Dean Bell, one of New Zealand’s premiere guides, fishes Fiordland of New Zealand’s South Island giving excellent instruction on how to fish using the “dead drift,” as well as additional information and analysis.
Scrambling the steep embankments of the canyon, fly rod in hand and a mixture of mud and leaves covering my pants, I make my way to the half mile of river 200 feet below. I cling precariously to clumps of castilleja pondering which loose rock should next support my weight and life.