by Gavin McAuliffe | Mar 4, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Video, Tips and Tricks
Good trout are being caught near Queenstown New Zealand and the Cicada imitations and other large terrestrials are working well in the rivers. In the lowland streams willow grubs are a main food source for many trout at the moment but we have also been picking up some...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Jan 25, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
I have just finished a 4 day Safari fly fishing trip that saw us fishing in some quite remote areas and dealing with some thunderstorm type of weather. We got some nice rainbow and brown trout with a 8.5 lbs brown being the largest. As soon as I returned for that trip...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Dec 19, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Back from a overnight fly fishing trip based from Lumsden in Southland New Zealand with big smiles on both my face and my client’s. We left Queenstown with weather reports indicating 2 days of extremely strong winds followed by heavy rain on the afternoon of the...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Dec 7, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
I have just got back from a multi day guided fly fishing trip south of Queenstown. We were based in my homestay and fished Southland for 5 days. My fishing clients went away happy after their first trip to the Southland area. We mainly fished brown trout waters and on...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 29, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
The wind has still been the main issue to beat but all the rivers have been fishing very well in the Southland and Otago region with low to normal flows for this time of year. Brown beetle are out and about as well as the green beetles. Good mayfly hatches in the mid...