All anglers have a home water. A special place full of fishing memories. A place where the water and the fish and the wildlife are familiar to them. A place where they feel at home. My home water is Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie is big – really big. Big enough to be the largest saltwater... Continue Reading →
Narrabeen Lake (also known as Narrabeen Lagoon) is a coastal lagoon located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The lake has a reasonable population of bream, flathead, whiting and mullet. It also produces healthy number of donuts – for me anyway, when I have a fly rod in my hand. So it was with an element of... Continue Reading →
Port Stephens, less than three hours north of Sydney, is a rewarding spot for fly fishermen happy to wade the flats and fish breakwalls during the cooler months. Catching my first luderick on fly was a priority for this trip. They're a favourite of mine and I've spent 30 happy years pursuing them from the... Continue Reading →
The North Island of New Zealand is renowned for big kingfish and we were flying from Australia to test that reputation. With three days of solid fishing booked, we couldn't wait for the chance to tangle with these hard fighting hoodlums of the deep. We landed in Auckland and drove our hire car to the seaside village of... Continue Reading →
During a recent trip to New Zealand's South Island, I was lucky enough to visit Lake Wanaka for a few hours of family fishing. Lake Wanaka is a glacial lake surrounded by snow-capped mountains and home to rainbow trout, brown trout and Chinook salmon. In early Spring the temperature was mild, the winds moderate and... Continue Reading →
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