by Gavin McAuliffe | Aug 13, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Video, Tips and Tricks
In my last post I recommended up-skilling your fly casting ability before coming on your fly fishing trip to New Zealand. Carl McNeil has a great clip below that shows some of these casts that will really up your chances of catching more fish while in NZ (or...
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 | May 23, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Taking your pack off, removing wet boots from tired feet at the end of a long days fly fishing in a remote New Zealand back country river valley then sitting around the hut fire as dinner is simmering away while you chat about the fabulous highlights of a days fishing...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Apr 20, 2010 | Fly Fishing
Some anglers want to catch lots of fish, others want to catch big fish and others just want to be in remote locations that rarely see anglers and have an opportunity to cast to one fish that hasn’t seen an fisherman all season and there are quite a few other...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Apr 10, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
My last guiding trip went well hiking into a remote valley south of Queenstown New Zealand for 3 days fly fishing and 2 nights camp out using cocoon bivvy’s. The weather was about as good as it gets although bloody cold at night with frost developing on the...