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LOL Thanks Steve .
I do remember the Matchams and the great piece about wee wets too. I will be bringing a box full of them too.

cheers

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This is a bit more comlpicated than the ‘Toss’

It is more of a OMG where’s my Rod & can I hold onto this thing 😛

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Tried to do this last night but if I take too long writing a post it loses it  :'(

Anyway having been through the same travel from Oz to fish out west past, my advice is pack a simple selection of generics, and buy key hatch specific hot flies when you land in a particular drainage.

You could go nuts trying to tye/buy it all in advance and then end up buying flies anyway. Remember your only hitting a particular water for a day or two.

I’d take basically a box of flies.

Start with the basics

BH PT flashback nymphs 18-14
GB Hares Ears 10-16
If your tying whip up some 16-18-20 unweighted HEs they do well with floatant as a generic emerger.
Tie some heavy stoneflies, brown and black 8-12. Helpful to sink lighter dropper nymphs.
Don’t forget some BH black aussiestyle generic nymphs 12-16. If your tying do a 007 without the red tail (Trust me) ;D
Some brown/red San Juan’s

Have some
Parachute Adams 12-18
Stimulators 8-14 Yellow + Orange
Elk Hair Caddis olive, tan, 12-18
Some hoppers Daves Hopper and bring a few of Muz’s Wee Creek Hoppers, tan and yellow. 8-12

Thanks Steve, I have most of this at hand , which is good news

Ok that’s the basics, get you out of a hole stuff.

Now look through your Aussie NZ favorites. The fish often haven’t seen these and its fun fishing stuff from back home, Cool

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DA , I can still feel ‘that’ rain dripping down the back of my collar

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;D ;D

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LOL ,Simon, you had better tell them all to rest up bigtime.
We are booked in at the house for most of December, so I will see you for a Speights at Christmas 😉

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Thanks Guys,

I think my love for ‘trouting’ is under severe threat particularly as New Cal. is only 3 hrs flight and I have a brother who lives and works there….. I just can’t figure out why it’s taken me so long to go and visit him…..particularly as our wives are good friends and my Wife is already talking about wanting to go back for another visit soon.

……….oh well ;D ;D

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OK Zach, here it is then …….
9 lbs of New Caledonia Bonefish
caught at Northern Grande Terre 8th May 2008

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Hey Nuts…….Nice

I just got back from my 1st Bonefish trip to New caledonia……what a Gas……………………….

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

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Thanks for that Steve, I will get to Tassie one day, but as I have a little house in Southland NZ is my current focus.

I just got a Jetstar special Syd Christchurch RETURN for the 6 of us in December for Christmas for

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Nice Pic Simon,
I’m not sure who has the bigger smile.
I’ll get a bigger size next order 😉

Is that Queens Beach ??

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Hi Simon……Hows your Hat ?? 😉

Mr Wet….No breakfast , just a speckled model from the Delegate River….she lives to be a model again one day.

What do you think about an exchange Zach???
I hope I have not offended you at the suggestion…………… :-[

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Hey Zach, are you intersted in a Hat trade ??

As President of the RED ROD FLY FISHING CLUB Australia’s (and maybe the world’s) only virtual flyfishing club, I can offer you one of our handsome hats in return.

Ours sell for around the same $.
I have 5 left.

‘Morning

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😉

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Morning all.
Zach, yes it is a beautiful part of the country and a little more drought proof than some areas.
I am lucky to have a trout stream an hour away and yet still live on the coast.

I can leave home here at 5am drive, fly & drive and be fishing in between Dunedin & Gore in NZ by 4 pm, so I would say that that is pretty easy 🙂 Flights are between A$ 350 & 600 return.

I am not sure of the actual camp name , Alice knows it no doubt, but I have to get her to NYC by 21st June & then I plan to fly to Wisconsin and meet a friend for a few days fishing and then head west from there.

Tim thanks fro the heads up re NY, I may be tempted to linger there a little.

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Hi guys,
while we are in introductory mode, I’d like to introduce myself.

I’m Andrew Bell from the South East coast of Aussie about 3 hrs south of Sydney.

I’m mainly a trouty although I am heading for New Caledonia next week to try and bag some South Pacific Bones…..

Our trout fishery here has had it tough in the last few years as we have been in drought on & off for quite a while now, but things are looking up with a great summer just passed and loads of autumn rain at the moment.
I just had a trip up to the Murrumbidgee river in our Snowy mountainscamping with my boys and there were plenty of small rainbows , up to 15″ about so fun was had by all.

Above is actually the stretch of the river where the World champs were held when they were last down here, mid 90’s I think.

I also have a little house near Gore and the Mataura River in Southland at the bottom of the South Island of New Zealand , about 3 hrs flight from sydney and have been fishing there regularly for the last 7-8 years. as you probably know the fishing there can be sensational.

How is your season shaping up over there?
There is a possibility that I may have a couple of weeks to kill in late June after taking my daughter to Summer Camp in New York State, so I’m putting some feelers out for a bit of general info to assist me with planning a trip.

I would be happy to share info with anyone wanting to know about Aussie or NZ fishing in return……
So what do you say ??

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