Ronan's Report

Flies for New Zealand – No Secrets!

October 2nd, 2018 Ronan Creane No comments

I spent the last 2 days tying like a madman and sorting out my flies for the season. I thought after all my boxes were tidied up that it would be a good chance to share with you all just what goes into a seasons worth of flies for New Zealand. Well, almost a season worth. I still need to tie about 120 varied sizes of my standard dry. I photographed every page of my boxes. Some I carry every day and some only when I think I’ll need them. With the flies from the first few pictures I’d be confident on 95% of days on a NZ river or lake. I’m very lucky to have my father sending me over regular batches of flies. His flies are excellent and are catching fish over here even when he’s not driving them! I also use a lot of Stu’s flies. His flies are well tied and well designed. If you’re coming over and need a full range of flies then he’s your man. Check out his flies here. Manic Tackle Project supply the shops. I use a range of their flies from worms to wee dries. I also tie myself. I generally try to tie 6 before every day on the water.

I’m fishing myself for the next 3 days. After that the fly boxes will be a mess again!

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Tight Lines, Ronan..

: I spent the last 2 days tying this box of flies. Pretty much every nymph I need for a season! Tungsten and lead 12s down to unweighted 14s and lightly weighted 16s.

: Cdc dries, Mirfs Brown Dry (green post), Blow Flies and big stonefly nymphs. Mostly from Manic.

: A range of PT and Hares Ear nymphs. Mostly 14s and 16s. Also a few #16 Dads Favourites on the right. My father and I tied these.

: Mostly unweighted PTs in a range of sizes from 18 to 10. Also some heavy caddis nymphs. Mostly from Manic Tackle Project.

: Worm flies, large dragonfly nymphs and large indicator dries.

: Dads Hare & Coppers – mostly 14s.

: Cicadas / Indicator dries. Mostly tied by Stu Tripney.

: Streamers and very heavy nymphs. Mostly tied by dad and myself.

: From left, #16 unweighted Hares Ears, Cdc mayflies and caddis, Buzzers plus random. Mostly tied by Joe Creane.

: Small buggers, damsels and general nymphs. Mostly tied by Stu Tripney. I recommend Stu to get you sorted with everything you need for a NZ season!