I have a couple of slots available for fly casting coaching. So if you want coaching directly from me then please email or WhatsApp. These slots don’t come up very often!

It’s possible to do the compete course that I’ve been giving for the past 7 years, which I would thoroughly recommend. It takes about a year and you will become a truly outstanding and complete flycaster as a result.

I don’t only coach “elite” casters!!!! I know that a few are surprised by this, but I coach and enjoy coaching ALL levels of ability, and of course welcome everyone!

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A ridge of high pressure sat over the North Island this weekend and gave the Waikato a proper winter's day: a 1°C frost to start, fine, light winds. No excuses in the weather. Snow is hitting coastal cities in the South Island as I finish writing this now. NZ is cold at present. Back to the fishing story and to the lower Waikato for round two, below Huntly this time, working the new spots off the latest map. The list of spots is now three maps long.

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Many years ago, at the beginning of my career, I remember being in a technical meeting with some colleagues when one turned to me and whispered, with a cheeky grin, “if you want a straight line you should only make two measurements”. He was, of course, joking and it was more of a sarcastic comment on the quality of the data analysis that was being presented to us at the time by a scientist who should have known better. What brought this anecdote back to mind was some conversations regarding the scoring at the Game Fair competition a couple of weeks back.

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Just a quick one from me this week as I'm walking the West Highland Way, soaked and more focused on my blisters than fishing. But I am going mullet fishing soon, so it's
spectra shrimp.

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Our  vacation tour in northern Sweden continues, or middle of Sweden might be more correct. It’s just that everything north of Stockholm feels like northern Sweden for us. It has been eventful and the second week a bit more so I would say. 

This week we are back in the cabin we rented last year in Särna. I like the cottage better than the container we stayed in last week. The container had the advantage though that it was located at the end of a field that could be used for distance practice. Even if the lean and other forms of the field made you fall and feel seasick it was available. Distance practice this week has been less and a bit more interesting. It has consisted of stopping at available fields I’ve found when we have visited the village center for supplies. So one session took place in the middle of a camping site. Decent lawn so I took the chance while Minna did hide to not die because of embarrassment. She had to come out of hiding to help me get some pictures, staged, or my practice. 

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Conditions at the beach and home limited me last week but I got out a couple of times. Despite forecasts of a substantial swell I imagined the full moon would bring grunion in close. I went out Thursday at dawn and fished a green and white clouser in the incoming tide. I paired the overweight SA Sonar 6 wt with my HT8 instead of the HT6 I usually take to the beach. It handled the clouser nicely. I didn’t see any signs of bait in close - two moons ago  I saw cormorants slurping grunions and strange big tails. Not this time but an hour in I saw a few corbina in the swash and switched to casting a pink merkin crab at them. The fish were showing randomly, in differing postures, and the big surf created enough foam to make spotting and following them difficult. No one ate. I went out Friday filled with hope, but fewer fish showed and I’m pretty sure I didn’t show anyone my fly. Still starting the day on the beach is a joy.

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