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 5, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Tips and Tricks
I just got back from 4 days looking around Southland over the opening of the 2010 – 2011 New Zealand fly fishing season. As expected the biggest storm in 50 yrs has had some effect on many of the rivers in Southland. Some big flood flows have moved channels...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Sep 24, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports, Fly Fishing Video
One week to go until the NZ rivers open for fly fishing on the 1st of October. Excited – I bet you are! I am!! So are you going to go to one of your old fav’s or are you going to look for some new water to hit on the opening? Sometimes it can be a tough...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Jul 3, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Tips and Tricks
If you are coming from far shores to fly fish in New Zealand for that first trip that you have been thinking about making for years a bit of advance preparation can make a big difference to your fly fishing vacation. There are many things to think about when planning...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Jun 1, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Monday the 31st of May was the last day of the season for being able to fish the mountain rivers and streams that flow into the the lakes and they now stay closed until 1st November. Some mates and I decided instead of chasing trout we would head down to the South...