Green Stonefly Nymph

Tied up a half dozen of these little beauties... double tungsten bead... lead wire... Green stonefly BOMBS!

NZ Dry Flies

Just like the Nymphs most of the flies I will use in NZ will be basic dries... they do not have big hatches but profile and size can be important... there are some terrestrials like beetles and blow flies.. also we expect to fish some cicadas in January...

NZ Nymphs

Here are some nymphs I have tied the last few days.. nymphs in New Zealand need to be extra heavy... tied with both lead and tungsten beads... most of the nymphs are basic but very buggy...

Update

The last couple weeks have been really good... I guided up till about the 12th and now have been prepping for New Zealand... There is so much to prepare when you are leaving for 3 months... I have been tying as much as I can... ordering equipment and sorting through all my stuff... The weather has been mixed lately... we had some snow and rain... then it got warm for a few days... now it looks like we are going to get some more rain... I have not fished much since I finished working.. I will post some pictures of flies I tied for NZ...

Aggressive Brown Trout

Here is Alan Sims with a gorgeous brown trout... the weather has started to turn and the browns are getting aggressive... this guy ate a big streamer stripped fast through some skinny water... Had a blast fishing with Alan for three days

Hero Shots

Here are a few more fish shots.. from my last days off

Aussie's

Fished with the Australian leaders One Fly team for three days before the One Fly... We had decent fishing.. here is a picture of Glenn with a nice south fork brown

South Fork

Had a great time fishing on the south fork with John Ashley, Graham and the Whitley's... Fished big dries for two days... good fishing great company

Fish

Here are some shots of just the fish... from a trip at the end of sept

Long Over Due

Ok so I have been working a lot and have been lazy... I have not had a blog post in over a month... I apologize... here comes a bunch at once... Here are a few fish from a day off back in sept