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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ต.ค. 2024
- With a long winter fast approaching, myself (Mike Kirkpatrick) and good mate Hans Kreuer, have planned a last fishing trip for the season to the North Island. We'd made a made a tentative contact with Miles Rushmer, who guides up around the Bay of Plenty
region. We were to find out it was indeed a 'bay of plenty'...
A big thanks to Miles for giving so generously of his time. It was great to experience something so completely different from what we have at the top of the South Island for sure, and while it may not be every anglers cup of tea, we left with permanent smiles for a few days.
Its important to note that these are pre-spawning fish moving up the system and we made a pre-trip decision not to target any fish in spawning mode. We also practiced 'limiting our catch' not 'catching our limit' I certainly hope you enjoy my wee movie and tight lines.
Mike is available for guided fly fishing based in the Nelson region www.latitudeguiding.co.nz
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Paradise. Bucketlist = North & South Island. Surreal scenery with pristine waters and the most gorgeous Trout ever.Period
No drought, no bushfires, no snakes, no ticks, no bears and millions of huge fish - you guys are in Valhalla!
Love the vid. Particularly liked the music while you were on the ferry!
Grant Flawith cheers buddy, you’re not the first to like Jays music - that song is awesome
it's a lot better if you go out in the wild here because nothing wants to kill you.
I honestly don't know how many times I've watched this video -- Dozens - and love it every time I watch it.
Great trout and great trout fishermen, -- I'd fish with these guy's anytime, they're so genuine and dedicated fly fishermen.
Thanks Bob, I have some other cool clips to watch - so knock yourself out. Cheers for the kind thoughts
I can't imagine how the fish aren't spooking with the fly line swooping over their heads and rod tip flying all over. They just hang out while you're fighting fish too, just swooping back and forth! The fish do not act like this on west branch delaware, they are GONE if you cast like that. Amazing, love it!
Lake fish that have moved in to spawn soon so have little knowledge of their surroundings and take out of aggression or curiosity/instinct
@@mikefsher Shootin fish in a barrel, love it
POSTO STUPENDO! Mai visto torrente cosi piccolo con trote cosi grandi!Grande invidia!
Never gets old. Best fishing 🎣 ever.
Cheers and thanks for watching!
Beautiful water and trouts. Talented group.
Thanks a lot for watching and taking the time to comment
We can only dream to see Uk rivers one day be as clean as these beauties.
I sat here shaking my head in disbelief at the incredible fishing and scenery. Top quality video as always!
Cheers - glad you liked it
Fantastical? Otherworldly? Words alone cannot describe this place, these fish, this video. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks so much for the kind words
Love seeing fisherman handle fish respectfully when catch and release. Good job guys.
Cheers buddy and thanks for watching!
Great video awesome scenery.... certainly helps us in lockdown over the ditch, even inspired me to put new backing and fly line on my reel today.... living in hope Cheers Bro
Thanks buddy! I have just put a new movie out you might like... vimeo.com/ondemand/insightchasingthemagic
On dirait un bassin de pisciculture tellement il y a de poissons au mètre carré..😲👍👍très bel endroit et rivière.
Hands down, not only the best fly fishing video on youtube, but the best fishing video on youtube altogether. Beautiful scenery, crystal clear water, beautiful fish, and anglers that know what they are doing. Thank you for putting the time and effort into filming this, and thank you for sharing.
Will Feral Thanks so much for taking the time to say such nice things and happy you enjoyed it!
Great video, beautiful fish one word ,, my dream,,
I’m glad you liked it and cheers for watching
Magnifique, en No-Kill, parfait. Tout y est, des amis, des poissons et des remises à l'eau rapide. Bravo. Respect.
UnVraiSmarties55 thanks for the kind words
Fantastic video work, and more fantastic fishing! I'm surprised that those seasoned fish don't spook. You're able to churn up the pool with a huge fish, and the others are hanging in there for your next cast! Fantastic water, and beautiful trout, indeed!!!
Cheers buddy
Back at you, Mike!
Definitely a dream steam...Incredible!
Fishing with Ladin: Fly Fishing TV Show thanks for watching
40:37 Every time I watch this, my palms sweat and I get that rush when that hog takes the fly - I can feel that take and hook set! I think I need to plan a trip to NZ.
The most epic fly fishing video I've ever watched
Thanks so much for that - glad you liked it
It is said that trout don't like ugly places ........ this sure drives that home ..... just beautiful! Thanks for sharing this with us.
Absolutely incredible. Have watched this twice back to back. Parts of NZ resemble the landscape and some waterways in Scotland but these fish are a totally different league. Lovely video-thanks.
