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...
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 10, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
The Queenstown Fly fishing season is underway with great conditions both weather and water wise since the opening on the 1st of October. I managed to get out for a couple of days fishing with a good friend and look around and have a bit of an explore. I always try...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Aug 31, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
Fly Fishing Queenstown has one month to go before the 2011-2012 new season opens. Ye haa! Like fishing anywhere to be successful fly fishing Queenstown it pays to get your gear ready prior to the start of the season. I find it is a good idea to check through all your...