. . . as a single folded A3 sheet, black and white weekly newsletter, in 1991, and has remained NZ's only dedicated trout fishing magazine ever since.
It is fly focused but most tactics covered will transfer onto light fixed spool or multiplier reel tackle with ease.
Covid forced the suspension of the print side with Issue 186. The publisher holds press-ready issues since then, should things improve.
Regular contributors include Andrew Harding, Daryl French, Garry Scrimgeour, John Gommans, Larry Burke, Les Hill, Matt Hoole, Nick Moody,
Nick Taransky, Peter Storey, Todd Storey, Tony Orman, Tony Smith and Zane Mirfin.
The publisher, Peter Storey, is a retired army officer turned management consultant, forced into publishing by rheumatoid arthritis. 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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