Cheers buddy, very cool place indeed
I can’t believe how big the fish are relative to the water being 1 to 2 feet deep. Blows my mind.
Mark Anthony’s Music Picks yeah pretty crazy stuff!
Probably watched this video 20+ times and it never gets old. Good stuff!
Hehe - thanks for taking the time to comment. Just working on a new one now...
This looks like heaven on earth for a flyfisher.
Great video. Outstanding fish!
Lowell Bradley cheers!
Unbelievable how clear that water is
50 minutes of excellent video that place is a paradise of beautiful trout, crystal clear waters and everything that surrounds it very beautiful good job, greetings from Lima - Perú 👌👍👍
Just saw this today and have never seen so many fish and in such numbers in any previous video.The fun ye had between each other is what makes this sport so great.Tight lines to all of ye from Ireland.
Cheers! :-)
This is quite easily the name the video describes, the clarity of the spring fed water with the amazing blue hue, the number of the fish and the size of them, like the fish do not get bigger in a natural environment, most of those fish will grow at the biggest to 10-12 pounds in their lifetime, though there is the odd one that grows even larger, I know someone who has caught a fish of 20 pounds in the other major tributary, and he says he knows others have caught larger, almost up to 30... And the surroundings of course, the ferns and the trees, I don't know why but literally ever corner on that stream even in the lower reaches there seems to be several blue gums, not down the sides, just where it takes a bend. Again, spectacular.
Indeed, it’s a very unique place.
A real paradise for the fisherman.👍
Yet another Mike Kirkpatrick instant classic. Great work bud!
Cheers Steve! Before too long you'll be here and getting some! :-)
Never Have I seen such an amazing looking stream this is truly a flyfishermans dream come true can't believe the quality and quantity of fish combined with the most pristine looking water I've seen awesome
It's a very cool place for sure - cheers!
My favorite fishing I've ever done was small rivers in Wyoming for 13-20" browns and rainbows. This looks like absolute heaven on earth. Small, clear stream with BIG trout!
Rob Abbott thanks - it is certainly unique
I finished my PhD and I am starting next week my job in a flyshop in the Crowsnest Pass. Thanks for so much inspiration when I couldn't catch trout. I'm getting pumped rewatching this video.
kahcoghl cogh Thanks for the kind words and for taking time to watch
Elk valley shop? or Kootanay?
These guys are proper anglers, catching proper, super trout. We don't get wild trout like that in the UK, nor water as clear as those rivers. A real good fly fishing video, great show guys.
Thanks! Tight lines buddy.
This is unreal. I had the privilege to fly-fish in NZ some years back and while I didn't get into fish THIS big, I landed some beasts in pristine conditions. Definite bucket list item checked off.
Beautiful Fishing, you really inspired people from around the far corners of world. Thank you 😊
The Trout Adventure’s - Kashmir thanks!
Unreal, Gorgeous fish. Well done Lads
The very best fly fishing film iv seen for many years. Tanks for the effort you put into your films, they are really watchable!!
Cheers mate - fun to make on my winter off :-)
Nothing beats sight fishing except sight fishing in pristine environments :)
A pleasure to watch Mike, what a great way to spend a day. Cheers, Craig
Thanks Craig - cheers also for taking the time to watch
Man , im so amazed by those places, I wish a had this kind of river's and fish in my country
Project 9 Channel indeed
What an amazing little creek....
Unreal just unreal!!! Bucket list trip here for sure
Hunt Fish USA 4 Life cheers mate, pretty cool places abound here in NZ
mikefsher how do I make plans to get a trip like this to happen? Is there a site for the guides
Hunt Fish USA 4 Life yeah my website is linked in my bio... we have a team of the best guides available, contact me @ mike@latitudeguiding.com and we can get the ball rolling!
This is my favorite fishing video. Everything about it - WOW! nice fish and beautiful!
Hannahcode1 cheers - glad you enjoyed it
Great video guys top guiding ,what stunning fish not many places in the world like that look after it.
Cheers mate
One very envious Aussie right here! What a beautiful piece of water and you do an awesome job of filming all the action.
Thanks a lot for the kind words :-)
In the 90s we also had such large collections of brown trout in Germany, Baden Württemberg (38:05). There were so many that we could even catch the smaller ones by hand because there was a fish under each crack.
Today there is a yawning emptiness everywhere, because with a few exceptions we cut off too many large fish. Fortunately, there are first areas where you can only catch medium-sized fish (small and large are prohibited) and the number of fish has been reduced. I hope this will happen across the country.
