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 | Dec 13, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
Talking to people around from all walks of life in both work and recreation the spring in the Southern Lakes has been one to remember. Hot and dry. So the last couple of days of rainfall has been happily received by all. Most of the catchments have received some water...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Nov 29, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
The weather has continued to be unseasonably warm and the rivers have all been quite low but in excellent condition and producing some very good fishing. Fishing a dry fly has certainly been great on a number of days, especially on the rainbow rivers where they have...
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...