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 | Dec 22, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Equipment, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
T’was the week before Xmas and all the anglers are wondering what Santa might put in the sack for them. In my case Santa came early (for practical reasons) it delivered me a new line. The Airflo Ridge Clear 6wf. This as the name suggests, is a clear line and...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 17, 2010 | Fly Fishing
Fly Fishing Queenstown, New Zealand and the surrounding regions is a fly fishers paradise. There’s always some good water to fish no matter what the weather is doing. You can travel to all 4 points of the compass to go fly fishing from Queenstown maximizing the...
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...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Oct 9, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
I’ve been out guiding fly fishing again over the last few days and have been targeting the rocky riffles of Northern Southland streams. As the day goes on the fish having been moving into these lovely little spots and feeding on a emerging mayfly. The sport has...