A few days winter fishing..
It’s hard to get time to fish at the moment! Iza is very busy with work which means I’m looking after the kids. I’m also putting a lot of effort into restoring our house and making furniture for it. I enjoy the tools almost as much as fishing. Its easier to work on the house if I have a 2 hour window because winter fishing options very close to Alexandra are limited. So I need at least half a day free to get out for a decent fish. I think I’ll do a lot more fishing once August comes around. I’ll put the home restoration project on pause and concentrate on fishing again. I also need to make time to finish restoring mine and Shotgun Kevin’s old boat, Daltona.
I’ve had a few days out since the last report. Unfortunately I have not seen any really big rainbows this winter. I heard the big fish ran early (back in March). The deluge of rain last February may have triggered this. The fishing was decent every day I was out with fish to about 5lbs.
I had a very enjoyable live chat with Justin Spence and Matt Klara from Big Sky Anglers on Instagram recently. We chatted about my approach to guiding and fishing in NZ. Here is a link if you’d like to watch it!
There has been some positive talk about opening up our borders to Australian tourists so hopefully by October I’ll be back in business. Feel free to get in touch to chat about a trip! Contact me ronan@sexyloops.com or visit my website.
Tight Lines – Ronan..
Possum and marabou streamers with dumbbell eyes.
They get deep quickly!
Winter rainbows. 
Cool water!! 
Another good fish.. This one on a Fulling Mill streamer. 
Searching.. You can find a migrating fish anywhere!! 
I love this corner. Always good for a fish! 
Landed a few like this little one.. Not finding so many big ones this winter. 
This was always a bitch of a corner to fish.. It’s a bit easier now! 
River keeping is always on the cards.. 
A slip with the saw and I got 6 nice nicks! 
My streamer. 
Heading out with Wesley for the day. 
Ready to rock! 
A quick river crossing.. 
..and the action began! We landed a few on this bend.. 
Wesley hit a lot of small fish here. 
Walking back along the ridge.. 
Then this decent rainbow..