Hi Guys, I took an Englishman who is visiting NZ down south to the Mangatutu Stream, It was quite high and dirty but we had driven 2 hours so we were going to fish anyway!
We fished upstream for about 7k without seeing any good fish, though I did manage 2 small fish fishing "blind". We were just talking about heading back to the car when we spotted a fish sitting on the far side right behind a big bush hanging over the water. Trev managed a superb cast, his dry fly landing within an inch of the branches, the brown turned toward us and chomped the fly like he had been waiting for it all his life.
Not a bad fish to kick off a trip to NZ.

All the best.
Mike