Tony 

Most of my life has been linked to the world of fly fishing. I started fishing with a worm as a seven-year-old but was quickly seduced by the joys of fly fishing. By my early twenties, I was teaching others the skills of fly fishing and have since helped hundreds of anglers learn to cast a fly and enjoy this amazing sport.

In 1980, I started my first guiding business and helped pioneer heli-fishing in the magic wilderness streams of the northern South Island. I then guided for forty years before retiring in March 2021. I was a founder member of the NZ Fly Fishing Team to the World Championships from 1987 to 1992 and served as a councillor on the Nelson Acclimatisation Society and  the Nelson-Marlborough Fish and Game Council for seven years. For more than forty years I have actively lobbied for the protection of New Zealand’s sports fisheries.

These days my passion is to share my extensive knowledge and experience with Kiwi anglers, helping them improve  their fly fishing skills  and become more successful anglers. The complete experience of fly fishing, the magnificent surroundings in which we indulge our passion for the sport and the wonderful people I have met as a consequence, remain very much the central pivot of my life.