Fly fishing NZ - 'A Day To Remember'

Join myself (Mike Kirkpatrick) and mate, on a long day trip away from our home base at the top of New Zealand's South Island. It's sunny, and with no other anglers about, we chase big brown trout on this early season day with a degree of confidence in finding a few... We find some indeed and the quality of fish is welcome for so early in spring.
Music kindly provided by Jay Kennedy of 'The River Project' and includes tracks 'Rise and Fall' and 'Louis to Isabella' from the album 'Solar Controller' I highly recommend this album available by contacting Jay at: [e-mail]
Jay is a client and friend and more people should be hearing his bands music.
Mike Kirkpatrick is available for guided fly fishing based in the nelson district www.latitudeguiding.co.nz
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[@papachef52]

Mike and Nans, I never get tired of watching and rewatching all your super HD videos. I will always cherish my Feb 2020 fishing trip in Nelson and fully plan to come back for a longer outing next time.

[@bushido491]

Beautiful day, Beautiful scenery, Beautiful fishes. Cant ask for anything more.

[@mikefsher]

+Bu ShiDo Thanks!

[@marianbalaz9195]

Krasny losos zdravim zo slovenska lovu zdar páni

[@Sportmanfun]

Wow look at that eel. Fearless creatures. It would eaten the trout through the net under your eyes

[@mikefsher]

+Sportman-un Yeah i've had them grab my net in the water while it was hanging off my back!

[@XY15lite]

What a wonderful and peaceful film. It saved my day. Great music, great trouts, stunning river! Happy to be there next April! Can't wait. Andre.

[@loontil]

Eel head tap was funny.

[@ser1tdc]

fantastic! really enjoyed watching it...NZ has a such a landscape, clean waters, amazing nature and heritage. Its something that I, as European murky waters pike hunter, would die for ;) wish I get a chance to visit, nice video mate

[@mikefsher]

bonerdog Cheers mate - nice to hear people enjoying it

[@glorgo4]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing your adventures.

[@mikefsher]

Jeff Healey Cheers mate!

[@TJDawgs72]

Beautiful! I’ve only fly fished a few times in my life up in Alaska...would love to visit New Zealand some day.

[@mikefsher]

Thomas Charter cheers for that - it’s a great place for sure

[@L8yMcG]

Great job ! I lived in NZ for two years and loved it! Montana is home now, but I still get back now and again. Gorgeous fish!

[@paulprocter8636]

Great footage Mike, stunning scenery and some truly thumping trout... Though mixed emotions watching this as only problem is, I'm stuck on the other side of the World!!!

[@mikefsher]

Paul Procter I'm sure as an international angling man of intrigue - you'll make it back soon enough buddy

[@Syltangler]

Schöne Aufnahmen, toll aufgenommen und geschnitten. Super !!! Danke für Eure Arbeit.

[@mikefsher]

Ralf Meyer Thanks for the kind words!

[@MrMaradona75]

wow fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Bagjo123]

Another epic movie from u. Music is Great to. 😊 Cut all other fishing channels.. but your movies cuts any stress.

[@mikefsher]

Michael Madsen Cheers mate! Appreciate it...

[@kieranblair3218]

Awesome vid man! Enjoyed every second of it!

[@mikefsher]

Kieran Blair Thanks for that :-)

[@nocturnal77]

amazing footage! what dreams are made of!

[@mikefsher]

nocturnal77 thanks!

[@HighcountryFlylife]

nice mate, there's certainly some beautiful rivers up your part of the south Island, crystal clear water that one and not a bad fish you caught at around the 16:30 minute mark.

[@FishingFinatic5438]

Awsome video I actually know Anton as I live in golden bay

[@gariatu]

Awesome fishing video ! It is a good mountain stream.

[@BenChung78]

New Zealand is beautiful !

[@leothomasful]

Loved every minute of this mate!

[@mikefsher]

Leo Thomas Cheers Leo! Good on ya mate

[@clarksimonds6356]

Fantastic video, as always, Mike!! I'm watching 'em all, and can't wait to get down there to fish with you! Do you recall what month that this trip was? Thanks for all the wonderful things you do to promote the great sport in NZ! Makes us all jealous, for sure!

