Well I am guding in the Coromandel right now with a group of three from the USA – been thru Hawkes Bay prior to arriving here. Spent sometime at a 10 yr celebration of the Te Angi Angi Marine reserve as we were invited by friends of mine from the local Maori community. It was a dawn ceremony with full maori customs – very pleasant to be there. We also spent 2 days after this with the local Maori comunity learning there ways – very intereting for us all. We also got to eat plenty of kiamoana (seafood) especially crayfish. We then had three days at 2 days at a HB farm and left them getting the first decent rain for many months – I think they liked us!
We then flew to Akl and drove down to Coromandel and settled in at our accommodation at Matarangi and have spent the last two days on the beach, relaxing, sightseeing and 2moro we have a charter boat to take us sightseeing from the water and a spot of snorkling and fishing along the way – should be great – up date coming soon.
I can’t tell you how much I appreciated everything you did to make my fishing trip unforgettable. That trophy brown was totally unbelievable! Frankly, I’m surprised we were able to land him. That was one of the longest fights I’ve ever had with a fish. Fighting that trout and the river current was a whole new experience for me. Your advice and help were invaluable. I will definitely call you the next time I get to New Zealand. And I really enjoyed your website article and photo. Thanks again for putting me in position to catch the fish of a lifetime. And it was almost a few fish of a lifetime. All in all…brilliant!!!
