{"id":15313,"date":"2023-03-29T01:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T23:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=15313"},"modified":"2023-03-29T02:31:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T00:31:09","slug":"the-wilds-of-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/29\/the-wilds-of-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"The Wilds of New Zealand…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I usually get the chance to get into Fjordland once or twice a season. I’ve been a visitor to the area since my second trip to NZ back in 2003. I have many great memories from this vast area with lots of my fishing buddies. Wekas stealing our biscuits (I got the blame), melting my boots and socks beside the fire, almost getting stranded in a flood, filming “the man and his fish”, exploring new rivers, assembling a raft with zip ties, duct tape and tent string, catching seatrout, rainbows, browns, kahawai and jack mackerel, and many more… This trip cemented a few more great memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fishing was magnificent as the photos below make pretty clear, but as I get older I think I appreciate this location and others like it even more. It’s a truely pristine environment. Looking around, it’s as though man has had no impact on the area. Frequently, I found myself gazing up the valley with my jaw hanging open, awestruck, expecting a moa to wander past. I think this is what makes it the cream of angling in many ways. Unreal scenery, gin clear water, good numbers fish of an impressive average size, keen to eat dries (and nymphs!). It’s the picture of NZ that many foreign anglers have in their head. Fish & Game have implemented strict controls on some rivers in the area to prevent overfishing and maximise angler satisfaction. I think they’re working very well. That and the sandflies! We had a few days of fishing back in normal NZ after that (next blog). There was certainly a bit of an anticlimax coming from such a magnificent wilderness which compounds why it’s such a special place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the highlights of the trip was randomly bumping into my great friends Robbie and Tom with a couple of their friends. Plenty room for everyone at the backcountry hut! Good food and fine wine, great company, a fire on the beach, a few beers, plenty craic… what’s not to like. A really great trip. Hopefully we’ll get back next season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would like to say that Fjordland Outdoors are a fantastic company to deal with. Very professional and accommodating. Great staff and a super boat to get you where ever you need to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, my Fulling Mill patterns did the business. Mainly the Tussock Cicada and my range of nymphs. All available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plenty spaces still available for next season. It’s filling up quickly so I advise not wasting too much time to secure your spot. Contact me ronan@sexyloops.com or visit my website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight lines.. Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heading across the lake and into the wilderness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The boat across gave us time the appreciate the magnitude of the place!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Can’t recommend the folks at Fjordland
Outdoors highly enough. Excellent service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And off we go!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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First look at the river..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What a place..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It didn’t take too long to find feeding fish..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Moving upstream..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan working a lovely pool. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clear Fjordland water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan into one.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Super brown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice bow for me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Searching..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan in again..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just love this water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Reel screamers!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some cool looking fungus on the walk back to camp..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to relax and drink some wine!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Getting ready for day 2..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The river is just as spectacular around every bend..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tim in..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of the better fish over the 2 days..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another healthy rainbow.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking downstream..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time for lunch..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lunch while watching trout!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back to business..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Magnificent!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The cream of angling in many ways..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some deep water and the fish were there..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time working some deep water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bryan puts some scale on this awesome place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just seeing the river was as good as the fishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There has to be something on the left..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And there was!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One for me on my tussock cicada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Magic..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just beautiful ..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then this for me on my brown nymph. Fat!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Made my 2 days!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stunning.. Not often do we see red spots on trout from gin clear water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Keep moving upstream enjoying every minute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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3 huge trees growing unusually close together.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another crossing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is truely as nature intended it.
A pristine environment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coming the end of 2 great days fishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One more for Tim.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More of this funky stuff..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back at the hut to find these feckers had moved in!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another modest campfire.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Heading out on the morning of day 3. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tom and Robbie. A great and totally chance
meeting in the wilds of Fjordland.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to go.. “I’ll be back”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I usually get the chance to get into Fjordland once or twice a season. I’ve been a visitor to the area since my second trip to NZ back in 2003. I have many great memories from this vast area with lots of my fishing buddies. Wekas stealing our biscuits (I got the blame), melting my […]<\/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":[753,1329,483,1327,1199,1224,1328,481,1122,825,782,1330],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313"}],"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=15313"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15487,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15313\/revisions\/15487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}