by Gavin McAuliffe | Feb 8, 2012 | Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
The last week has seen some mixed results fly fishing near Queenstown New Zealand. I think the weather has had a lot to do with it as there has been humid, muggy conditions and afternoon heat showers and the fish have not been overly active. When the heat has come out...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Feb 1, 2012 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
The long hot dry spell seems to have dried up for now in the lower South Island but the Queenstown fly fishing has remained good and in fact has actually improved as there is more water in the rivers and the water temps have lowered a touch to much more favourable...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Dec 15, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Queenstown fly fishing is hot. While the upper South Island has been lashed by big rainstorms and gigantic floods the weather in Queenstown has been hot for the last week or so with temps around 28 deg C. Standing nuts deep in the cool waters (no waders) has been...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 9, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Queenstown fly fishing can be particularly good when all the water opens at the beginning of November and you have the full array of water to choose from. A lot of the water which opens up for Queenstown fly fishing in November is rainbow trout dominated waters and...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 29, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Southland Fishing is set right amongst the roaring forties and we were seriously reminded of this a few days ago. A powerful storm blew in recording gusts in Stewart Island of 180 kph and in Queenstown and Southland of 130kph. A friend of mine had been on one of the...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 24, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Southland fly fishing has been a mixed bag since the opening of the season. I spend a great deal of my time guiding and fly fishing Southland. Sometimes staying for periods of time in our Lumsden fishing crib (house) and sometimes traveling to and from Queenstown for...