mine stayed down in the gorge area until dark and just on dark he had a big hatch of mayflies and caught and missed a few fish- staying that bit later sometimes works!

Tie on a deadly cicada size 10 and nz nymph and search the foam lines and the shallow riffles, the fish will be hard to see but you shall have fun!!

I would think from now on the lower Mataura should start to fire up with some hatches, just yesterday i noticed mayfly spinners on my car.

 APRIL CASTING - GUIDING DATES 

I still have right up to the end of April some availability for anyone wanting to  perfect or learn how to fly cast or fly fish. A few dates are also still available for some hopefully dry fly mayfly action.

THE RIVERS-

All the rivers are low and clear and the sun´s been out most afternoons so spotting trout has been quite easy in some areas.

RAINBOW TROUT HEADING UP STREAM - BIG BROWNS- DEADLY MINNOW WHITE SMELT ACTION

Plenty rainbows are heading up the rivers near Te Anau, a couple of friends fished down stream and across due to strong winds blowing down stream the day they arrived, using my deadly minnows in the barred smelt white color and nailed plenty, mind you these guys can fish well.

Smelt flies- whitebait flies! These are the ones you need in NZ
Only avaliable from Stu´s Fly Shop!! Check out the different colors - these are barred tan.

Although they said it was not too hard fishing but was great fun as some times the water was erupting as the rainbows chased and nailed the deadly minnows as they swung round in the current and they stripped them in as fast as they could.

Another guide friend bought some deadly minnows and was working at the mouth of the Lochy river near Queenstown and 1/2 km up stream was also nailing plenty fish using the minnow in the same color- this guide was casting upstream and letting the minnow drift back near the fish and then stripping it. 

The fish would instantly turn and hammer down onto the fly, as the water was so clear he got some great visuals. Around the mouths of most of the rivers he has had clients stripping them on from the boat or bank as many fish are gathering ready to head up stream as well as he has been seeing plenty large shoals of smelt with trout smashing into them.

He mainly was catching rainbows, though he did say not far up the river there was a few big browns starting to show! Sometimes you do not need to go far for some action, especially if you have a boat!

ORDER NOW BEFORE YOU FORGET!

Best if you want to stock up for your winter saltwater holiday or winter trout fishing to make your orders soon before i close at the start of may for the winter. I look forward to receiving your orders and support.

I hope you enjoyed this blog- just as much as my flies! Please keep the great photos and feed back coming in :)

Cheers

Stu

HATCH DVD, RISE FLY FISHING FILM TOUR, LOWER MATARUA, MATARUA GUIDES,SIMMS BOOTS, SUPERIOR FLIES

 YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR- boots, flies!

CREEPERS!! Underwater!!! Photo!

Because of the location and the awareness of the shop throughout the world i get to meet many overseas fishermen, guides and local fishermen as they will all stop at the shop.


Now i hardly sell any boots and the ones i do sell are Simms, because of the brands name and their services.


I personally use their boots and have even many years ago been a product tester for Simms for a new sole for wading boots they were bringing out, which was very interesting for me. 
Brands like this do the hard yards and testing most of the time they get it right, and the odd time they get it wrong, like every business in the world.
Their logo is copied and most of there designs by others and yes - these copies are cheaper - but do they last!

Stu's hi-viz mayflies- The time is near!! special new two tone black and white posts.

If there is one thing that falls apart before a season finishes it is normally a pair of these cheaper imitation wading boots, so if you buy a pair and they are cheaper and fall apart - please do not complain to the shop you bought them from (i don't sell them just in case your wondering) - just remember what you paid for! Like everything thing in life we all get what we pay for. 
Just this week alone i had two different fishermen come into the shop to complain about their boots  as soles were hanging off and toes were sticking out, they had bought from various outlets in Australia & NZ- again i had to point out - they got what they paid for!

 CARP In clear water these guys can sometimes be harder than a trophy brown to catch!

Flies are the same - you get what you pay for!
My goal is just like Sage, Simms and other top brands to take my designs using nothing but the best materials and TMC hooks to the world market. 
I thank you all for your awesome support, photos, feedback and very kind words.
Next year i hope to take Stu's Superior flies to your local fishing shop, so please start to inform them that soon they will be able to stock and sell you the best flies and fly designs in the world.

