Fishing at the Farm Weekend announced

We are very blessed to have had two lovely gentlemen volunteer their expertise to put on a fishing weekend on the farm.
The first gentleman is from NIWA (National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research) and he is going to give a "hands on" talk on Fish Farming which should be very interesting. His name is Dr. Philip Heath and he is the Manager, Mahanga Bay Aquaculture Facility. He travels all around the world learning and teaching people about Aquaculture and we are lucky to have him volunteer his time to share some of his knowledge with us. The date for this event will be the 10th of January.

The next lovely chap who has decided to share some of his passion for fly fishing is our bank manager John Olds from Kiwi bank. When John came to visit me on the farm to see how he could help my photography business, I saw him eyeing up my barred rock chooks. We got to talking and it turns out that John is fly fishing mad and the feathers on my chooks were quite coveted for making flies. When I told John about the trust he said he would be more than happy to teach children how to tie flies for fly fishing. Luckily I have a bag full of feathers waiting for a good use.

Our plans are to have Saturday the 10th be a day to learn about fly fishing and Sunday the 11th to be a spinning fishing day. We are right on the Akatarawa River and there is at least one old cagey trout down there who likes to tease the Anglers. So if you know anyone who would like to teach families how to fish, or anyone who would like to learn how to fish sustainably then come out that weekend it should be good fun. We are hoping people who have extra fishing equipment will bring it along to share for the day as well as their wisdom on how to protect our fish resources. Looking forward to seeing you.