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...
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...