I´ve been fishing with other peoples flies throughout the world to get ideas for my own fly designs- with other fly companies - i have found this is a unique process i have worked on- nearly all other companies just copy other patterns and grab a handful of local known fishing guys names and add their name to random flies for promotion(i have been down that path)- no actual hard work has gone into the designs! I caught this fellow on a pink squirrel nymph  a fly from Wisconsin - now i have a new idea for a fly!! Support the designer!! direct!

LOWER MATAURA RIVER TROUT & Fish and game working on a Dvd


The mid and lower Mataura  river have just started to clear and sight fishing for trout has become a bit easier in these reaches. There is a few trout at the tail outs of most of the pools and flats rising to the odd Mayfly but these are all about 9inches long or smaller.
The great thing is though, is that they can still be hard to catch- size is not everything- skill is!
The guides i know in the lower mataura are even struggling to find nymphing fish (which is pretty abnormal for that section) and there has been no hatches or spinner falls, they inform me. 
Even here at my house i normally know when there is insect life happening as the mayflies and caddis cover my office windows and car in the evening or night.
For weeks now there has been nothing on the windows.
Now the lower mataura is a great fishery and i hear F&G are making a film about it- good on them- but unless they have skilled cameramen and an production company involved and some money etc involved. The dvd may struggle to compete with other dvd´s - compared to what dvd are coming into the store and the cameras used and quality.

But just maybe it will work out, i would think they will gradually do one for each of the countries top river systems north and south! I hope it works out as its a fantastic river and any promotion at the end of the day is great to get more people outside doing it! I´ll keep you informed on the F&G progress.


HATCH--- THE NEW DVD from GIN CLEAR - NICK RAYGARET.


The other night we had a wee family viewing of a copy of the master dvd that Gin Clear is about to release called - HATCH - This is going to be the first of a series of dvd called hatch, that will follow the hatches/ food sources of fish species throughout the world, their behaviour, fish behaviour and the anglers behaviour when it happens. Poland, England, New Zealand, Australia etc are some of the locations featured.


It´s a very slick production and filmed with a red eye movie camera that is used by the big guns in the film industry. Some of the footage of different fish feeding will wet your mouth and you will make vocal noises as fish feed in slow motion (well i did - as some as the shots i thought were awesome) i never saw any god save the queen feeding???
For example you will see footage that has never been filmed before of trout tracking mayfly spinners and taking them.
NZ trout eating cicadas! Well we have seen that on other productions. But have you seen a wild trout (not one in a tank) chewing on the cicada to try and swallow it and then loosing it from its mouth and inhaling it again shot underwater in a gin clear NZ river!

A solid huge NZ trophy brown, i released last week.

You will see close up shots of willow grubs, a grub so plentiful but many have never seen!
For me this dvd was very educational - probably more so than what Nick ever intended. My parents thought it was a great dvd and thoroughly enjoyed it. I can only think what the next one will include as i know Nick has just bought another $90,000 us dollar state of the art camera for filming the next in the series, not to mention all the other gear.
Remember you will get to see it at the RISE fly fishing film festival that is touring NZ and AUS as well as all of Europe.
Oh! while i remember - it will also be showing in the USA fly fishing film festival, thats is constantly touring the states.
If you wish to buy this dvd click here- Hatch dvd

Black Stoneflies at the round table- Very realistic these are under water to show you what the fish see - as they creep along the stones.

APRIL GUIDING DATES STILL SOME AVAILABLE!
& STUS FAMOUS CASTING LESSONS
Contact me if you want to catch some beautiful coloured browns, or brush up on your casting and stream craft skills.


Hope you all had a great Easter .
Remember only weeks left until the shop closes for winter :(- so get your orders in today for your winter fishing.

Cheers
Stu

Willow Grubs the number one fly, Hatch the new fly fishing DVD, Mataura and Southland river levels

APRIL WILLOW GRUBS- NOT MAY FLIES!

Another willow grub feeding trout gets released- this is why i use only the best strongest hooks! I personally do not want my clients or customers to loose trout!

