In 'Mouse Trout' we travel to Fiordland, the largest of New Zealand's national parks, located at the bottom of South Island. As well as a large number of lakes and rivers, it has vast areas of pristine Beech forests. These are home to a variety of indigenous bird life as well as to the non native Field Mouse, introduced by trading ships in the 1800's. Every 5 or 6 years there is a phenomenon created by the Beech trees 'masting' or seeding. The field mice love Beech seeds, so this bountiful supply of food leads to a population explosion. During these 'plagues' the mice will venture everywhere in a scramble for food and at night will even swim across the rivers and lakes looking for floating seeds. Although not part of their normal diet, the Trout are attracted to what is a large furry meal flapping about on the surface. They knock the mice unconscious with their tails before eating them whole, head first. This high protein diet leads to prodigious growth rates and very large trout. So it's not surprising to find, during these Mice Plagues, keen fly fishermen out on the hunt for trophy fish. In this episode of Pure Fly NZ we follow Queenstown local Nick Geddes and his mate Anto Hall on an overnight session to one of the Fiordland Lakes. They have come armed with plenty of mouse pattern imitator flies and the patience to wait until after midnight. As the evening wind drops, conditions become perfect and an early recce shows that there are mice and Trout on the move. Anto's first fish is exactly what they came for, a whopping 14 pounder and from then on to say that the guys had a great night's fishing would be a bit of an understatement.
In this episode of Pure Fly NZ, Matt Hince joins fellow fly fishing nut Andrew Harding on a camper van, North Island Tiki Tour. The rugged area of New Zealand’s lower North Island, just outside...
NORTH ISLAND, New Zealand fly fishing is regarded by many as the holy grail for trout anglers, but it seems to be the South Island that gets all the glory. This Film follows seven fly fishermen, from...
Another visual masterpiece from Confluence Films, ‘Connect’ explores the connections between the angler and his natural surroundings…Â his fellow anglers…Â and ultimately the...
Andrew Harding and Matt Hince team up to visit a huge man-made lake – one of New Zealand’s most famous trophy trout waters – in the country’s North Island: Lake Otamangakau....
After crossing the entire Pyrenees Mountain range from the East to the West, and casting a line at every opportunity, the crew finds themselves in Pamplona, Spain just in time for the annual San...
In this movie we cover in detail many different challenges the flyfisher faces. We have travelled to amazing rivers and lakes to find the best conditions to demonstrate nymph fishing. We join Morten...
Lake Taupo was formed in the caldera caused by an enormous volcanic explosion. The Tauranga is one of the few tributaries that the lake’s legendary rainbow trout use to spawn. Andrew Harding and...
Bloopers, out-takes and a few extras from the first series of Fly Nation as the presenters find it quite easy to make fools of themselves and their buddies
The South Island’s Otago Lakes District is the location for remarkable autumn trout fishing brought about by the fish leaving the lakes and heading upstream to spawn. Irish angler Ronan Creane...
Are there any two words more magical to the ears of a fly fisher than ‘Opening Weekend’? In New Zealand’s South Island, the red letter day is the last day in September. In this...
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Very good app great videos spent hours watching all sorts of fishing videos in all categories geez makes me want to go out and fish thanks for this app
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