Merry Christmas everyone and Happy New Year.

Well its Willow Grub time once again here in NZ and in the Southland region where i live. Yesterday I had the opportunity to head out onto a local stream where the mission was to see if the trout had as yet “locked onto” the Willow Grub. I found quite a few trout milling around the over hanging willow trees with some feeding on the surface and others nymphing in the ripples and along the bottom. Casting a size # 16 willow grub some of the trout took without hesitation and yet others refused the offering even after coming over for a look, my thoughts are that give it another week and some sunny days and the trout will be on the grub.

Willow Grub time can be an exciting time for the fly fisher, a time i am happy to share my experience of this with you, you can contact me here via my site.