Hi Torsten Its been a while since I visited this board. Glad you find the Tongariro Roll Cast a very useful fishing cast. Since I shot this clip I have modified the technique in two ways. First I already slip some line when pulling my anchor into place. (I did not do that in the clip. Only slipped ...

I fully agree with Rudi's view that "harvesting" gives fishing a moral foundation that dates back to our very distant ancestors. Nobody other than rabid lentil eaters would dare to challenge that. This does not mean that we need to kill fish and in practice hardly ever do but it is import...

Reading all these posts it strikes me that most of you contributors equate C&R with Zero Kill. If that is how you see it than you are making moral/emotional judgements and not rational fishery management decisions. There is far more to C&R than not killing fish as you can read in this artic...

Paul The topic of Zero Kill whether by regulation or personal choice might be highly philosophical but I can assure you it is not abstract. The NZ Animal Welfare Act's core principles are to prevent unnecessary or avoidable animal suffering. Hunting and fishing is exempt from the act simply because...

Hi I agree with ringing on the stable plane. In most rods I have made the two stable or weaker sides are more or less opposite. The problems, at least in theory, of ringing on the stiffer side is that the tendensy to twist into the weaker side causes a twisting stress in the blank on every cast. Wh...

Paul and Others The Taupo fishery is a completely self-sustaining wild fishery without any hatchery releases whatsoever. It is incredibly well managed. which ensured that the fishing is as good now than it was when I started there in 1970. I wish I could say that about any other water in NZ. Readin...

Lets not forget fishing has it origin in harvesting wild fish for food. The further this practice deviates from that into the world of entertainment the closer it comes to animal abuse. Zero kill on "moral" grounds is the ultimate in intellectual self-deception. To me C&R in all its f...

Hi All It's all so logical. Press the right buttons in a fish's brain and it will take the fly. It just can’t help itself. Thank God it isn't that simple. Fish can make decisions that totally negate the above. Just last week I was fishing for spawning run steelhead in a pool that could have held a ...

Hi Jay Nothing defensive about my comments. As I understand it the Skagit line uses a "short and heavy" head to lift a static heavy sink tip and weighted fly out the water. The casting tool is usually and prehaps mostly a double hander 12'+ rod. I would not call a 51' foot head a short he...

Hi Jay Two years ago we tried the Long Delta Spey from the same maker but not only did this line have a 65' head. it lightest weight was a #7-8. With a SH #8 rod this was clearly a mismatch and overkill. As I said previously, the 51' head of the Tactical Spey is still too energetic for my liking. M...

Hi All Ran into Tom Northcroft the other day on the Tongariro. Questioned him about the involvement of his family in the development of the TRC. Answer was very vague, almost evasive. I do not now think that the Northcrofts had anything to do with the TRC since Tom could not do this cast. This is s...

Hi Mat Not just my opinon but those of my mates as well and some are very serious about their gear. I have never used Muciln dry fly dressing for my indicators simply because for the price a small bottle does not go very far. I also buy my Watershield at the Warehouse for $5.99. It is as good as an...

I have just read "Nymphing without Indicator" and must say I have read this elitist dribble many times before. Shortline or Czech nymphing with only the leader out is hardly fly-fishing, as it is commonly understood as casting with a fly line. Only the other day a friend who is into compe...

Hi Sarko and others Believe me polyester works fine, in my view better than the much coarser polyprop. After all it is about trapped air retention, which is greater with finer material. Perhaps when you treated the yarn with Rainguard or Waterguard you did not allow a couple of days for curing. Thi...

Hi Paul If i can visualise the description correctly than this "long handled" named cast sounds very much like something I have been using on the Tongariro to sink nymphs quickly. I simply called it "Rolling the Indicator". It goes like this: After delivering a standard upstream...