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...
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 | Aug 23, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Well it’s a little over month out from the 1st of Oct opening of the rivers (anything that flows directly from mountains or lakes to the sea) and is then followed a month later on the 1st of Nov by the rivers and streams that flow from the mountains to the...
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...
by Gavin McAuliffe | Apr 30, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Reports
Rain, rain and more rain. We have seen some of the biggest rain events in 10 years or more and many rivers in the Southland region blew out to epic proportions. Lake Wakatipu is flooding into Queenstown although thank goodness because of the lack of snow in the...