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 2, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Equipment, Tips and Tricks
As Louis Pasteur said, luck favors the prepared, so it’s important to make sure that you have the supplies and knowledge necessary to respond to any emergency you might encounter while fly fishing. Taking extra precautions may seem like more trouble than it’s worth,...
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 | Aug 13, 2010 | Fly Fishing, Fly Fishing Video, Tips and Tricks
In my last post I recommended up-skilling your fly casting ability before coming on your fly fishing trip to New Zealand. Carl McNeil has a great clip below that shows some of these casts that will really up your chances of catching more fish while in NZ (or...