heh, Vicki - I see we share the same plastic storage compartments. Must be a Commonwealth thing

A fairly normal state...

you guys have one big problem... its all far too neat! I won't show you a pic of mine after a few hours of hard core tyin': Looks like a chicken, a rabbit, a possum, a few game birds and a deer all hit the table at full speed from 2000 feet. It does get cleaned up eventually but still. Always a dead...

nice William

Yup I agree. Got three of them for some reason... Bloody fantastic!

A few years ago I came across a road killed Kereru or Native Wood Pigeon. Screamed trout flies at me. Now its a no-no to possess native birds but I took it home anyway and rung the local Department of Conservation Offices and explained my dilemma. They had no problems with me keeping feathers. The b...

what lovely looking feathers. alas we cannot get them here. But swings and roundabouts I guess

From the upcoming swap: "Iron Blue"GRHE.. Pukeko marginal covert hackle

That fish was in a fairly inaccessable part of the river possibly not fished to before. Certainly not this season thus far. Early season up there (mid October) means we were probably the second or third party through there since the season began on 01 Oct. By the height of the season (Jan - March is...

That big one of mine, I initialy spooked. I didn't see it till I was nearly on top of it due to the refelctions on the water and it moved off into deeper water. I had a couple of casts but it was not interested. I moved up to where my two off siders were fishing a stretch about 300 m above me and wa...