Incredible Dry Fly Fishing for Big Trout (Cicada Season)

[@StevenArnold-gq7ti]

Love your dedication at the end and the music

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

That's excellent, thank you very much. Tight lines

[@MegaNicholls]

Thanks for sharing! Great watch.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks for watching

[@flytrout_nz]

It's such a great way to maintain memories. Thanks, Johan. Hopefully, this summer will add some more...

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Exactly, what a better way than to keep making more memories. Look forward to it

[@torrance8577]

Fantastic video! Thanks so much for posting!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you too!

[@NeilgRichardson]

Brilliant Johan, on the right day fly fishing in NZ is exceptional. I have spent so many hours on the river with my son and even my wife who just reads a book and watches, but all of that adds to the memories and makes the experience so much better

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks Neil, it's been awesome to fish with my family. So cool to watch the kids excitement when the land one. Looking forward to making lots of memories. Tight lines. Hope you have a great season.

[@oscarbarreiro4266]

Great images! What a trip! Thanks for sharing. In Europe all rivers have huge pressure, so it must be nice to be in those unspoiled environments

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you. We are really lucky to have such awesome water here. Tight lines.

[@donmctaggart2635]

Just love your videos. The friendship you enjoy and the country you travel to. Keep it up.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks so much, really appreciate it. Hopefully I can make them a bit more consistently this summer. Tight lines

[@jasononeil1768]

Thanks for posting, can’t wait to get back to King Country this Xmas

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Hope you have mate, tight lines. Some awesome spots in the King Country

[@schmoonkie]

Enjoyed the video Johan. Thanks for posting it.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it

[@JoeQuinnFollow_the_fln]

Fantastic video, very enjoyable

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Many thanks!

[@rogerkoide9695]

Fantastic video!!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you 😊

[@blueridgeflyguy9551]

Johan, this was a great video and the best ending ever

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed the ending

[@petersmith8627]

so cool

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks 😊

[@hamishparker8678]

Great video Johan!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thank you very much

[@andrewtodd6402]

Awesome vid!!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks mate 👍

[@jawson37]

This looks the goods!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

It was a pretty exceptional trip

[@nicktatalias3716]

Nice video, well done, I have to get across to NZ for some fishing,

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanks, hope you make it over soon

[@justal4844]

Nice storytelling and the fishing looks fabu ! Curious what size rods you brought for your trip, as those rainbows were gi-nor-mous❓ ☮ from North Idaho, USA.

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Thanka very much. We were using 9ft 6wt rods with floating lines and 3x tippet.

[@Rstytrsrs4325]

Nice video. I’m heading to NZ is couple of months for 5 weeks of fishing. One thing I wondered about though, you mention concern for fishing pressure in these areas. I would have thought given the challenges in getting there and majority of people would be practicing catch and release that the fishing pressure would be insignificant in the scheme of things? Am I missing something?

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

It's hard to get there on foot. Not hard with a helicopter. So the concern is more giving away the spot online and flooding it with anglers. That's why I'm careful how I film these places. Not everyone going there is a fly fisher. Probably more hunters who will generally spin fish. This place is fine though. Very good trout population. That's not the case everywhere so it's more of a general food for thought about how we preserve these amazing fisheries for future generations.

[@Rstytrsrs4325]

@ cheers, well I can’t afford a helicopter, so will be safe from me when I’m there!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

@Rstytrsrs4325 there is plenty of awesome spots accessible on foot. Feel free to email me and I'll give you some info on resources to find them. Have a look on my channel under live streams. There is only one and you will find it useful. Tight lines and hope you have an awesome trip

[@JasondenHollander-qj5hp]

Why does every serene scene have to be ruined by unnecessary ‘triumphant orchestral’ music? Great footage

[@bobbylolimg1928]

It's funny how we want to be able to fish these spots, but keep them secret to everyone else. Ironic eh?

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Not secret to everyone, just not publicly broadcast the location over the internet. I share with friends and keen fly fishers who will look after it. But it's important to be careful sharing to the masses.

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

Amazing video!

[@CrazyAboutFlyFishing]

Glad you think so, tight lines