by Gavin McAuliffe | Jan 18, 2011 | Fly Fishing
Well the big water we got over the Xmas/New Year period certainly has made the fishing much tougher over the last week or so. I have been thru many places in Otago, South Westland and Southland on a Fly Fishing Safari with a couple of anglers over the last 7 days and...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Jan 5, 2011 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
The last week or so has seen some unbelievable weather. Some of the biggest and wettest storms for a fair while. Many rivers have been up and dirty and the lakes are rather full in fact close to flood levels with Lake Wakatipu on its first flood alert. More heavy rain...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 2, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Equipment, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
October has been and gone with some awesome fishing. Yesterday was the opening of the NZ back country rivers with the odd exception in the Central South Island region which don’t open until early December. The weather was amazing with a blue bird day and light...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 22, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
The last week near Queenstown New Zealand has seen some great fly fishing even though the weather has not been easy with fronts coming thru every day or so carrying cold rain and snow to quite low levels. Using some local knowledge of how to work the weather and what...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 14, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Again the early season fly fishing in Southland proves fantastic with a great run of weather over the last 3 or 4 days. The rivers have remained fairly full and contain some snow melt making for a green clean look. Yesterday saw my very skilled fly fishing client hook...