{"id":14977,"date":"2022-09-25T13:23:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=14977"},"modified":"2022-09-25T13:33:30","modified_gmt":"2022-09-25T11:33:30","slug":"fishing-never-stops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/25\/fishing-never-stops\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Never Stops…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This has been a real winter. One of the harshest I’ve been here for. Lots of wind, rain, frost and snow – so different to the mild winter last year. Usually by July the fishing on the lakes starts to improve, but this year it took a lot longer. Locally, the lake fishing only picked up earlier this month. Mackenzie Country a little earlier in August. There were always a few fish to be caught but they took more persistence and some were on the lean side. I really don’t mind not catching many fish in a day – or any for that matter. I enjoy the search, trying to figure it out, working hard to put it together. It is a bit a kick in the balls when I can’t figure it out but this is part of continuing to learn – or adjusting what I already know – or think I know! Afterwards, I’ll consider what I might have missed and think about what I’ll try next time. There were days this winter when the fish really seemed “off”… like there was little or nothing I could do to drag out a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have my parents here at the moment so dad and I are fishing most days. This is exactly what I need after a tough few months of colds, flus and covid in the family – and a bad injury to recover from after a dog bit my face. The fishing has been excellent so far – mainly because we have my boat to make the most of the lakes. More about this in my next blog as I haven’t downloaded any photos yet! We’re heading north tomorrow for a few days and then the rivers will open again on October 1. So, I have a very full on 5 weeks of fishing ahead with dad and then guiding kicks off full bore in November. Happy times! The rivers are looking good now after being high and dirty for much of the last few months..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is a good time to stock up on nymphs, dries and streamers for the coming season. Some of my most successful patterns are available on Fulling Mill<\/a>. They’re all designed for the NZ fishery and well tested!! I’m very happy to say that I’ll have 7 more patterns available next year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still a gap or 2 in the coming season if you’d like to book some guided fly fishing. Contact me – ronan@sexyloops.com or visit my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight lines all and enjoy the new season! Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Out for a look on one of my favourite winter lakes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of these under a dry and scout the edges..
This is the Fulling Mill Tactical fly box – very slim and lots of room.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No joy, but I didn’t mind..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out with the family..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lochlan on the engine..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just me – out in the boat today..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This should do!
The mighty Bruiser..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hard to find fish.. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pulled up to fish a river mouth..
moved one or 2 decent fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A tough, cold day. Fish were just
not on, but landed four 1 pounders.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the bank today..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once again, fish hard to come by
so this super 5.25lber made my day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another day done..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Family walk… with the rod!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dunstan today with Wesley and Guy..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had decent fishing. The lake is very slow to fire up this winter..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wesley fishing O Malleys Bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ideal conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No good with the nymphs, only buggers. My Killer smelt mainly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gorgeous day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing these flats always feels promising.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great colour.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Guy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Any second now….<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Call it a day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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a great day,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lessons for the lads!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great students..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No fish on day 1 but day 2 was excellent!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of fish for everyone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cam puts one back<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then this! The fish of the trip..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A beauty.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lovely winters evening..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 3. 4 today!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tom landed this super trout..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Winter trout flats..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time for Rick to get one.. We worked it for a while until…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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.. he got his trout!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of witnesses too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Call it a day – one for dinner!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wesley came to join me for some lunch on shore..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was a good thing he did!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The place went cracked for about 5 minutes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The fishing was great!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the bag..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This has been a real winter. One of the harshest I’ve been here for. Lots of wind, rain, frost and snow – so different to the mild winter last year. Usually by July the fishing on the lakes starts to improve, but this year it took a lot longer. Locally, the lake fishing only picked […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[422,214,1199,376,118,454,1222,1224,1316,1122,862],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14977"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15043,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14977\/revisions\/15043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}