New Zealand Fly fishing. Hawke's Bay Guides:Marlene and Craig Skeet welcome you to North Island fly fishing. Teaming up to provide professional fly fishing adventures is what these two guides have achieved for many clients. With fly fishing packages encompassing more than the catch. With satisfied client recommendations you too can be become a very contented angler from your New Zealand fly fishing  experiences. EARLY YEARS:Craig's early fly fishing years started as a young lad but in Marlene’s case the intro to fly fish was typically Craig’s idea of a date, most guys would ask a girl out for a coffee but Craig opted to give Marlene fly fishing lessons. Now in the feild of professional guiding Marlene's fly fishing passion and experiences led her to build a successful national and international fly fishing business: One Cast Fly Fishing Adventures. Craig's 35 years of fishing experience along with his 20 yrs service with the New Zealand police as a search and rescue member and instructor in Hawke's Bay's remote back country, Marlene credited with teaching fishing tuition and river safety programs in schools adds to the working skill and safety practices their guiding work entails. Want to increase your fly fishing skill level Prefer a female guide Helicopter into remote back country for big trout fishing in gin clear rivers Tramp and camp fly fish to access prime wilderness fishing Tour mix your fishing package, encompass a hunt, horse trek, Maori culture experience or indulge in a city wine tour to suite his and her adventures needs.                                     JULY 2010 UPDATE:  THIS SEASON RETURN AND NEW CLIENTS GET TO EXPLORE ANOTHER NEW FISHING HOT SPOT   EARLY BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL - DON'T DELAY

 

NEW ZEALAND FLY FISHING RECOMMENDATIONS IAN JONES-Scottish Commonwealth CaptainWe are extremely grateful to you and Craig for all the guidance and direction you set us at the beginning of our New Zealand fly fishing adventure which culminated in the success we had in the Commonwealth Championships. Your expert advice and tuition undoubtedly contributed to our success as we all used what we had learnt from you in our approach and understanding of catching the trout of the Tuki Tuki.. Return clients Itoh, Iwami & Miki in March 2010 selected what they wanted in thier North Island fly fishing package and this is what they had to say about thier eight day fly fishing tour. We had SO good time for everything. Thank you Marlene and Craig, Camp fishing, camp-fire, funny chat,beautiful sky,fire-pit, Heli-fishing, party in the hut, super guides, big trouts, beautiful town,etc,etc,,,,All of those are wonderful memory MIKE CHIMENTI - Thermopolis, Wyoming USA. In December of 2008 I had a chance to go to the South Pacific. I started to make arangnments in August of 2008. I had always wanted to go to the North Island of New Zealand to fly fish and now was the time. I got an immediate response from Marlene Skeet. Every day we went fishing I caught fish. I was not used to the extreme clear water so I had some trouble getting used to this, however I caught and landed several fish that were around the 5 pound range. I hooked several that were much larger then these, I enjoyed the hook ups but was unable to land any of these fish due to my own excitement and a bit of a slow response. I had a tremendous time, the accommodation was outstanding and the fly fishing experience indescribeable. To make it short I caught a lot of big fish and had a wonderful time. I plan to return in the next couple of years for a rerun. STEPHEN and CAROLYN DUDER - United Kingdom Feb 09 The days we spent with you were the highlight of our New Zealand, North Island fly fishing trip. You and Craig were the perfect guides and hosts: I was able to fish all the time with Craig whilst knowing you were entertaining Carolyn by doing a bit of fishing but also showing her the local sights and giving a unique insight into Maori culture. The fly fishing was awesome! Craig knew the 'hot spots' and had the patience to instruct me on the techniques of dry fly fishing in clear, fast flowing river water. The size and strength of those wild brown and rainbow trout meant that we had a real fight on our hands when we had a strike. The fish we caught were in beautiful condition,it was great to release them back into the wild. I learnt a lot from Craig about casting and stalking but the most exciting part about him was his respect for the fish, passion for nature and the environment. IAN SMITH - N.S.W. Australia 7th January 09So you are thinking of going Trout fishing in the North Island of New Zealand? Excellent idea. Also thinking of using the services of a guide. An equally good idea. I can vouch for these experiences, having just returned from N.Z. and done both. Well look no further.  The guiding, hospitality and amiability of Marlene and Craig is as good as it gets. I was accompanied by Marlene, who loves to get down and wet, right there with you, and claps with delight every time you get a hookup.. now I ask you, when was the last time you got applause for latching onto a Trout?... Marlene gives constant, very useful information, timely advice re rod work and steady encouragement.. and what's more, remains totally amiable. Now, if like me you are thinking, "do I really need a guide, after all I've been fishing for many years, albeit saltwater " .I can assure, you will rapidly increase your expertise, and so do yourself a huge favour, if you spend time out on the water with Marlene. We also stayed at the Skeet Lodge overnight,enjoyed a fine home cooked meals by Craig, and some almost believable fishing stories. If Craig guides as good as he cooks, then you will certainly get your monies worth! Also Marlene's Chocolate pudding gets a very favourable mention. So if you want to enjoy the experience of getting into the beautiful Trout back country of New Zealand with some really authenticTrout savvy and lovely Kiwis then the skeet family have it all covered HONEY MOON COUPLE / YOKO and HIROKI KOJIMA - Feb 09 Thanks to you, Yoko has very enjoyed her holiday in New Zealand. She is talking about you and her activities that she experienced with you every night. She looks very happy.Unfortunately, the weather was not good for fishing, but I could still catch some beautiful fish owing to Craig. I think that everything is written in the river, for example beauty, life, death and crime, I felt it strongly in the fishing river. We appreciate you that we can get a lot of great memories that never forget.                      . Tom & Morven /Scotland- Islay/ March 2010 Beyond Expectation                            ROB STAPLES - Australia I would really like to thank you, Craig and Sean for welcoming me into your home and making me feel "so at home" The warmth of your company were very much apprieciated as was your hospitality and cooking. As for the fishing I will have memories that last forever. I learnt so much from you and Craig. The short lesson was for me the difference between confidently hooking, playing and landing a big leaping and fighting and breaking mid battle. The picture on your web is testament to that fact that rainbow was so muchfun and such a memorable experience. I plan to do it all again                         Happy anniversary NZ couple Rick & Morag - Feb 28th 2010                  Happy 50th Bronwyn of HB-March 2010 I`m still coming down to earth from the trip !!                                          Miki/Japan-May 2010-The smile says it all

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