As Good As It Gets What do you do after you have experienced the best of the best? Sooner or later you’re going to have your best day ever, one that will never be bettered. I may have had that day. It all began with John and I trudging through the rain on a repeat trip to paradise. Through the bush we caught glimpses of the brown torrent that we planned to fish. Tucked deep inside our hoods, water trickling in, we both remembered our last visit when the weather had been kinde

7.25kg or 16 pounds! My fish of a lifetime from the South Island of New Zealand. The story of his capture and release will probably appear in New Zealand's fantastic Fish and Game magazine sometime soon. I should be smiling, but I was on my own and was still in shock when I 'selfied' this shot! I had no idea how big he was until the very end.