[@mikefsher]

Clark Simonds Thanks Clark, appreciate the kind words. This was late October/early November from memory.

[@ドリフトバム]

Why is so much strapping to unchanged location as the Japan of mountain stream, you have a beautiful fish! Incredible!

[@mikefsher]

英明木原 Thanks!

[@seanjohnston9472]

Amazing video Wish we had those fish in Ireland

[@tigerstamp3766]

you have 10+lbers there

[@purpledrakefishing]

Amazing! Best fly fishing videos on KZbin

[@mikefsher]

Purple Drake Fly Fishing Thanks - appreciate it and glad you enjoyed

[@darcygleesonmountainbikes3703]

wow. Amazing fish.put up a fight though.well done.

[@dnbjedi]

this is really sweet. great framerate and all. thanks guys. cheers

[@mikefsher]

+dnbjedi Thanks to you too!

[@mikefsher]

+dnbjedi Thanks to you too!

[@mikefsher]

+dnbjedi Thanks to you too!

[@mikefsher]

+dnbjedi Thanks to you too!

[@nonsolopaolo]

Nice video man ! Best wishes from Italy. Paolo

[@mikefsher]

nonsolopaolo Thanks!

[@garycarter7677]

Hamishtroutfishing newzealand

[@rminost]

"The well anticipated last run" I like it . . .

[@mikefsher]

+rminost :-)

[@mikefsher]

+rminost :-)

[@seanjohnston9472]

Amazing video Wish we had those size fish in Ireland

[@flyfisher0922]

Good fish, a great fight !

[@mikefsher]

flyfisher0922 Thanks!

[@fangcheng1108]

wow...so beautiful

[@tim3854]

8.46 - "Snap!" Never seen the Longfin darkside before this. Yikes, will be giving them a wider berth next season!

[@mikefsher]

tim3854 Yeah Tim - don't make them angry, you won't like them when they're angry...

[@rafael3251]

good job man! Unfortunatly we dont have any river in my country to be like this... however we have a river with big rainbow trout! I think that you would like nestos the name of the river in my village ..

[@MrKveite1]

Nice little fight with that first fish:)

[@rafaelmaitre9782]

Otra vez muy buena pesca

[@NBMadTrapper247]

Wow thats beautiful!

[@mikefsher]

+nbmadtrapper Thanks for watching!

[@rainier16oz]

Great stuff as always Mike. Just got around to watching this. Did you get a new camera? Quality looks better. Not that it was bad before but this film quality is outstanding! Look forward to getting some footage in October...

[@mikefsher]

David G Yeah buddy ditched the old camera - got a whole bag of tricks to work with now. Show you in October

[@hugopearce5552]

great video amasing fish and scenery how much tippet do you fish from your dry to your nymph and what pound thanks

[@MrKresov]

Mr. Chigurh at Work :-)

[@mikefsher]

Kresten Ovesen No-one else would get that one :-)

[@adnankarnai775]

Which beat is this mike? Awesome video. Loved it.

[@mikefsher]

Adnan Karnai which beat?

[@NjordFishingChannel]

Wowww amazing video. I'm starting in fly fishing.

[@mikefsher]

+Njord Fishing Channel Good on ya!

[@mikefsher]

+Njord Fishing Channel Good on ya!

[@mikefsher]

+Njord Fishing Channel Good on ya!

[@laporpopo8403]

👍

[@Jadensweet]

I wish I could do that with my freind

[@diesellozano7874]

Virgin

[@Expeditom]

Very nice video! It looks like Anton has accustomed to the sandflies on his hand while holding the last fish haha Btw, couldn't an eel bite off a finger? cheers Tom

[@MrMaradona75]

I like fishing

[@troutboynz]

Great stuff buddy, music was a nice fit too... have to ask though, why the net? Could you have "not just grabbed them by hand"?!.. ;)

[@mikefsher]

troutboynz Yeah i would just tail them if i was a legend. Sadly not though ;-) Cheers though Andrew - more to come in due course

[@NzTechNinja]

troutboynz come do some fishing in taumarunui its ok ive been getting into fly fishing hard hope to see some good videos

[@TrackMFour]

mikefsher would you mind sharing the name of the backpack you wear at the first part of the movie...it had some nice front pouches, not sure if you were wearing a chest pack with a backpack or just the backpack! Thanks!

