Dr John Kent is a retired general medical practitioner who has been
an avid angler for sixty years. Having lived in both the North and
South Islands, John has a comprehensive knowledge of New Zealand's
geography and its rivers, streams and lakes. In 1997, John
co-authored New Zealand's Top Trout Fishing Waters with his
partner, Patti Magnano Madsen, and followed this with a collection
of short stories, Up the Creek with John Kent. In 2004, John
combined with photographer David Hallett to publish Classic Fly
Fishing in New Zealand Rivers, and this book won a Montana Award in
the Lifestyle and Contemporary Culture section.
John has fished in Montana, Idaho, Washington and Alaska and has
given two presentations on New Zealand fly fishing at the
Federation of Fly Fishing Conclaves in Montana and Michigan. He was
invited to contribute to the International Fly Plate Project, and
in 2003 was awarded the New Zealand Fish and Game Gold Medal for
conservation advocacy.
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