Yes we had a wet summer and only in the first dry week of Feb did the dry fly action start to take off, as you all know, my clients had a ball fishing for willow grub feeding trout and catching them, something that some people in Fish and Game and some older mataura fishing guides have thought could never be done and has said no one has designed a fly that represents the willow grub which works.


Well you just have to ask my clients and all the fishermen that purchase my willow grub flies to find they may be stuck in an old mind set- or have not actually gave it 100% to find out!


It´s funny how these people just get stuck in one school of thought- my thought and other fishermen and guides is that if the fish are feeding on willow grubs they can be caught and now it´s been featured in a major fly fishing DVD!
You just have to have some more skill and patience to be able figure it out! And think out side the box! After all, the scientist say the trout have a brain the size of a pea- so that does not say much for us when no matter what we do we just can´t catch them every time!

Just feel the excitement!

But like many fishermen after much observation i start to wonder- there has to be much more to it than the pea brain- as we should be able to outsmart them every time- now that's food for thought!


The weather has turned yet again and the sun has been out and on these calm hot days, the millions of blisters (gals) on the willow leaves are becoming alive as the last of this years willow grub hatch grow large and eat their way out of there homes and fall onto the water on mass even this late in the season this year.


Normally the top flies bought in the shop at this time would be small hi-viz mayflies and spent spinners- but not everyday we are getting many tourist anglers coming in for my grubs and having a ball catching, missing and breaking off, free rising trout beneath the willows.


On saying this in the last week of guiding we are starting to see a few small mayflies hatching in mid- afternoon and my clients getting a few trout on mayfly dries, so there are a few small hatches starting.

A UNIQUE DESIGN from Stus vice.

Yesterday guiding on one Southland river- my client hooked a huge trout that was taking willow grubs, as soon as the trout saw our imitation he sped up and sucked down the foam grub 4ft from the tip of the rod, what a heart stopping site it was and an explosion when my client set the small size 18 hook.
Oh- i just finished watching the new fly fishing dvd- HATCH- in the dvd is short film on willow grubs, which is informative and which is out next week- more on that next week.


GREAT SUPPORT!
Throughout the season we have had many clubs,guides and tourist fishing groups in the door and great laughs and information shared.
One group in particular has been coming into the shop for years and supporting the shop- even though they have their own shop- now that's bloody nice and thoughtful.
Are Murray and Andrew the guys from High country outfitters in Jindabyne, nsw,Australia.
 in Australia- check there shop out if your in that area- they also sell a full range of Stu's Superior Flies- just look out for the yellow tags and you know your buying and tying the best flies on to your tippet.


THE MATAURA RIVER AND OTHER SOUTHLAND  RIVERS IN APRIL


The rivers are nearly all flowing clear and there seems to be not many fishermen around.
Yesterday i ended up for a few hours on the middle of the Mataura, we found fish on the edge of riffles, but the river even though the levels have dropped a huge amount was still not clear. As soon as it clears i expect it to fire up with plenty fish in the riffles and hopefully the normal April mayfly hatches.

THE TOP SELLING HI_VIZ  CICADA - GREAT FOR EASY TO SEE!  INDICATOR FLIES AS WELL.

So at the moment i recommend sticking to the upper reaches if you want to find any rising fish. The Oreti river has produced a few nice fish for some anglers using the NZ Deadly Hi- Viz Cicada, which i now have in stock in various sizes and also just in some size 10 tan ones.


SALTWATER FLIES- GET THEM NOW FOR YOUR FISHING HOLIDAYS!


All the sizes are now in on my saltwater flies- so if you are planning on catching some saltwater species or other predator fish check out the Superior Saltwater Flies on the site. 

 STU'S BIG EYES- COME IN  BARRED -SMELT WHITE,TAN and OLIVE- CHECK THE AWESOME HOOKS OUT!

I also have had more and more orders for these flies from people targeting Pike, Barra- they are all basically bait fish patterns with a unique large fish eye heads, great silhouettes and action tied on the best strongest hooks. These are the most sexy big flies that you will tie onto your tippet- they come in 1/0 3/0 and for the big boys 6/0.




