New Zealand's only dedicated trout fishing magazine began . . .

. . . as a single folded A3 sheet, black and white weekly newsletter, in 1991.

The initial idea was simply to produce a retirement fund but as the magazine expanded, so did intent. 52 pages, in full colour, it remained the only magazine in the country dedicated solely to salmonid fishing for nearly 30 years. Since Covid, however, the NZ economy has taken a major downturn and the publisher was finally forced to suspend the print side with Issue 186. Should the market improve enough in the future the publisher intends to reinstate the print version and holds press-ready versions of all issues since then. Time will tell . . .

Regular contributors include Andrew Harding, Daryl French, Garry Scrimgeour, John Gommans, Larry Burke, Les Hill, Matt Hoole, Nick Moody, Nick Taransky, Peter Storey, Simon Hoole, Todd Storey, Tony Orman, Tony Smith and Zane Mirfin.

The publisher, Peter Storey, is a retired army officer turned management consultant, who was forced into magazine design and publishing by rheumatoid arthritis and learnt that skill the hard way. His overriding interest in trout fishing is sight-fishing with weightless, hand-tied flies. So when not out on Lake Tarawera . . .

. . . he will most likely be chasing brown trout on local streams, retying those flies as necessary.

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