 Members and friends of the Kapiti Coast Fishing Club - Pip, Jane, Neil, Wayne and Graham - headed to the central North Island in early August for a winter fly fishing weekend based at Hatepe. Our accommodation was a comfortable lakeside house belonging to Pip’s family, providing the perfect base for exploring the Hinemaiaia Stream and relaxing beside a roaring log fire at the end of each day.
Here's the video recordings from our Club meeting held on 24 August. The meeting was divided into 5 parts. Please use the links Parts 1 to 5 to watch them in order.
But firstly watch the next video - The Biggest Lie Fly Shops (Accidentally) Tell Beginners:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYfPOUuVJwU Here are the links to the five videos. Please watch them in the order listed. Part 1 https://youtube.com/shorts/NlsO1-1Ntns?feature=share Part 2 https://youtu.be/ErtqWyymI5M. Part 3 https://youtube.com/shorts/I5AGLUOxw6o?feature=share Part 4 https://youtube.com/shorts/tPYop4kJRHM?feature=share Part 5 https://youtu.be/tnD_IyWM9F4 Thanks to all the Club members, Gordon Baker especially, for freely and willingly passing on their knowledge about trout flies (and other fishing stories) to the Members, to make the evening a great success. Last month we had a real treat at our club meeting when Willie Young presented on how he fishes the Hutt River. If you did not get to attend the meeting it is worth a solid watch as Willie details the Where and How to catch the brown trout in the Hutt River.
And there are a lot of fish in the river, drift dives last season revealed over 160 trout in one 1.4 KM section. That was the highest Fish and Game count anywhere in the region! I took a few notes when Willie presented at the club meeting. Here were some of the Gems, I recorded to get you excited and help prepare. Over the past 5 weeks, I’ve been working on my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award. The Duke of Edinburgh Award is a programme that encourages young people to challenge themselves, learn new skills, and build confidence through activities involving service,
physical recreation, skills, and adventurous journeys. For my skills section, I decided to learn how to tie fly fishing flies as part of a 12-week programme. I chose this because I already enjoy fishing, and I thought it would be cool to learn how to make my own flies instead of just buying them. Paul Dewar, who was our guest speaker at the Club meeting on 22nd June, gave a very interesting talk on the proposed changes to fishing regulations for the coming season.  Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/8Oqp-VLusMM (Apologies for the bad audio. Turn captions on to follow.)
At the club meeting on 23rd March, we had Didymo Dave along. For many, this was a first time hearing him, and he brought a mix of humour, straight talk, and a message that landed clearly. Dave has a way of making a serious topic feel accessible. There were plenty of laughs along the way, but the key points came through strongly.  When I first joined the Kapiti Fly Fishing Club, I'll admit I was nervous. Despite attending the Women on the Fly workshop in Turangi in November, the thought of heading out with experienced anglers had me teetering on the fence. But thanks to Hugh's encouragement and patient explanations about what to expect, I decided to take the plunge—quite literally.
 It’s called it a “Kids Fishout” but it was at least as much fun for the oldsters as the youngsters. I was only free on the Sunday and was given the role of photographer in the morning and intermediate fisho in the afternoon. So I snuck around photographing all the different rigs our expert fishos were using to ensure a respectable catch rate so that when it was my turn I could demonstrate the sort of expertise that was on show in the morning session. Fly rods were in evidence, plus the spinning option, complete with floats for the uninitiated, alongside nets worthy of kingfish capture.
 Corina is an experienced and very keen fisherwoman and hunter with a strong drive and high intelligence, passion and qualities that put her in a very strong position to lead Fish & Game NZ (F&G) into the new era. That was my assessment of her presentation to the Club.
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