Remember, to place any orders ASAP before the shop closes for the winter in early MAY.
I hope you have fun reading this and it all makes you smile today!
Cheers
Stu

Sage Fly Rod Deals, $1 dollar flies, Big NZ trout story, Convert you takes, Stu's fly shop NZ rocks!

THE TROUT AT THE MOMENT!!


The trout are happy at the moment because the rivers are clear and every one that i have seen have been nice and fat.
Already i´m seeing plenty of fish starting to pair up and gathering in the pools as they sort out who they want to make love too and then venture to the spawning grounds of choice.

Check the lips out!?

It is from now on that quite a few of the fish caught will start to color up and have more prominent colored spots and a nice golden color.
These are always great fish to photograph if you are lucky enough to catch one.
If you find them in holding pools you will be able to generally make multi-able casts to them as they tend not to spook as easily as solitary fish.
Though eventually they will know you are there and will ignore most offerings - as always get that first presentation right, light tippet and a drag free drift.


THE FISHING, Convert Your Chances.

 This is a photo of a guru fly fishing gent from Europe - He knows what flies and hooks work and hold =NZ trout- thats why he has mainly Stu's Superior flies in his box- even though he is also a fly tier!

The fishing has been a wee bit tough this March. I was out guiding the other day and my dad was chatting in the shop to another well known pro- guide who had been with two clients for 3 x full days and the clients had not caught a fish, although the guide managed one. Which if i know him well enough it would have been on a spin rod! :) This was probably due to the unusual weather patterns we are having and the wind and freezing winds would not have helped.
I also have been out guiding/teaching and most days locally have still managed to get my clients onto fish but not easily.
For success here as you know you need to be able to convert any chance you have. So if you get one chance - convert it and you will catch fish most days even on tough days (maybe).
Yesterday we manage one nice big brown out of 4 chances- two takes were missed, one big trout was hooked but broke off and the last chance was converted and the result was a fine trout on a Stu's NZ deadly blowfly

You need this indicator - set to catch more fish, see the webshop for this new great product!

APRIL GUIDING - MAYFLY MADNESS


At the moment there are still some dates in April, pretty much the last month of the season here in Southland for the best rivers and brown trout fishing in clear upper reaches water.
This can be a month of great fishing and looking at the weather pattern it looks like the sun is on its way - at last.
It´s a month when the may fly hatches can fire and maybe my favorite month for fishing.
So if your interested in catching some nice big brown trout, hopefully on small dry may fly imitations send me an email and i´ll book you in before it´s too late. I have also availability for some casting lessons and some of my NZ  fly fishing schools as well.

Using the best materials and design i can get my parachute mayflies to sit perfect in the waters surface , here is a photo  of  my hi-viz  mayfly designon the surface of the water in a NZ gin clear stream. 

 $1 CLEARANCE SALE


Check out the clearance section of my online shop for those winter bargains!






A wee FISH Story & A BIG FISH STORY - all in one!!




Mark a client, told me this wee story the other day.
He spotted a nice big brown in the Twizel area in a big pool. He cast one of my deadly cicadas over it and up it came and engulfed the fly. After a wee battle he landed the nice big brown, as he was about to remove the fly he noticed another smaller trout hanging out of its mouth.
The big trout that took his fly must have just chased down and snaffled this 8 inch trout and although he had just taken that fish he still wanted the  Stus Deadly  NZ Cicada.
Realizing that the smaller trout was alive Mark pulled it from the big trouts jaws and revived it. It looked pretty healthy but stunned.
He sat the smaller trout in front of him in the water to come to its senses.
He then removed the cicada and let the big tout go from the net back  into the clear water of the pool.

Book a lesson with Stu -FFF CERTIFIED MASTER CASTING INSTRUCTOR NZ

Within seconds the big trout swam straight back towards him and grabbed the small trout and took off with it. Because it was clear water, Mark could easily see it was the same big trout !!


SAGE FLY ROD DEALS- 9wgt-7wgt-6wgt Sage specials- end of season.


