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I have fished Nomad and New Cal this year...getting poor weather on both (lucky me)I am also off to Fiji in January, so would have loved to be able to answer this after that!If taking a partner who isn't fishing, Nomad is not your trip...you will still have to pay a lot for her to be there, and she will have bugger all to do during the day when you are not there, and she will have to listen to fisherman talking about fishing all nightThat leaves you with New Cal or Fiji, out of your stated options (which are good ones it seems to me).New Cal was, in general, a fairly expensive place. You could probably get 2 trips to Fiji for the price of a good trip to New Cal, which is worth bearing in mind.If you are planning on going to New Cal and fishing with LPB then I can't recommend this highly enough. Those guys are awesome and if the fish are even half inclined to bite they will find you some good uns. They are also very friendly, knowledgable and helpful. You will learn a lot from them, though I did find with the intricacies occasionally fine details were a bit difficult to get hold of, even though Rudy's english is very good (way better than my french).If you were on a tighter budget I would say Fiji hands down. If you want to try and do 2 trips instead of 1, I would also say the same. But if you want to learn from the best about popper fishing, and catch some big fish, I would say New Cal and LPB mate.As a tourist destination though I must repeat I found New Cal, personally, to be pretty average and quite expensive, so your wife may not have as great a time as if you were on an idyllic Fijian island....I took my wife to New Cal and she hung out on the Isle of Pines whilst I fished for 3 days...she said she had a pretty good time, but she isn't keen to go back...Hard to compromise. Hard to find the perfect destination. Good luck
