Heading back to Spring from Cedar Lodge

It’s been a great first season as owners of Cedar Lodge. We have had the pleasure of meeting so many fantastic new and returning guests. It’s been truly inspiring to fish with 76,78,80 and even 88 year old anglers hiking up many of the back country rivers we access daily. Despite relatively tough weather and water conditions on many of our go-to streams, we have managed to have pretty decent fishing. We completed plenty of upgrades to the lodge for our first year, and that is the way it’s gone; full-on every day!

The season has gone by faster than we ever imagined with post Christmas being a blur. The kids got into a groove with school and new friends, our staff clicked into a smooth operating machine and suddenly we were at the end of March and headed back to Spring in the Pacific Northwest. I knew we had enjoyed our time when the kids really weren’t ready to come home and Shauna and I were plotting a longer stay next Spring.

We could not have done it without our great staff at Cedar Lodge and our experience crew at The Caddis Fly, Paul, Dion, Terry, and Careen at Cedar and Bryson, Peter, Lou, Ty, Clay, Andrew, Austin and Zach at the shop were invaluable to the service we provided this season.

We had a few days at the end of our stay to get out and fish. The weather was incredible in March, little wind and excellent water conditions made for some really enjoyable fishing. We didn’t catch all the fish all the time as low water and calm conditions can mean spooky fish as well, but we did manage to get a few fine days in.

We have been filling in weeks for the upcoming 2014/15 season and hope to share some of New Zealand’s most unforgettable trout fishing experiences with you. Please contact us to reserve your date.

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