[@mikefsher]

TrackMFour It's an Erblestock hunting pack - about 50L from memory.

[@asdfilk]

+mikefsher the man, the myth, the LEGEND! Great video buddy

[@michellesatterly2386]

Absolute beasts. I'm from the states and we do not have fish like that here at all. How can I contact you about possibly booking a trip?

[@cjk5686]

Awesome fish! What kind of net is that you guys have?

[@michellesatterly2386]

What weight rod are you using on these big trout?

[@robertschaffer3992]

Love the music and fishing, do you mind telling me who is playing the music?

[@mikefsher]

+Robert Schaffer It IS great music and if you look in the clip description above you'll find all the info you need on it

[@logandevito1293]

whats a good website to buy flies and what type of flies you recommend for fishing for trout salmon and slealhead

[@mikefsher]

i can sort some trout flies for you - just contact me - [e-mail]

[@Alcan196]

What kind of fish was that, that came up to your net at 9 minutes?

[@TimVincent222]

Eel

[@mikefsher]

+Alcan196 NZ long finned Eel

[@jonasjakobsens167]

Where is this ? it looks beatiful.

[@ryanburgess8436]

+Jonas jakobsens1 its the southern tip of china

[@mikefsher]

+Ryan Burgess Good on ya mate!

[@KniifeShow]

Maybe Shotover river ? :)

[@KiwiFisher01]

What was that bright stretch of line on the top end of your leader?

[@mikefsher]

Its the top end of a leader system i've devised for spooky fish

[@KiwiFisher01]

you use it instead of an indicator?

[@mikefsher]

Kiwi Fisher nah - just to smooth out turnover

[@KiwiFisher01]

Oh I see, so it's just a slightly thicker/heavier length of line. I use a meter of about 40lb line after my fly line for that, and then taper it down from 10 to 5 or 4. works well.

[@mikefsher]

Kiwi Fisher something like that, yeah

[@360Linky]

This is a great video man. About how long do you usually spend out on the river on average each day?

[@mikefsher]

+360Linky Thanks! It varies depending on whether i'm guiding or not and time of year, but maybe 8 hours would be about average.

[@mikefsher]

+360Linky Thanks! It varies depending on whether i'm guiding or not and time of year, but maybe 8 hours would be about average.

[@mikefsher]

+360Linky Thanks! It varies depending on whether i'm guiding or not and time of year, but maybe 8 hours would be about average.

[@mikefsher]

+360Linky Thanks! It varies depending on whether i'm guiding or not and time of year, but maybe 8 hours would be about average.

[@mikefsher]

+360Linky Thanks! It varies depending on whether i'm guiding or not and time of year, but maybe 8 hours would be about average.

[@jurajkufa2237]

8:35 :) :) :)

[@shellshocked312456]

Sweet! What rod do you use?

[@mikefsher]

Davis Clark Scott Radians are my weapon of choice. Most of my regular clients too for that matter

[@user-xi4fd3ot1d]

でかい！！ぼくも釣りたい！！

[@saam-ki3um]

habeys

[@TheSouthernfly]

Why do you not weigh your fish,aren't you curious?I know I am as a viewer

[@charliepalmer2465]

Hi Mike, just sent you an email, looking to setup a trip in 2016. Cheers! Charlie

[@mikefsher]

Charlie Palmer Thanks Charlie - i'll mail you back

[@stevanvonwielligh8504]

Where is this river in NZ, would really love to go there

[@feuillyjean-jacques1220]

beau poisson mais style pas terrible....

[@aleeshaabel9583]

Y R U nymph fishing it is uncivilized

[@mikefsher]

Riiiight... Trout here in NZ feed predominantly sub surface (about 80%) so an enlightened angler will recognize what a sighted trout is doing and use the appropriate technique... not rocket science is it?. Although someone who has to abbreviate 'why are you' to Y R U - is certainly not a rocket scientist, and further to that, probably uncivilized...

[@BenChung78]

New Zealand is beautiful !