Fly Fishing Beginners Guide

Your Beginner’s Guide to Fly Fishing for Trout 02/12/2026 You’ve seen the photos—gin-clear rivers, wild brown trout rising to dry flies, mountains in the background. Now you want to try it yourself. Good news: you don’t need years of experience to catch trout on a fly rod, especially when you’re fishing in the right place […]

Season up date

Fly fisherman casting a line on a small New Zealand stream surrounded by green pasture and rolling hills

Season up date 21/11/2017 Hi Girls and Guys It’s half way through November and the back country waters have been open for a fortnight . I haven’t been able to get there and fish for myself yet and it’s starting to itch me ! Down here in southern New Zealand we have had good weather […]

Small streams, early season

Fly fishing casting lesson on a New Zealand river with guide instructing angler

Small streams, early season 30/10/2017 I have fished one particular stream every year for the last 28 years. Always in the first month of the new fishing season. I have fished it later on a number of occasions but it never fishes the same as in that first month. This stream is nothing remarkable, you […]

Don’t put off today…

Scenic stretch of the Mataura River with lush green banks, ideal water conditions for fly fishing in New Zealand

Dont put off today… 11/11/2016 living on a fantastic river can some times lead to less fishing. to those of you who dont live near such water it may come as a surprise but after years of learning the rhythms and watching the ebb and flow of the river, being out in all weathers, i […]