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 | Jan 6, 2012 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
The good fishing is still on around the Southern Lakes and Queenstown with the fine weather continuing. The weather has been hot and the rivers around Queenstown and the Southern lakes are low and the fish are fairly spooky due to this and the increased angler...
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 | Dec 5, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
Fly Fishing Queenstown and the surrounding areas has been great over the last 10 days or so. Finally we have seen some more stable weather around with highs producing some blue bird days. Even some have been without wind! Fly Fishing Queenstown usually means you have...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 20, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
Spotting NZ trout is a bit of an art form in a funny way and some anglers become very adept at it, others do not. I often get asked how on earth did you spot that fish? You know sometimes I don’t even know! Many years of walking rivers and looking at water is a...