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| Trout
aficionados will not want to miss New Zealand for its great fly fishing.
Every few years a mammoth 20 kg (45 lb) prize is reported in the highland
newspapers of Mackenzie country, on that country's rugged and pristine
south island. While such behemoths are not common, they are definitely
not rare, and our guide Marianne Murray claimed the prize just last year.
Today, her 23 kg trout hangs proudly taxidermied above her mantle. The
dilemma, no doubt, would have been whether to forfeit its wonderfully
edible meat for a lifetime of visual pleasure. |
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| Murray
is partner to Frank Schlosser, a legend in the fishing world, and referred
to locally as "The Tiger Woods of Fishing." While not indulging in
his other favorite pastime of painting, Schlosser can be found traipsing
around the world to some of the earth's best -- and least accessible
-- fishing spots. A lucky few each year can also join his New Zealand
fishing seminars, which he teams up at Glenbrook Station near Lake
Tekapo during October with B&B maven Penni Kelland. The packages include
all gear, plus room, board, delicious fish (or lamb) dinner nightly,
and incomparable instruction in the art of fly fishing. Your choice
is $500 per day (about $250 US) for private, or about $800 NZ per person
for a 5-day course. Whatever, it's still a bargain, as the New Zealand
dollar is roughly two for one with the US currency. |
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| Note that
Frank is so popular, he doesn't need a web site. But that does not
mead he is a Luddite. You can email his company Ahuriri River Guides
at murrayriver@xtra.co.na Penni
also hosts B&B accommodation separately from Frank, plus self-contained
cabins on her massive sheep property. Inquiries at Glenbrook Station. |
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