{"id":16358,"date":"2024-03-10T02:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=16358"},"modified":"2024-03-10T02:58:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:58:21","slug":"guiding-and-craic-with-chris-dore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/10\/guiding-and-craic-with-chris-dore\/","title":{"rendered":"Guiding and Craic with Chris Dore.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The week with Chris, Steve and Joe was a great one. Not just for the superb mix of rivers and fishing but also for the chance to catch up with my good friend Chris Dore. One of the biggest cons about being a guide is that it’s so feckin hard to hang out with my fishing friends. We’re lucky to fish together once a year – usually in winter – so spending the week roughing it in Southland with Chris was great. We made time for a few beers in the evenings which always went down well. Chat, banter, fishing talk, the usual. The steak night in the caravan when Shellen joined us was a blast. She tied up a few flies and the craic was good. It was really good to meet her and I wish her the best with her future as a guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chris and I go hard with our guiding and work at about the same intensity. We don’t look for easy options and we’ll do whatever it takes to give our clients what they hope for, and usually a lot more. This made us a good team to look after Steve and Joe. According to Steve and Joe, we guide in a different way but we compliment each other and both of the fellas enjoyed alternating between Chris and I each day. This is something we may do more of in the future. Chris and I enjoyed it too. It’s a great way for 2 anglers to really get the most from a trip to NZ. No sharing shots and you can hang out with your friend and compare stories each evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The week was very varied. It started with two completely different Heli days out of Wanaka. Both produced great results but they didn’t always come easy. Heli fishing doesn’t guarantee anything other than a remote and beautiful location so it’s always a relief when the fishing is good. It usually is good, but like I say, no guarantees. Then to Southland for another 5 days where we mixed it up with some of our favourite rivers. We had some really great days and some tough ones but we always came up trumps. Joe and Steve are both great anglers which really helps!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This takes me up to the end of January so I’m still way behind but that’s okay! There’s been some great highlights since, including 10lb brown with an epic story. The fishing gods really looked after us! More on that later.. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out my flies featured below and a few more at Fulling Mill<\/a>. They’ve all been great for me and quite a few others this season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next season is filling up quickly. Feel free to get in touch<\/a> to make a booking or talk about options. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Back to the trip with Chuan! The day we got jumped..
I decided not to share the pic of the truck.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A fat 5lber!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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nice water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One on the Highcountry Green Cicada..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A very tough day up here.. no fish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A solid physical day in this gorge..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing was decent!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back up here for another go after getting jumped a few days prior.
Too cold for cicadas to move so the trout didn’t move either!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The last day was really excellent!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dryfly action at its best.. Kiwi dun mostly.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great fish in tiny water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fat and healthy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One on my indicator dry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Happy Chuan!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The beginning of a great week with Chris, Steve and Joe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve into the first of 3 from this magic pool!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely markings..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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lovely.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This magnificent 6lb brown was up front in the pool..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A stunning 6lb brown displaying a striking blue spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Small water with some nice big pools..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Steve enjoying the day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We ran out of fish at about 2pm but
what a day up to that. Lots of action.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then a very different wilderness.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I’m with Joe today while Chris looks after Steve.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The best of 5. Not easy but rewarding fishing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Clear water but blind fishing is essential.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thistle flower..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Such beautiful water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I see faces..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stunning place to catch a trout!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Possibly a seatrout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to go..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Landing to pick up Chris and Steve..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Scoping some water on the way home..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chris from Wanaka Heli took us for a stunning
glacier flight on the way home. best flight yet!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Photos don’t really do it justice..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Such a wild country..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then a sedate frontcountry river with Steve..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing was okay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joe again. This time we had to deal with insane wind.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Not many anglers would have a
chance in this wind. Joe can cast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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the shot..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..success<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then upriver after lunch as the weather further deteriorated..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was worth it! A great day in shocking conditions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A very diverse week of rivers..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely water but lots of bad luck! So many eats didn’t stick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This one made the day. Happily rising. A well presented kiwi dun got the desired result.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sticky things.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back south with Joe.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A perfect weather day with superb fishing! My 16 claret here..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brilliant fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gorgeous river..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stunning..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final day.. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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.. and it was a good one! Thanks fellas.. Looking forward to next time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The week with Chris, Steve and Joe was a great one. Not just for the superb mix of rivers and fishing but also for the chance to catch up with my good friend Chris Dore. One of the biggest cons about being a guide is that it’s so feckin hard to hang out with 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":[202,763,1295,1199,875,1374,1224,1122,1254,1375],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358"}],"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=16358"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16422,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16358\/revisions\/16422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}