by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 26, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Video
The windy weather continues here in Southland New Zealand but the smart fly fisherman has been able to juggle the wind by going to the right places to get out of it or just has the skills to deal with and succeed in catching NZ trout in howling gales. One fine and...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 22, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Another week of moderate to strong westerly winds in Southland ended yesterday with a front coming thru and giving Fiordland a good dousing of rain but only a small amount of precip got east of the divide. As the front went thru the wind dropped away for the first...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Sep 25, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
One of my other wee pre-fishing season jobs is to make sure all my fly lines start the season clean. To help me do this I use the Airflo Whizz Lube cleaning solution and although the picture on it makes it look like it should be used in the bedroom it is a very good...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Apr 12, 2009 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Thursday as promised the storm had passed and snow was lying low in the mountains we shot down to the Upper M for the afternoon. The river was still up and slightly discoloured but clean enough to spot to about waist deep. We found some nice trout and managed to hook...