by Esha Chanda | Dec 14, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
The Tanekaha Tracks is one of the most popular New Zealand tracks for the walking fraternity. On the southern slopes of the Brynderwyn Hills, it’s just 10 minutes from Mangawhai, and in the last 12 months, it’s seen more than 6000 visitors. That’s quite some foot...
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 F&O NEWS DESK | Oct 22, 2020 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing, Hunting
Beginners luck seemed to work for Dwayne Sweeney and his crew when they caught a record marlin in April 2018. But it isn’t Sweeney’s beginners’ luck that we’re talking about here; rather, it’s of the two men who accompanied him on his boat on that beautiful day...
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 Ben Hope | Sep 7, 2020 | Features, Hunting
Hunters usually have a favourite hunting spot and they like to look after it, particularly the deer that live there. A hunter can plan their own game management by way of selectively taking a deer relative to the time of the year. August and September see a reversal...
