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FANTASY
DAY REPORT FROM NEW ZEALAND
By Chuck & Polly
Longsworth
Scott Ellison has
been globe hopping the last several months. It
started with the Amazon and Peacock Bass in December
(Scott accompanied us on our exploratory trip to the
Amazon). Since then it’s been Chile, Africa, and
Australia with a short stop in New Zealand. While
in New Zealand in March, he only had four days to
fish. The first three days he encountered some bad
weather, but “nailed some excellent trout after
initially stuffing some casts the first time I came
face to face with those New Zealand monsters.” Then
came his last day and the sort of experience that
only happens in NZ. A true fantasy fly fishing day – the sort
of day fly fishers hope to encounter at least once
on a visit to this stunning country. It goes like
this:
“On my final day….we headed to the backcountry and my game was
dialed in. The result? Nine beauties. All bigger
than 4 pounds. All sight casts. All on dries. And
that doesn’t include the proverbial one that got
away…..one that was well north of 10 pounds that
broke off right at the landing.”
Now Scott is in the same category as most New Zealand
travelers – his trout fishing expectancies are
screwed up for life.
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