{"id":16561,"date":"2024-06-19T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=16561"},"modified":"2024-06-20T23:48:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T21:48:08","slug":"off-to-fjordland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/19\/off-to-fjordland\/","title":{"rendered":"Off to Fiordland.."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

There’s something very special about getting into some of New Zealand’s most wild and beautiful places. In late March myself and Chuan did just that. We had a couple of days. Day 1 was very sunny but with a brutal downstream wind which certainly cost us a few fish. The late season sun cast contrasting shadows across the river making sighting challenging in many places. Fish were touchy but we had 6 for the day. A good day apart from Chuans hat blowing off and disappearing down a rapid. Shortly after he got in a fight with a sandfly which gave him a fat lip! Day 2 was cloudy with a little less wind. The cloud was better for sighting than the sun. The diffuse light caused by the cloud and having a good backdrop to sight against was an ideal combination for sighting. That was a good lesson for this river in March. Fish were even more spooky on day 2. Sometimes we’d quietly arrive at a pool and sight a fish. As quickly as we’d see him he’d just melt away into the pool. It was one of those days where they seemed to have an extra sense. We only managed a couple. No regrets though. Places like this are as much about the location as the fishing. There were hunters and other anglers in the hut too. A mix of Kiwis, Singaporean, Scotsmen and Irish. Some craic! I might have had a few beers and a whisky too many. I felt sorry for the hunters wanting an early night before their hunt.. that just didn’t happen!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After our wilderness adventure Kim arrived and the 3 of us got stuck in to a variety of fishing. Rivers and lakes both in the mix. I’ve been guiding Chuan and Kim for about 8 years now and still try to show them something new on every trip. This was no exception and we had some good fishing on a river and a lake they saw for the first time. This is why exploring new water is so important to me. I want to keep it fresh and interesting for myself and my clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June now and my streamers are doing the business! For a look at all my flies check out this link<\/a>. For bookings and info about next season please check out my website<\/a> or contact me ronan@sexyloops.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight lines and Free Palestine.. Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the way into Southland wilderness..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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first fish of the trip on my Brown Nymph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Solid..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Just beautiful..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One for Chuan..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wilderness beauty..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing was surprisingly tough, but what a place.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great weather on day 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Into a good one after his hat blew
of and disappeared down the river.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Glorious..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chuan and the end of day 1..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cloudy weather was better for sighting this late in the season
(late March). The sun cast some terrible contrasting shadows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Then Chuan got in a fight with a sandfly and lost his hat.
The sandfly clearly won!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chuan and the 3 brothers as I like to call them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to go! Great trip.. Fantastic service from Fjordland Outdoors.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A new location for Chuan and Kim..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A good start on the Tussock Cicada..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then one for Kim. My 16 claret this time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sexyloops 4wt is a beauty..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Big strong rainbow..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good job Kim..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beautiful<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very strong fish! Almost to the backing running upstream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very fit fish..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kim and Chuan..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The end of a good day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Worst drought in 35 years. There’s usually a dam here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Need rain..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Walking down the new river channel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kim into one.. I expected lots but we didn’t meet many.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice to fish this! Usually Kim would be underwater!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The dam was toxic looking..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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5lb seatrout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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and a 5lb brown trout..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A magnificent river<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kim into one from a very productive run..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One for Chuan too, one of the best from the trip..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out of the gorge at the end of a good day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another day and a lovely morning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A great start for Kim in the first pool..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My trusty hotspot. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wild water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A good fish for me on my 16 claret.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And then to the lakes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Amazing clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Like a snake.. the clouds I mean!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The birds take off as we fish the backwater.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A well placed cast took this cruiser from the far bank.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Butter!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A very tough afternoon here..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One for Chuan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The start of 2 good days with Geoff in early April..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day one we had a number of these.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I never noticed this on the river before..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Very much like a tomato plant.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2 and a great start.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cloudy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2 for the day with this one on the last cast.
A super trout we worked for a long time.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s something very special about getting into some of New Zealand’s most wild and beautiful places. In late March myself and Chuan did just that. We had a couple of days. Day 1 was very sunny but with a brutal downstream wind which certainly cost us a few fish. The late season sun cast contrasting […]<\/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":[763,1382,483,1199,1333,1222,1224,1122],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561"}],"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=16561"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16636,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561\/revisions\/16636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}