by Gavin McAuliffe | Feb 20, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
2 Aussie guys and a a week of back country fly fishing and camping in remote regions near Queenstown New Zealand was fantastic and saw many fine trout landed including 2 large fish, one weighing 10lbs and one 10.25lbs. The hard yards getting into (and back out of)...
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...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 6, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Video, Tips and Tricks
Sometimes getting into the backcountry fisheries in New Zealand can be an arduous experience unless you can afford a helicopter to take away the hard yards but other times it can be as easy as driving to the end of the road and going for a wander up a stunning NZ...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Sep 30, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Like many anglers around New Zealand with the opening day of our fishing season starting 2moro my levels of anticipation are up and I am fizzing and ready to hit the waters of Southern NZ and start the search for big brown and rainbow trout. I am off for a week on a...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Apr 21, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
The last week since Easter has seen some odd warm (ish) weather with quite large quanties of precip falling west of the divide with some signifacnt spill over. The eastern side has not recieved too much rain but with the temps being warmer (until now) on top of the...