New Zealand Trophy Waters - Volume 2

Bruce Masson. Much of the success of these videos is attributed to the outlay of the episodes where the stars of the show are the thumping trout, magnificent scenery and the crystal clear rivers.

"New Zealand Trophy Waters Volume Two"

It is compiled from three separate days of fly-fishing and a twenty-five minute tutorial on fly-casting by Mike Weddell, a former British and World Champion Fly-caster.  Shown are several insects and the flies we use to represent them. Having a reasonable knowledge of when and what insects are abundant at any particular time of the year, can often make the difference between success and failure.

The opening section features a bright summers day with Robbie McPhee fishing his way up a beautiful sparkling stream that supports both large rainbow and brown trout. An  upstream breeze with an occasional strong puff of wind  blowing terrestrials onto the water, thus keeping the trout interested in surface feeding all day. This proved to be a most memorable day indeed, one of those days that most anglers can only dream about. Robbie hooks and lands 15 trout that average in excess of six and a half pounds each. All are caught using his favourite dry fly the Wee Muddler. We show Robbie tying this fly. 

The weather on day two is in total contrast to the first day, dull and cold. Keith Mitchell joins Robbie for this days fishing, and unlike the first day when only dry flies were used, both nymphs and dry flies are presented to some fine trout, however not all were accepted. Keith demonstrates tying his successful nymph. 

The third section is dedicated to Mike Weddell showing us how to improve our casting and fly-fishing in general. Mike is a natural teacher of his skills and much can be learned from this compact 25 minute tutorial. 

The final segment is Keith and Robbie fishing an Otago river trying their luck for sea trout. Once again a combination of nymphs and dry flies are used. You won't be disappointed. Robbie ties his very successful, in Robbie's words, "non descript" black bead head caddis nymph.

The most frequent comment from those who have watched my latest production has been, "an extremely enjoyable and exciting video to watch, abundant with information and will prove to be very popular with both novice and experienced anglers alike".

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