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So you have booked with GV for Southland. A great week and it's a certainty to get your skills up. I have guided there for more than 20 years and this fly collection has developed over all those years. The current guides agree with the selection ,with some tweaking from them. The range of flies is fine tuned to specific sizes to help with the price of the pack, and the numbers per hooks size may still not get you through your weeks fishing .
You would be wise to check your fly boxes for flies not in this range such as Mac Blowie Blue #10 #12 #14, Mac Blowie Green #14 #16 , Royal Wulff #8 #10 #12 #14 #16 , Royal Stimulator #14 #16, NZ Blowfly Humpy #14 , Quill Body Rusty Spent Spinner #16 #18, NZ Royal Wulff #8#10.
The guides will help you out with the daily events and may also have some of the above listed flys, however, they should be reimbursed.
If you are having bust offs you will be having fun!
Daves Tip. Use what you don't lose on your home rivers when you get back it's a secret don't tell the guides.
#8 #10 #12 #14 #16 #18 #20
Bushy's Emerger Rust 6 6 4 4 4 6 6
Bushy's Emerger Grey . . . 6 6 6 6
USA Black Cicada . 4 4 6 . . .
Original Black Cicada . 4 4 6 . . .
Rusty Spent Spinner . . . . 6 6 •
Hi Vis Adams . . 4 4 . . .
TBB Copper John black . . . . 6 6 6
TBG Copper John Red . . . . 6 6 .
TBR Copper John Red Camo . . . . 6 6 6
TBG Hare& Copper Flashback . . .6 6 • • .
Creeper Nymph 4 4 . . . . .
Pheasant Tail Weighted . . . 4 4 . .
TBG Flashback Pheasant Tail . . . 4 4 . .
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