Category: Reel Life

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Graeme Marshall column for Reel Life May 2017

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With only some high country lakes open for fishing during the month of May there is not a lot to report on.

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David Haynes column for Reel Life May 2017

Our Annual General Meeting is scheduled for 8 June in Rotorua. We are grateful to Eastern Region Fish & Game for the use of their meeting rooms and encourage all...

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Chris Dore column for Reel Life May 2017

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June's never an easy month for fishing here in the Queenstown area, with browns well and truly in their spawning 'no go' areas for the rainbows, for the most part...

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Creasy's Column - By Hugh Creasy

Fish eye view of a rainbow trout Photo Dave Shaw3

The sun was below the horizon and its dying light cast a silvery glare on the water. Polaroids were no longer of any use.

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NZFFA Report Apr 2017

If you like jokes, I’ve got an even better one than 90% of rivers being swimmable by 2040.

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Will Spry Fishing Report Mar 2017

Fish eye view of a rainbow trout Photo Dave Shaw2

With the late arrival of Summer (deliberate capital S), we have enjoyed some great fishing in the Mackenzie Country.

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NZFFA Report Mar 2017

It’s fair to say that Minister for the Environment, Nick Smith, has had a pretty rough ride lately - his latest proposed freshwater standards have been ridiculed, Federated Mountain...

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Creasy's Column - by Hugh Creasy March 2017

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I like to doze in the afternoons. Not that I’m lazy – I just find it pleasant.

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NZFFA Report Feb 2017

Ten things I learned about Nick Smith's swimmable water standard

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