by Tony Orman | Dec 15, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
Good Friday 2016 will be a day Southland high country station workers Ryan Carr and Dan Keys will never forget. On a pig hunting trip, the duo got two boars – 270 and 348lbs. The second wild boar was of a size that is hard to imagine. After gutting, the animal weighed...
by Tony Orman | Nov 30, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
It’s that time of the year when kahawai come into river mouths, giving great sport to many Kiwi anglers. To the seasoned trout fly fisherman, it’s a chance to get superb sport on a fly rod. Kahawai is a Maori name, which means ‘brave’ or ‘strong’ (kaha) water (wai). ...
by Tony Orman | Oct 22, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
One evening a couple of years ago, Lloyd and I were hunting some South Island backcountry that featured some rocky outcrops – an ideal habitat for native falcon. As it was nesting season, it was not long before we were startled by the whoosh of a swooping falcon...
by Tony Orman | Oct 1, 2020 | Features, Fishing
I recently read an excellent book What Trout Want by American-born Kiwi Bob Wyatt. He describes himself as a “hard-core presentationist and impressionist.” What he means is that his trout flies are not striving for exact imitation but only impressions suggesting an...
by Tony Orman | Aug 6, 2020 | Features, Fishing
Whitebait are coming into river mouths and running up to spawn. Predatory fish such as kahawai often home in on the whitebait shoals. So too do trout and, of course, humans in the form of whitebait fishers. For the rod and reel angler, whether a spin or fly fisher,...
