{"id":17086,"date":"2025-04-12T09:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T07:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=17086"},"modified":"2025-04-13T07:30:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T05:30:45","slug":"summer-dry-fly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/12\/summer-dry-fly\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Dry Fly…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the highlights of this season for me was mid summer dry fly action. Even in summer it’s hard for me not to fish a nymph. This summer though, I had so many days where the single dry rig was the only one to step up for the shots. I’m happy to catch fish on any fly or tactic but there’s no denying how great it is to watch a trout, preferably a big trout, coming up to take a dry. My cicadas were really great and accounted for some very big trout over the summer. No doubles this season (yet!?!) but we saw a few nines in the net and lots of other really top end trout. The photos below take me up to early February so there’s more summer stuff coming later. I’m always a couple of months behind but what harm!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myself and Robbie caught up for a few days fishing after a long time of not catching up at all! Life gets away on us sometimes. Robbie caught all the big ones – no surprise there! We had some full on fishing, mostly on dries. One funny day where every time we decided to call it a day, another fish would rise. We were on the river til late that eve. We explored some new water from an excellent new access for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’re now into the last month of the regular season over here. The fishing has been pretty tough locally. Some great days but more tough days than I’d expect for this time of year. The hatches have been pretty minimal so far but there’s a few weeks left. April has the most dependable hatches of the season so I really hope it winds up for the next few weeks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have the next few days to fish myself. No plan as yet. I’ll decide in the morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a look at my patterns available over at Fulling Mill you can check out this link<\/a>. They’re also available in store at Patagonia Queenstown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next season is filling up fast. Feel free to get in touch with any enquiries or to make a booking. You can find me on my website<\/a> or email – ronan@sexyloops.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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Robbie into a 7lber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A super trout on one of Dads buzzers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The bridge fish! This was a great day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Robbie testing his gear!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Like a cheetah…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A rising trout is the target..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I knew it was a big fish from my vantage point..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It certainly was..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back he goes…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Victorious!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Crazy rocks and dark, tannin water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Wilderness..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lots of history here for Robbie.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great to be able to drive to this spot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great to see Mike again..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The one that got away..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..this one didn’t!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the Tussock Cicada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A very healthy 5lber. The best of the day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The fish were hiding on this day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stunning water down south.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One of my favourite pieces of water..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Jon Eric into one..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back he goes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looking for the big one…. no joy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A few members of the Defective Gene Club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A wild river..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mackenzie country.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A bent rod!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One on my kiwi dun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This one on my brown nymph. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another on the brown nymph.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back he goes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A flat tire changed our plans… and worked out great!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A long, bumpy drive in..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Summer dry fly at its best..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Healthy trout..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Iconic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Down south. One of the best days of the season!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I had a great few days with Will.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tiny stream with superb trout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kiwi dun nailing it all day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another 5.5.. what a day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Joe covers a fish..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Into one..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Our annual pilgrimage..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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8.5lbs on the Tussock Cicada – Great story behind this trout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Smoke in the air..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Into another.. This one blind fished on the Tussock Cicada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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An incredibly fat 9lber.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Thick.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A really magnificent trout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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There is a fish in there…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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End of the day. Dry the socks and bring the steaks to room temp!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A nice starter while we wait.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Breakfast!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marcus’s version of my mothers recipe, cooked in Melbourne and flown to Queenstown (legally!)..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to take on the day..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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What a start!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Condition!!! Highcountry green Cicada.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another great fish.. I have never seen on in this pool before..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brilliant fish.. This one on my indicator dry size 12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the highlights of this season for me was mid summer dry fly action. Even in summer it’s hard for me not to fish a nymph. This summer though, I had so many days where the single dry rig was the only one to step up for the shots. I’m happy to catch fish […]<\/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":[1409,1408,1407,1199,1222,1224,397,1012,481,1254,1404],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17086"}],"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=17086"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17156,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17086\/revisions\/17156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}