Gates

Morning

Happy

The right cast

Evening shadows

Fish on

Landed

Prepared for anything

Preparing

Mataura

Heading home

Shallows

Anticipation

Spots

Sunning

Sneaking

View from the top

Morning mist

Lined up

Bankside

Willows

Gates are always left closed, it's the Kiwi way.

A new day reveals another opportunity to fly fish our back country waters.

A nice brown was surfing the currents and took the first drift of a nymph.

Waiting out the wind can help. Rather than make a bad move, this angler waited out 110kmh gusts for 20 minutes for this trout.

Some days come to an end as the sun goes behind the hills. Sight fishing is often best in low contrast situations.

A beautiful back country river and a fine take.

The fish comes to hand

4 boxes, 1500 flies.

Serge readying a line for a sighted fish

A nice trout taken in a riffle on the Mataura

A fine trout released in a small stream

This trout had been rising in a foot of water on a sandy flat.

Peering into a run on a private land, hoping the day goes well.

It was feeding tight to a grassy bank and came for a dry.

This fish sat in a deep pool, a foot from the surface taking everything that drift past. One cast was enough.

A sighted trout in an eddy required a walk around and a sneak up the shoreline.

A perfect vantage to watch the action below.

The days after rainfalls often offer beautiful fog.

Several trout were nosed into this shelving riffle.

An active trout cruised the shallows at the tailout tight to shore.

A beautiful day on a mid island river.