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Reel Life January 2023

Summer Angling!With things really starting to warm up, anglers utilising our larger cool rivers are experiencing some exceptional angling.

  • West Coast
  • 24/01/2023
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Reel Life December 2022

Gearing up for the holiday seasonNothing says a “Kiwi Christmas” more than heading outdoors with the family, and it looks like good numbers of kiwis are planning on doing just…

  • West Coast
  • 12/12/2022
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Giverny Penny having success in the lower reach of a South Westland River. Photo Loogan Woodham cropped
Reel Life November 2022

Reports of Great Fishing Just Keep Coming!One month into the 2022/23 sports fishing season, we are yet to hear of a single complaint.

  • West Coast
  • 16/11/2022
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Boyd Ashby with grandson Niko Ensor fishing in the Grey Valley opening morning. Photo Baylee Kersten
Reel Life October 2022

2022/23 Fishing Season off to an Awesome StartThe 2022/23 sports fishing season could not have gotten off to a better start.

  • West Coast
  • 20/10/2022
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Reel Life September 2022

2022/23 Sports Fishing Season Fast ApproachingSaturday the 1st of October marks the start of the new angling season.

  • West Coast
  • 15/09/2022
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Welcome to the first Reel Life issue of the 2022/23 fishing season

Opening day, Saturday, October 1, means we’ll be able to share the opening with family and friends and make a special weekend of the new fishing season.

  • West Coast
  • 30/08/2022
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Reel Life April 2022

Good numbers of salmon being caughtMarch has seen a spike in the number of salmon getting caught with the occasional small fresh really increasing catches.

  • West Coast
  • 22/03/2022
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Reel Life March 2022

No Shortage of Water!Following a dry January, February’s rain has got the salmon moving and the trout feeding.

  • West Coast
  • 22/02/2022
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Reel Life February The wet summer we were promised has turned up big time this February with two cyclones passing by in two weeks, causing chaos throughout the country.

  • West Coast
  • 21/02/2022
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Reel Life February 2022

Summer Has Finally Turned Up!January’s warm weather has really got the rivers low and fishing well.

  • West Coast
  • 12/01/2022
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