Check out the deal i have on the 7wgt and 9wgt rods, and if you are looking for a light Sage spey rod check out the offer on one only- Z-axis spey rod- great for the north island, salmon fishing etc.
Also i have only two left on special TCX 6 wgt Sage rods.


THE SHOP - Tourist numbers 30% down.


The shop was busy for Feb as usual but now days George is getting bored as most days he is now getting about 5 customers a day which is well down for March- seems the tourist numbers are all down about 30% - which is not good for the shop and for all other tourist reliant businesses- but that means that there is hardly anybody out there fishing, so there is no shortage of water to fish! Great as well for me guiding and my clients.


Remember the shop will be closing in 5 weeks time so best stock up before i have to close doors for the winter.
Oh! The Dream team!! Dad, Mum and Ela say hello to you all and thank you for all the comments, photos and fun emails so far this season they have all received.


See you all in the shop this April and if not --  Have fun out there!
Cheers
Stu

Rise - Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012 - EUROPE , Fly fishing new dvds

On a cold wednesday evening in Hamburg on March, 7th i was on my way to the passage cinema to join the Rise - Fly Fishing Film Festival 2012. This is Gin-Clear Media's 6th annual film festival. As i reached the place there were a few people already waiting in front of the cinema.

I found myself a seat in this small independent cinema which was nearly sold out.

After a short introduction by Morten, the festival started with the first movie called "Breathe".
This is a story about giving up a secure, steady job, a life without complication, and exploring the waters of Montana. For me (who is a "newbie") it was a great start to understand what fly fishing is about. "Breathe" caught me and it´s breathtaking!

The next movie was "A Backyard In Nowhere" - an independent documentary that mixes Western and Gonzo elements with traditional fly fishing. For me, the trailer has a Quentin Tarantino vibe to it :)

Next in line was "Sipping Dry". It highlights the impressive (and difficult) dry-fly fishing on the Missouri River. After watching this trailer, i added Montana on my "travel-wish-list".  

It was time to grab a drink in the break:

Gin-Clear Media's "Hatch" was next. "Hatch" documents the world's most extraordinary insect hatches and the fantastic fly fishing that accompanies them. I learned a lot about insects and saw some beautiful shots of trout feeding it gave me a great understanding of what fish prey on and the slow motion feeding shots of fish were awesome. We all sat in total silence watching this dvd.

The last movie was "Geofish: A Mayan Prophecy" - four guys on their way from Portland Oregon to the bottom of South America, finding out if everything you read about remote areas to fish on the Internet are true. A good one, looking forward to see the whole movie!

After the show, i spoke to RC Cone, the producer of "Breathe" about a man’s fishing adventure that takes him across the state of Montana in search of the next fish, fresh perspective and a more fulfilling life - awesome!

Because i was wearing my favourite orgasmic t-shirt from Stu´s Fly Shop, i was quickly involved in a talk about where to find the best places to fish in New Zealand! I recommended to visit Stu´s homepage: www.stusflyshop.com and ask him :) !

Check out www.flyfishingfilmfestival.eu for all tour information, videos, photos and more and don´t miss your chance to join the festival!

Remember if you want to get hold of a selection of the best dvd,s in fly fishing visit The dvd selection .

Thank you & Cheers,
Ela

New Saltwater fly designs, Stu's Deadly cicada in stock again, NZ river conditions, SAGE TCX SALE, STU'S NEW DEADLY BLACK MINNOWS

THE SUMMER!!


February has just gone past and it was a blur for me as i was booked out everyday, which was awesome .
What was not so good was that most of my lovely repeat clients had booked me mainly for the great dry fly fishing that is associated with Feb- But the summer never came in Feb and now we are into March  and it looks like we will have to wait till next year for some good Feb heat!


But on saying that, the first light of the day is coming through the darkness and the Star's are visible in the sky this morning- looks like two days at least of hot weather! cicada time- YA Beauty!!
Mind you this is officially spring , as you can see by the photo!! This morning.

Autumn(Fall) has started- but where was summer!!

