» Topic: Change of Scenery

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Dec 7, 2011 at 11:31 pm #5779

Tim Angeli
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A conference on the South Island recently provided a great excuse for me to spend a week chasing fish in some of the most beautiful rivers in the world. These rivers are set in the kind of landscapes that make you truly feel alive. A day out there is one of the best days of your life, even if you don’t connect with a fish all day. As it was, we got a few fish. However, as usual, it’s the friendships and laughs that will be my favorite memories. I’ll try to let the pictures tell the story:

The first fish of the trip finally took a size 18 emerger on 7x after countless meticulous presentations:

Fished with a Swedish tourist, Robert, for most of the trip:

The one day of miserable weather still produced some great fishing:

The mornings were cold:

But usually warmed up nicely and provided us with great conditions for sight fishing:

The first cast of the day provided this fish. Didn’t touch another fish all day…

The scenery was amazing:

And the fish were equally beautiful;

We decided to test the light rods on the way to the airport on the last day. Simon put a nice bend in some glass:

And I decided to put the 3wt through its paces:

A huge ‘chur bro’ to Simon for being extremely hospitable and a down-right top dude:

Hopefully I’ll meet these fish again, before too long:

Dec 8, 2011 at 12:18 am #50772

anonymous
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Nice work as usual.

Dec 8, 2011 at 1:00 am #50773

Matt Jones
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Now that’s a place I would LOVE to do some underwater photography!!! Great shots man!

www.mattjonesphotography.com

Dec 8, 2011 at 1:09 am #50774

Tim Angeli
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Thanks guys.

Dec 8, 2011 at 1:05 pm #50775

Tim Pommer
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Awesome Tim.

Dec 8, 2011 at 3:47 pm #50776

C.B. Crumpler
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Friggin gorgeous. I love it. Nice shots and sweet toads.

Dec 8, 2011 at 6:10 pm #50777

Maarten Bruinenberg
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Sweet photography!

Dec 8, 2011 at 6:51 pm #50778

Colin M.
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man life is hard…

Nice work.

Dec 9, 2011 at 1:29 am #50779

brian primeau
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Looks like an amazing trip Tim. Great Fish!
Do you recall what you learned at the conference?

Dec 9, 2011 at 2:49 am #50780

Tim Angeli
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Glad you guys enjoyed some of the photos, and thanks for the compliments. The trip reports and photo essays are my favorite part of this board, so I try to do my part and share some goods when I manage to get out on the water.

Do you recall what you learned at the conference?

Received a Young Investigator Award, so the conference was worthwhile too. It was a good week.

I met up with Simon last night and got a couple of his photos from the trip. Had to censor a bit to protect the innocent…

Photo credit: Simon Chu

Photo credit: Simon Chu

And I almost forgot the obligatory food shot. Venison backstraps courtesy of some good ol’ southland boys that we bumped into coming off the river.

You know you’re in Southland when…

And finally, a few shots from Simon’s famous Trout Cottage:

Dec 9, 2011 at 5:50 pm #50781

Neal Osborn
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At this point Tim, I don’t need to see your pictures.

Dec 10, 2011 at 10:04 pm #50782

brian primeau
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Exactly Neal, he’s killing me!
I have 49 sleeps until Patagonia. 😀
Congrats on the award Tim. Investingating fish was rewarding as well.

Dec 11, 2011 at 8:48 am #50783

Stu Hastie
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ROLMFAO! I saw those unsensored shots Tim.

Dec 12, 2011 at 1:54 pm #50784

Joel Thompson
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Nice Tim! Thanks for bringing back some memories for me. I recognize most of that water!

Joel

Dec 12, 2011 at 8:22 pm #50785

bill heffner
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Great pics, great report and really great fish.
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