I love the colours of the waters from NZ. Thanks for showing, Mike! Greetings from Austria
Cheers!
Your videos are part of the reason I recently took up fly fishing. Thank you as well for the inspiration to take up this wonderful art. In just a few weeks I've already caught my first rainbow and brown. So exhilirating!
I'm humbled to be a small part in your finding your way into our great sport and thank you so much for taking the time to reach out.
That crystal clear water is amazing ... nice video!
Cheers mate
Just magic, i am right there with you. So many trout in 1 place!!
Cheers and thanks for taking the time to watch
Thats the most beautiful creek ive ever seen . Cant tell where the air stops and the water begins. I was expecting to see a freaking unicorn drinking at the water's edge. Lol
John Crawford hehe, yeah it's a bit like that, glad you liked it 😃
I was thinking that too, John Crawford. Sometimes it's like the fish are hanging in the air. Unsettling for someone like me, used to Irish lakes, or rivers in spate.
That river with its crystal clear water & beautiful scenery is the best I ever viewed. Your smooth easy going fishing approach was great. I would like to fish there myself, but to travel from West Michigan would cost to much. I would love catching a couple of fish, but it seemed to easy to catch fish in that stream. I would get bored of easy fishing, but if I was there I would end up just walking along the river to see trout & beautiful scenery. Again it sure is a nice video !
Cheers! Yeah it was a great change of pace for me but if you watch my other clips, you'll see much more challenging fisheries - more my cup of tea for sure...
Another great movie Mike!!
Thanks matey
Outstanding stuff Mike, I bet you had to pinch yourself every know and again to realise what you were experiencing! So good to see a healthy fishery like that, a visual feast with water so clear also. Keep up the good work.
Cheers mate. I'd love to do it again but i love the technical aspect of sight fishing in the South so all in all, South at it's best still wins for me.
Yeah I agree Mike, sight fishing is the reason I love fly fishing so much too.The whole scenario is just so addictive and keeps you wanting more, the more technical the better the fishing in my book. Nothing like a challenge, so rewarding when it you get it right.
Great stuff Mike, stunning. I had a great day with Hans in Feb, you guys work really hard when your guiding nice to see you taking time to get into some fish yourselves.
Thanks buddy, Hans is a good man and we do our best! Was certainly great to get out and see some new water for sure.
Talk about fish in a barrel! Just throw your fly in the water and you’re guaranteed to hook a fish of a lifetime. Beautiful creek! Beautiful video!
Will be fishing here myself in a couple of weeks, absolutely cannot wait!
Great stuff Mike. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing
Cheers mate
First and foremost. Awesome vids man! I can't stop watching. I recently picked up on fly fishing. And you can truly say practice makes perfect just by watching me and my struggle. A lot harder than a spinning reel
Thanks mate - time will have you humming along in no time
Really amazing river. Truly looks like a dream stream. NZ is my childhood dream and some day I'll get the chance to go. Maybe you're the man to seek. 👍😊
Cheers for the kind comments
When I die this is where I want to end up! Absolutely stunning and awesome video. Thanks
Thanks!
Well done!!!
Thanks for that!
Outstanding. Subscribed with thanks and looking forward to more. I've never been more excited about having relatives in New Zealand.
Lucky guys
You live in God's own trout country!
As a Saffa we had to hike half a day and 6000 ft to get to river half as good.
My bucket list is NZ!
😄👍🏻
Great film and what an epic looking trip! We've definitely got it good here in NZ.
Thanks!
I'd love to fish in New Zealand, scotlands great but this just looks like fishing heaven!
Tis indeed
This is your finest work. I'm inspired.
Cheers for that
Great video, mate, of small clear water.
Cheers Casey!
10:14 the net man spooks up another one as he moves in. Bottom left of frame.
What an amazing video! I live in Pennsylvania and fish what are considered some of the best trout streams in the US, I'm lucky to see a trout on the 'small' side of what you're catching and chucking away. Such beautiful fish keep up the great videos! This inspires me to make it to NZ someday
Thanks for the kind words, it is indeed still a paradise here if you know where to look :-)
I had the wonderful opportunity to fish with Hans for a week while I was there last spring at the Stonefly. I sure wish that I could do a "locals" trip like this someday
Hans is a cool guy for sure. The place is still there... :-)
Great video👍🏻
JS Boyle cheers!
