Published May 19. 2016 - 7 years ago
Updated or edited Sep 8. 2018

Pure New Zealand

Issue #40 brings Catch viewers back to one of my most favorite places on earth, New Zealand. This time I flew to the South Island’s Cedar Lodge to film its owner Chris Daughters on his favorite South Island rivers. The lodge is located on the Makarora River, just about an hour’s drive north of the adventurist town of Wanaka. New Zealand is particularly special to me, as I first traveled to the country nearly 15 years ago in search of the hidden streams and huge trout known to live there. Then, my wife and I brought only a small camera, backpacks, a tent and fly rods. This time, I returned alone with my camera gear, multi-rotor aerial equipment, an outlandish number of batteries and one rod (packed with a glimmer of hope that I’d have a minute to fish instead of film.) My purpose was to capture a day in the life of Cedar Lodge’s owner Chris Daughters, a U.S. citizen who resides in New Zealand part-time with his wife and two young children. Thanks to the phenomenal helicopter pilot, Dion Matheson, we flew over rocky peaks and into broad river valleys. We landed in remote and trout-packed pools, within reach of giant feeding rainbows and browns. Thanks to Chris, his wife Shauna, pilot Dion and the folks at Cedar Lodge for getting me and my camera to the hot spots. New Zealand has been, and remains to be, my favorite fly fishing destination on Earth. It’s also my favorite place to film, of course! Sit back, relax…take notes if you must….and enjoy the special double-feature length film “Pure New Zealand.”

More info about Cedar Lodge here - http://www.cedarlodge.net

Special thanks to these companies in our small industry who help make this type of work a reality. Please support them at your local fly shop.
Orvis - http://www.orvis.com/fly-fishing
Winston Fly Rods - http://www.winstonrods.com
Echo Fly Rods - http://www.echoflyfishing.com
Airflo Fly Lines - http://airflousa.com
Scientific Anglers - http://www.scientificanglers.com
Eddie Bauer - http://blog.eddiebauer.com
Korkers - http://www.korkers.com
Patagonia - http://www.patagonia.com/us/fly-fishing

Thanks for all the support from all my YouTube subscribers!

*Camera Information*
- Aerial solutions by Quadrocopter.
http://www.Quadrocopter.com
- High quality aerial filter and adapters solutions here - Snake River
Prototyping - http://www.SnakeRiverPrototyping.com
- GoPro 3 Black Edition - http://www.GoPro.com
- Sony RX-100
- Panasonic Ag-160a

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Martin Joergensen
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