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Season 1

  • S01E01 Lake Otamangakau

    • September 3, 2017

    In the first Epsiode of Pure Fly NZ we visit Lake Otamangakau with Andrew Harding and Matt Hince. The lake lives up to its reputation for wily trout but with some old-fashioned hard work and persistence the boys both land enormous trout.

  • S01E02 Southland Smelters

    • September 11, 2017

    The team head into the deep south following a hot tip about Trout in the Southland estuaries feeding aggressively on a large run of smelt (tiny bait fish) on their annual spawning migration.

  • S01E03 Golden Bay Kingfish

    • September 18, 2017

    On this week's episode, the Pure Fly NZ team of Julian Danby and Anton Donaldson shine a light on the exciting and challenging world of saltwater fly fishing, targeting hard fighting Kingfish in the shallows of Golden Bay.

  • S01E04 Backcountry Kaimanawas

    • September 25, 2017

    Cory Scott and Chris Sharland venture deep into the Kaimanawas courtesy of the team at Helisika Helicopters for some challenging but ultimately rewarding remote headwater fly fishing.

  • S01E05 Tauranga Taupo

    • October 2, 2017

    Andrew Harding team up with Rene Vaz of Manic Tackle Project on the popular Tauranga Taupo River. The fishing is certainly fast and furious in this one.

  • S01E06 Autumn Chromers

    • October 16, 2017

    We follow Jeff Foresee and Ronan Creane as they chase the bright, fresh run fish of Autumn. These guys are best mates but hail from opposite ends of the world and they both now call New Zealand home.

  • S01E07 Kahurangi Gold

    • October 19, 2017

    In this adventure Mike Kirkpatrick and Jack Kos are fly fishing the famed Kahurangi, an epic slice of back country New Zealand that is home to a large number of trophy brown trout.

  • S01E08 Opening Weekend

    • October 23, 2017

    In the final episode of Pure Fly NZ's first season we head to the mecca of the sport, Southland with Mike Davis and Sam Yule to take in the excitement of this quintessential kiwi event, and bag some stunning footage in the process.

Season 2

  • S02E01 West Coast Explorer

    • October 9, 2017

    The first episode of Pure Fly NZ Series 2 sees two good mates Ronan Creane and Jeff Forsee heading off on a mission to explore the myriad of trout fishing options available on the beautiful West Coast of NZ's South Island.

  • S02E02 East Cape Raft Mission

    • October 16, 2017

    Cory Scott and his good mate Chris Sharland venture deep into the East Cape for a challenging but ultimately rewarding multi-day rafting trip. Geographical isolation make the East Cape one of the last true frontiers in New Zealand.

  • S02E03 Southland Willowgrubbers

    • October 23, 2017

    Rene Vaz and Mike Wilkinson head into the deep south during the peak of Summer in the hope that the famously large brown trout of the region will have begun feeding heavily on willow grubs.

  • S02E04 MacKenzie Canal Trout Part 1

    • October 30, 2017

    This weeks exciting episode sees regular Pure Fly NZ angler Anto Hall team up with Charles Smith for a mission into the Mackenzie Country in search of a canal monster. They face an uphill battle as horrific Winter weather descends.

  • S02E05 MacKenzie Canal Trout Part 2

    • November 6, 2017

    Our next episode picks things up where we left off last week, chasing an elusive monster in the Mackenzie Country canals. It's a true test of grit, as the team fish into the darkness and battle plummeting temperatures in their search.

  • S02E06 North Island Tiki Tour

    • November 13, 2017

    Join best mates Andrew Harding and Matt Hince on a campervan tour of some of the North Island's best backcountry trout fishing.

  • S02E07 Fiordland Mouse Trout

    • November 20, 2017

    Join Anto Hall and Nick Geddes as they search the remote lakes of Fiordland for the mysterious 'mouse feeding trout' and Anto manages to catch the largest brown trout of his life.

  • S02E08 The Mighty Tongariro

    • November 27, 2017

    Fly fishing couple, Hannah Clement & Tom Hodge are hitting the Tongariro during the winter spawning run of rainbow trout from Lake Taupo. But the weather throws a spanner in the works as a huge cold front hits the area and causes a mighty flood. But as the flood recedes thousands of trout begin to run the river and there is no stop action as the river lives up to it's reputation!