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  • the rivers
  • the clients
  • the scenery

Before the art of fly fishing took a grab on me with this an urge to explore the South Island's great back country rivers and streams was to follow. In my early years any spare time was spent travelling to new fly fishing locations and exploring these remote rivers in the highlands and often this meant plenty of big hikes.

For as long as I have known the effect that a river valley has on an angler can be somewhat overwhelming and time is easily lost as the urge to find out what pool lies ahead and on around the next bend or if that small hidden side valley has a big enough stream to hold fish, exploring these valleys is something an angler will find it hard to tyre to...