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CORRESPONDENCE NEIL VINCETT / BRIAN WILSON

Hello fellow fly fishers., I hope everything is going well in Australia and fly fishers are enjoying some fishing after a few years of uncertainty with lockdowns etc with Covid 19

I am a professional NZ fishing guide and the last 3 years have been testing to say the least. With 95% of my clients coming from overseas, business has been tough but , on the positive side, bookings are now coming in steadily and life is gradually getting back to normal.

Fishing this winter in the central area of the North Island (Taupo area), has been fantastic I have had several Australian clients over already and the Americans are coming over now as well with February 2023 booked out

Prior to the winter runs we had a long hot summer which brought the wilderness rivers into play. is is a great time to fish when the dry fly becomes another option, the sun is on your back and some very large fish can be caught in waters that are closed to fishing in the winter months.

In May of this year I caught a 10 pound trout (4 5 kg) as seen in the photo supplied, in one of the wilderness rivers close to the Taupo area ere was quite a story to tell about it as well I had invited a longtime English client to join me for a day’s fishing at one of these wilderness rivers