A man on a NZ backcountry fly fishing mission

When you look at trout scene and the people fishing in New Zealand there are a bunch of anglers that stand out from the crowd. Some are high profile guides with a solid reputation, some are media contributors with a large worldwide following, and some are just diehard anglers that live for the mission of catching trophy brown- and rainbow trout with a fly rod. Member of the Swiss parachuting special forces unit and Guideline Ambassador Jan Eckmann is one of those guys, and his long hard backcountry trips to the most remote valleys are almost mythical.

 

Here are his words about his 2023 trip: https://guideline.blog/?p=5335.

 

NT11 Trout – 40 days in New Zealand

During the summer season of 2022 we were putting the final touches and tweaks to our most exciting rod project ever, the NT11 series. A massive range of single- and double handed rods for the diehard salmon- and sea trout angler, but also a small selection of state of the art 9′ rods in line weights #4, #5 and #6 for the dedicated anglers that chase trout, grayling, arctic char and rainbows with dries, nymphs and streamers.

 

 

Being a range of rods that are successors to the nano-charged NT8 Series that we launched back in 2018, we had done the homework and analysis for the action type, rod curve and power based on the Fario NT8 rods that had gained a very good reputation. The beauty of rod designing is that the process is an ever changing one based on personal experience and preferences, but also very much linked to the ongoing development of new materials and construction techniques that make every new project super interesting.

Link to NT11 Trout product page: https://www.guidelineflyfish.com/nt11-trout/107366/nt11-trout-series-single-hand-rods.

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