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 5, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
I just got back from 4 days looking around Southland over the opening of the 2010 – 2011 New Zealand fly fishing season. As expected the biggest storm in 50 yrs has had some effect on many of the rivers in Southland. Some big flood flows have moved channels...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Jul 21, 2010 | Fly Fishing
Skues was a nymph man, then Halford went dry. When we see the way the press and media go on about events in our lifetime, you have to shake your head. And think fly fishing is the best. Wet or dry. A kind of escapism with the best possible conclusion. A fish. Be it a...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 3, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
I am sitting here in my house in Lumsden watching it sleet outside on day three of the 2009 -2010 New Zealand fishing season. I haven’t been sitting here on my arse today – in fact I have been for a bit of a drive – headed towards the storm to get...
by Gavin McAuliffe | May 4, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Salt Water Fly Fishing
Since my last post we had a few good expeditions to finish the New Zealand lowland river season and some nice mayfly hatches to boot. The mayfly were turning a darker shade and the trout were taking cleanly off the surface allowing for for some nice dry fly action....