{"id":13430,"date":"2020-08-18T02:35:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T00:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=13430"},"modified":"2020-08-18T03:15:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T01:15:21","slug":"tying-flies-and-exploring-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/18\/tying-flies-and-exploring-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Tying flies and exploring water!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve been getting out as much as possible this winter. I’m busy with upkeep of the house and the 2 kids but making a decent amount of time to get out on the water. Sometimes not even carrying a rod! I spent a couple of days just walking small streams and still waters to see if they’d be worth fishing in October. Totally new water. Even though I saw very few fish the quality of the water looked great. One section which I cant wait to revisit in October was a continuous string of pools and runs over about 2kms. So much fishable water in a short stretch that I reckon there could almost be a full day fishing on it. I just hope the fish show up in October when it opens. Why I saw no fish there I just don’t know. Maybe they’re still way upstream spawning? I hope so. It’s usual for trout to make no sense! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve been tying streamers and buggers for a few upcoming trips too. On a day out with Chris and Jeff recently I realised I had only one decent streamer in my box! Even if I think I’ve run out I can generally scrape a few from some corner of the storage boxes in the back of the truck, but not on this day. The one I had I quickly lost but Jeff sorted me out and I managed to catch a few fish! That was a super day actually. The fishing was okay but great to catch up with 2 good friends on the river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had one guide day too. The first one since March 23rd! A very enjoyable day with John. He was about to fly back to the states after a season working on the vineyards and just managed to fit in a day with me. He landed a brown and rainbow and lost a few more. A very enjoyable day out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I did some more filming with Jeff and Nick for the next series of Pure Fly NZ. Plenty fish landed but were going back soon for a couple of days to see if we can land something big!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thats all for now.. Some fishing trips on the horizon so hopefully more fish in the next report!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re in NZ and would like to chat about some guided fishing, please contact me through my website<\/a> or email me ronan@sexyloops.com<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight Lines, Ronan.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n