HI Guys
Hope you are all well and loving life and keeping well. Life is pretty magical here in New Zealand, Especially down here in the south. We are all so lucky over here. Blessed.
I've decided due to various reason, no income, covid and mini health issues. YES the end of Guiding for me.
NOT my NZ fly school or casting.To focus more on other things all travel & fishy! before I know it I'll be 60 and still a slightly broken guide! I need to go and challenge myself with new inspiring stuff. Can't do it in a coffin. Love and thank all of you that i had the pleasure and hounor to guide. For the past few decades fishing and non fishing. More juice! on it, coming in the next news letter.
Thank you all for your support not only with buying my unique fly designs also for helping out with the crowd funding for the last book Chasing Tigers. You all know me made the total on the last week, Phew! I cant do any of it with out you all. Thanks heaps. Love ya all. :) Out Come The Dogs - is getting close, get ready for that 3rd book! in the series.
All the Chasing Tigers books have been sent out to everyone that's helped and most of you should have them or they are arriving any day. So it will be a while before I get any feedback on it. Fingers crossed.:) you giggle, laugh, fart and learn when reading it and it makes you want to go to NEPAL.They need you, contact the people in the acknowledgements at the back of the CT book. They will love you.
I'm busy working on the other books at the moment in fact every day for the past years, every morning I'm up without fail and writing just after 5 am and between my other jobs there seems to be not enough hours in every day.
So I'm on a mission, determined to do it. I promise not to let you all down or myself. Not bored at all all creative fun and hard work. Total brain frazzle this writing lark is. :)
The past winter and months of 2021
Even before I converted my guiding truck into the best pimped out brown truck in the world! At the time and the only one in the world! Yes a world first - love it :)
My goal once that trout wrap started to wear and fade eventually, Was that I would re do it in a different pattern of cool art. That i already had my eye on. So During winter I stripped the spots off, took a day, thought at first a few hours! always the way.
Rather than get a new truck I decided to fix up the old girl the best I could with my vehicle fixing knowledge(thanks you tube) as i had the time and it was the cheapest option. Plus I love the old girl. Toyota's do that to humans.
And then spent many months stripping, learning and rebuilding all the trucks suspension and braking system and various other parts.
Also I repainted all chrome and alloy parts black- with Raptor paint black- black is back! As the geek in me thought that textured mat paint looked coolest.
So now its driving and looking dam sexy- New image of the new pimped truck coming in next news letter.
This was all going on between writing book stuff and my very scary walking(crawling) and back issues, which are now better after so many specialists and hospitals and placed in machines in different cities.
Its all to do with wonky and tangled spinal nerves and at the moment nothing can be done. The new pain relief med's are helping. So the moral is as the last pro surgeon said- "hope and deal with it the best you can,Stu.'"
NEW GARDEN ART
I've always said I wish to make some art sculptures, installations as such, before I snuff it.
As I love all art and obviously I'm a lefty in that arty creative department. 40 years of fly design for example. Plus all the art I buy, support and collect from others.
For two years I've had this heads on poles idea and vision. So for these two years I've been secretly or not! Been chipping and digging away. I've told my accountant its a wind block for casting!
It's not finished, just finished last week, burning them, distressed black and still a wee bit more to do. Finished photo next news letter.
STU & TRIG'S - GO FISHING- At Last!
Since oct, due to a huge self inflicted work load, mainly writing, I never got out fishing until Christmas eve two days camping. Not ideal though better than bugger all.
Only then me and Trig's escaped for a few days camping fishing, hunting and again over new Year 3 days. Deadly Ant worked a treat,Cicadas out as well, all dry fly action.
Most fish landed in one day ( all in 3 hours) was 16 browns on the same Deadly Ant fly before it fell apart. Using 4gt and 5wgt rods Sage Mod-fly rods. Got to also cast a client's sage Trout light fly rod, beauty of a rod, I want one. 4 wgt or 3 wgt. For summer grubbing.
All the trout took around and just over 3min to land. I'm telling you that so you can also, especially if your releasing them get them in quick utilizing the rod etc.
No need to fanny about fighting and landing fish. Get them in as unharmed as possiable and released, unless your catching and grilling.
The first day I went I could not help my self a cheap little girls pink Ross rod 4 wgt 8ft , had to have a challenge first cast of the season.
Check out my large arbor reels and different colored camo lines Fluro camo orange! and fluro pink camo rio gold lines- !!! :)
Its so much more fun fishing light and bright. :)
It was so so good to escape work and get back to nature camping for those days and away from tech and people., Hopefully in the coming future I get a better balance with work load.
TAKE CARE & enjoy the letter, its taken many bloody hours to put together, hope you like it. and I hear cicadas chirping.Oh the tease! Get your fly order in, before I run out! especially big dries.
Support one of the worlds most unique internet fly shops in many ways?. :) Situated at the bottom of the world in the big city of Athol :)
Oh! you will love watching all the short films at the bottom etc, check them out. 12 Cheetahs what a story- we can do it! then Mend, then the godfather- mod-father! Paul Weller from the Jam!
Watch 14 peaks on Netflix what an inspiring man- love him. - and hey! All NEPAL- same place as Chasing Tigers my new book.
Cheers and keep having FUN :)
Love
Stu & Trigs.
