Kia ora, warm greetings in the midst of winter. I’ve finally gotten around to writing this blog after one of the most massive seasons of my 31-year career, which was so welcomed after those Covid years and closed borders. Starting guiding in October 2022 felt so good—guiding most days right up until Christmas. Aside from a few weather events, the angling was exceptional. It featured good numbers of Brown trout and exceptional Mayfly hatches. I had so many happy and rewarding days spent in various river types and regions. One frequent repeater, John, dubbed his trip a “fish coma.” After a small ..read more

I am writing this newsletter on one of my few days off. Its been, and continues to be, a very busy and productive time guiding. During October, I guided 27 days and what a fantastic start to the new season – welcoming back international anglers and many repeat Kiwi clients. It has been a diverse set of internationals, including those from Norway, the USA, Australia and Malaysia, to name a few. For the most part, the fishing has been fantastic, never easy, but highly rewarding. Mayfly Hatches have been lush, so lots of technical long leader work using a mix of emergers – dry flies and small nym ..read more

Kai ora from the South Island of New Zealand We have experienced a very cold winter that has given superb flows for all waterways, great snow for the ski season, and, of course, that snow replenishes the vast aquifer networks that run throughout Canterbury, all good news for the future health of the rivers and lakes trout too. As I write this, we are starting to see the germination of spring welcomed and exciting its time to look to the upcoming season and the potential it brings. New Zealand’s Border is now Open On July 31, 2022, New Zealand borders opened to international visitors again ..read more

April turned into another busy period with a perfect blend of work comprised of fly tying, fly fishing tuition, and of course, guiding coming back strongly into focus, with my first international client for 2 years. During the late days of April, I guided Dave from the USA into some quality Brown Trout. These fish pushed us at times as the late season can be a testing time but the results were superb and the learning parts even better. Featured at this time mayfly hatches became prolific (as they have been all season) this led me to develop a super simple super effective pattern called the 2mi ..read more

Kai Ora, a warm welcome to this long overdue update. As with many, these past two years with Covid 19 have been remarkably challenging but am very pleased to inform you that I have remained full time in the fly fishing industry, unlike many who have gone on to other things and feel humbled to have survived with a blend of Trout Fly Work – Fly Fishing Tuition and Guiding, a huge thank you to all supporters who enabled this. The adverse situation forced me into new thinking, approaches and knowledge that I feel you can benefit from, such as: More skilled and experienced at teaching the many fin ..read more

As another superb season finished it’s time to let you know more about it in this blog. Firstly a huge thanks to the Kiwi supporters that turned a most difficult time into a wonderful time as you keep me busy and well engaged in aspects of guiding tuition fly casting lessons and many many 1000s of trout flies that I hope did not end up in trees or on a snag. I consider myself fortunate as many other guides dropped out of fly fishing to take up other work and of course remaining full time in this industry after 31 years is what I’m all about. Sept-Oct -Nov and December the main focus was upon f ..read more

Well here we are and it’s December already. It’s been a busy period with a blend of fly fishing tuition, fly fishing guiding and many hours commercial fly tying. The season has offered superb angling amidst very changeable weather patterns and the trout are in superb condition and numerous so there has been a lot of joy. Kiwi’s Embracing Fly Fishing Adventure The fly fishing tuition has been a remarkable success with many anglers learning new skills, gaining confidence and new insights to enable better results and more fun, the added bonus has been that most clients have landed fish, many thei ..read more

Well here we are and it’s December already. It’s been a busy period with a blend of fly fishing tuition, fly fishing guiding and many hours commercial fly tying. The season has offered superb angling amidst very changeable weather patterns and the trout are in superb condition and numerous so there has been a lot of joy. Kiwi’s Embracing Fly Fishing The fly fishing tuition has been a remarkable success with many anglers learning new skills, gaining confidence and new insights to enable better results and more fun, the added bonus has been that most clients have landed fish, many their first an ..read more

Learn to fly fish, or improve your angling skills with a professional fly fishing guide. All lessons are based in Canterbury. The fly fishing lessons are very practical, taking pace on stream or on the lake. We deal a lot with reading the river, stream craft, the approach and all manner of aspects of fly fishing. Whilst the focus is not upon catching fish we frequently we do catch fish on these missions. Learn more about the fly fishing tuition I’m offering. The post Fly fishing and fly casting lessons in Canterbury appeared first on Troutlands ..read more

Showcasing Martin’s highly original, innovative and performance-based Trout Flies all crafted and designed by Martin Langlands in New Zealand. Martin has been fully involved in this since 1985 and continues to grow and develop. Flies can be purchased directly from Martin. Flies can be customised to your requirements as well. You can see Martin’s flies online at his Trade Me listing at https://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=2169119 The post Trout fly showcase from Martin Langlands appeared first on Troutlands ..read more