I think I'm officially destroyed after watching this, As wonderful as this stream is i don't think i could ever fish it as nothing i'm sure could compare, please god when i go to the great gig in the sky my soul will be in such a place. Should in later years health deem me fit for such an expedition and hope then i may pursue upon such a journey. But for the now i shall remain faithful and content will my local waters filled with wonderful browns averaging little under a pound. Always in awe of MANICS vids etc, thanks for sharing. Hate you guy's Sooooooooooo Much!!!! LOL
Hate the game not the player! :-) Thanks for the heartfelt words and also for taking the time to watch my wee efforts. Cheers, Mike.
mikefsher nothing personal ha ha. Just in awe again. Friday night's is few beers and bit of fly tying after a weeks work. Always watching some vids so i can chill and get lost dreaming of places i may someday experience for myself. Keep up the good work. Perhaps some day ill be in a vid with you lol. Hay dreams are free!!
Can't stop watching your clips, thanks so much. I'm so looking forward to getting back to that amazing clear water in March :)
I just cant get over how clear that water is. Here in BC part of the fun is hunting and finding where the fish are. its hilarious you guys just see them so easy and cast over and over and over till they bite ahaha. so awesome
Cheers matey
That's just insane!
Bob Rowlands yep pretty crazy
Excellant thanks you supper
New Zealand, must get there someday. Amazing fish.
Amazing video mike! maybe the best fly fishing video I've even seen. real inspiring mate.
Thanks heaps for the kind words and taking the time to watch it
Wow!
That stream is on my bucket!!!
AMAZING! A DREAM no doubt!!
Amazing!!! the best fly fishing video!!!
Cheers!
I’ve been watching your channel all day on my new Smart TV, so smart I cant comment. So came on my phone just to tell you how much I’m enjoying your fishing!!! Thanks!!
Thanks for watching and taking time to comment!
Excellent video...I was literally holding my breath several times during this vid! You guys need a bigger net!
Falconer Custom Rods haha cheers, yeah she was some close quarter battles alright
@@mikefsher A few of those eats are just...SICK. Really good camera work. Beautiful place and epic fish for sure.
wow, what a place, added to my dream list, hopefully get to go visit and catch some big fish with my wife one day
What a great vid! Really a Dream Stream
Cheers!
Amazing video falas - nice clear water n watch the trout take the 'fly'-- awesome
Great stuff, Mike. Love your work! cheers.
Cheers buddy!
Hi Mike
I really appreaciate your work and what you are doing for the region and the sport. In fact your work is probalby the main reason I decided to take an english course in nelson... just that i can go flyfishing in about 30 minutes drive. With your inspirational work and with a lot of reading I found out about that secret places you are able to fish :-). I always liked your movies and your style, which was, especially in the beginning pretty close to vestergards style in matters of filming technic and sound. And today I know that Mortens trout was not even a big one ;-)
Today's movies are way more unique and usually I just love them. And eventough I am really thankfull for your inspiring work and I had in all other cases a great time watching you and your pleasant mates doing what you're doing I find it quite nasty to fish for spawning trout. I guess, or at least I hope you and Hans did know what you where up to and I just hope this movie is maybe having an impact on season reagulations on the north island. Stuff like that should under the changing conditions weather and eviormental wise not be allowed. But that's just my opinion, because our fishery had been wreked during the last 30 years (Switzerland).
Anyway, keep up the good work... I just hope you guys and guides really know and appreatiate what you have there, especially in the south. After all I have seen it surely is one of the worlds finest places not only in terms of flyfishing for big ol'browns... just keep that fishing sustainable and always put them beautiful creatures first.
Greetings Michael
mTech1337 Thanks for taking the time to comment and your kind words. That said, I'm getting a little tired of people making uninformed comments about a subject without taking the time to understand the situation. The fish in the Taupo and Rotorua fisheries are unique in that they spawn almost the entire year with heavier concentrations of movements over summer and winter on freshes. This uniqueness make them stand alone fisheries that conform to a different set of standards. In speaking to the locals and guides who work these regions (not to mention the local rangers who actually encourage taking more fish) the fishery is as healthy as it was 50 years ago - testimony to a working management system. Therefore egg patterns are the norm year round in these creeks and the fish we saw were pre-spawning and not in spawning mode. The fishery has a season defined for a reason and certainly weren't picking fish off redds. If you took the time to read my bio on the movie you would have seen that. Hope this clarifies things.
That is ridiculous. This is exactly as the name says. This is what I dream to fish someday.
Man, this pool at the end, absolutely unbelievable...
Tomasz Sikora crazy aye!
great film, lovely brownies and tremendous camera work
Cheers! Nice of you to take the time to comment!
Amazing! High quality content
Thanks!
Unbelievable. This can't be true... Wow!
Good 👏👏👏
I enjoyed your video :) Keep it up!
Cheers!