THE SOUTHLAND RIVER CONDITIONS


 Normally at this time of year i never have to go down to the Mataura river behind the shop to check the level and clarity of the river- At this time of year its normally low and gin clear!
Nearly everyday in Feb i had to go down to the river to check before guiding for my clients and to let  other guides coming into the area know the best spots to go with their clients which might have clear water. I lost count of emails and texts from desperate fishers, guides looking for clear water. 
 Some of the rivers have been up over 200% - that means they have mainly been high and mainly dirty due to the frequent heavy showers we have been receiving this summer.
For example the Upper mataura river  beside my shop has been fish able one day in the last two weeks, yesterday i thought it might be clear enough but no , it rained again.




THE FISHING &  GUIDING

The deadly blow fly does it again- this is a southland river i had never guided on before!

Finding clear water i have always managed even in these conditions all my years of local knowledge comes into play in these conditions. I have been fortunate to have had some of the most relaxed passionate clients recently ,who understood that i was scrambling a bit for water and that i would have to go further a field in the area to find it, sometimes we ended up on lake edges targeting cruising fish which is always fun.
So my advice is , never over look the awesome lake edge fishing that NZ has to offer. Its sight fishing and can be nearly as challenging as the river fishing. But most of all its FUN !!


 STU'S DEADLY HI_VIZ CICADA'S 

The best Hi-Viz cicada pattern in NZ and Australia! On Tiemco hooks- great value as well!

As most of you know my new Deadly cicada pattern, sold out within a week and i could not keep up with supply which i a,m sorry about ,but hey its great to get the demand for it. Well it is now back in stock but again i have limited stock of them . They float like corks, durable and are easy to see, quite a few of my Australian clients have bought them for the big mud eye hatches going on at the moment on their lakes.
Have a close look at the design and you will see the strong quality TMC hook that has been used and chosen specially to a clear wide hook gape for solid hook Ups . Something that looks easy to do but did take a long time to figure out.
In the past few weeks my clients have been getting fish on the surface of the lakes with them and also we have been using them and deadly Hi -Viz blowflies as attractors with a nz realistic grey mayfly size 16 on a foot of fluro 5lb tippet. With great success.
I,m Pretty sure i have the size 10 left now in stock.

Anyway, back to business, happy to wait for those deadly cicadas. I'll tell

how good those cicadas are - Stu may have learnt that I caught a 3lb rainbow

in the Eglington by simply holding the fly at the top of a riffle waiting to

cast to another fish above in 20 knot winds! Arse beats class every time!

The look on the guys who hadn't caught a fish all day was precious! Those

cicadas will go good over here I reckon and not just on trout - of course on

our Aussie Bass

Cheers

Chris

A customers lovely photo of a cicada eating trout form a  otago lake with the sage tcx rod that i have on special! :)

GEORGE- Dream team nom 1!! THE BOSS  - CAUGHT STEALING SONS CHOCOLATE.


The other night i was in the office late working , and in the living room next to the office i could hear some noise it sounded like someone rummaging in my secret chocolate stash in the freezer.
After a few mins there was  a little yelp ! sound. so i stuck my head round the corner.
There was George(dad) siting there with a choc bar in one hand and his front tooth in the other!!
Boy did i laugh!
He is pretty upset ,so if you are in the shop please do not mention it to him :)- and don't make the miserable bugger laugh. One  customer reckons he looks pretty cool with it missing as it gives him more character - he is not so sure!

NEW LINE CUTTERS
You may have seen in the last news letter the photo of my dads line cutters in my mug!
Here is an email from Gerry from Alberta,Canada asking the correct questions about the new product!!


Very impressed with the unusual line cutters advertised in your last news letter.
Have been having trouble with line cutters that do not keep and edge.
Some questions before i order!
Can they be sharpened?
Are they carried in the vest or mouth.
Do they come with a guarantee.
Are they Pre- Owned and if so do they have many Miles on them?

One Sexy fly design !! The deadly Minnow!!

DEADLY MINNOWS -IN STOCK


The full range of my deadly minnows are in stock now and come in the colours Deadly Barred Black, Tan ,Smelt white and olive .
These are already proving pretty deadly stripped along lake edges , they are very durable and have been designed with quite a short over hanging tail for more solid hook ups on very wide gape strong TMC hooks.


KEEP THE AWESOME COMMENTS AND FEED BACK COMING IN!

