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North Canterbury Reel Life September 2018

Opening Day prospectsOne of the biggest influences on fish condition and abundance in the lead up to Opening Day is how many severe floods happened in the preceding months.

  • North Canterbury
  • 27/09/2018
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North Canterbury Reel Life August 2018

Brush up your fishing skills before Opening DayAlthough winter can produce some stunning still days that are ideal for getting out onto lakes, September can be a very windy unpredictable…

  • North Canterbury
  • 30/08/2018
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Reel Life May 2018

We’ve got a simple message as May rolls into June and the start of winter…there is still some terrific fishing out there! The temperatures may be falling but in many parts…

  • North Canterbury
  • 23/05/2018
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North Canterbury Reel Life April 2018

Salmon season wraps upAs the salmon season drew to an end, the general consensus was that it was yet another poor season.

  • North Canterbury
  • 30/04/2018
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North Canterbury Reel Life March 2018

April can turn on‘top-knotch fishing'Looking back at last month's Reel Life I made a foolish prediction based on previous years that March would bring some more settled weather.

  • North Canterbury
  • 27/03/2018
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North Canterbury Reel Life February 2018

Volunteers clip salmon by the thousandVolunteers really stepped up to the mark over a weekend for the annual task of marking all remaining enhancement programme stocks.

  • North Canterbury
  • 27/02/2018
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North Canterbury Reel Life January 2018

Canterbury lakes re-open after 'all clear'Good news for anglers - the six lakes closed late last year after trout were discovered with unidentified rashes - have been re-opened.

  • North Canterbury
  • 30/01/2018
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