Hi Stu, 

 I am emailing you from Melbourne in Australia. I am sick of the lack of well priced and most importantly good quality flies around here and have decided to purchase from you instead. Thanks
 Josh .

Hello Stu,

Greetings to you from Bend, Oregon – USA! Your web site, newsletter and especially your innovative and deadly looking fly designs are fantastic, good fun and an inspiration!  I am so very glad to have found your website (though I can’t recall now just how that came about). I have been fly fishing since I was a kid in Illnois (bluegill and crappie for starters, devoted now to trout/steelhead since moving to Oregon in 1972).

Your fly designs are a marvel, and I certainly respect your proprietary design rights. Obviously, a lot of hard work and deep thinking went into these “killer” designs. Still, I have to ask if you would kindly share the name of the material you use for the legs on your Pogo, King Pogo and other small mayfly patterns. I can’t figure it out!  I tie only for my own use, never commercially. If this is something you would rather not divulge, I fully understand!

Thank you

Rick

Hi Stu, 

The couple of days fishing Ted and I had with you were fantastic, many thanks for your hard work in putting us on to fish and sorry Ted let you down as often as he did. 

The day willow grubbing with you is some of the most memorable fishing we have had in NZ, and we learnt a lot from you each day. Can't wait to get back and have another crack. 

ANDY & TED (lovers)

Hi Stu - caught a Golden Mahseer off the top with one of your bionic bugs! Not had a touch since. Greetings from India. Charlie

Some say big flies big fish!! Check them out!

A WEE PRICE INCREASE.


 You will notice on the web shop that i have had no choice but to increase the prices of the flies  . For the past 6years i managed to keep the prices very low for my work and the superior quality of my flies.


 Tiemco increased there hook prices again last year (i would never dream of using an inferior freshwater fly hook on my designs- ) and my fly tying helpers needed more wages,Customs wants more of a cut,advertising  and all my other costs have increased over the years which is the way of the world. 


You are still getting the best price for the best quality flies on the market , No one can and will be able to match my quality and designs that have taken many years to get just right.


 STU' S SUPERIOR FLIES-  EXCLUSIVE, TIED ONLY WITH SUPERIOR HOOKS AND MATERIALS- 


after all the fly and the hook is more important than all the rest of the tackle that we all use, using my flies will give you the edge when you hook the big one!! why would not use the best flies in the world at these prices!




CHECK OUT THE NEW  SUPERIOR SALT WATER FLY RANGE.

Simply big fish appeal ! Sexy saltwater flies on the best hooks!!

BIG FISH BIG AND SMALL FLIES - all tied on the best sexy wide gape  tmc 600sp black nickle hook . If you are after bigger fish in the world and need some dam sexy durable bait fish flies check out the range and drool!! 


GREAT SAGE TCX FLY ROD DEAL - END OF SEASON STOCK - CASH FLOW- MARCH SPECIAL!


If you are after the top of the range sage fly rod for the same price as the sage ONE fly rod look no further- ONLY  999 for a 4 pice TCX 6wgt fly rod!! LIMITED STOCK- Contact me asap to secure one of these rods at this special  price!!

March SALE!! 

NEXT WEEK A REPORT BY ELA - FROM THE GERMAN FLY FISHING FESTIVAL AND THE GROWTH OF GEORGES TOOTH!


THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR GREAT SUPPORT -

"MIKE NESS- FROM THE BAND SOCIAL DISTORTION, LYRICS FROM THE NEW ALBUM, TRACK 11 -YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE   !! - 


 IT COULD BE RAINING MILLION DOLLAR BILLS,  BUT YOU CANT TAKE IT WITH YOU WHEN YOU DIE! 


SO ALL OF YOU HAVE FUN! and Shop till you drop! :)
Remember to stock up on all your gear with me ,before the shop closes for the winter. Its not far away i am afraid.


Oh here is a link to a show(non fishing! ) i,m taking my mum and dad to tonight if you get a chance go and see these guys you will have a great night out and come out smiling even if your a grumpy sort! They are on tour so check them out, and smile and love life :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqynAAYdLW8
CHEERS
STU