Faster Fly Tying – Stop Wasting Time Laying Down and Picking Up Scissors
Faster Fly Tying – Simple Organisation Makes a Big Difference The author’s desktop fly tying tool holder makes is much faster to find them when you need them. Made from an off-cut from an old plum tree. Do you have trouble putting your hands on that particular colour of fur or tinsel? Do you find yourself getting frustrated searching through More...
Boobie Fly UV Straggle Chenille – Excellent for fishing the Twizel Canals
Boobie Fly UV Straggle Chenille Trout Lure Black Boobie Fly UV Straggle String with white foam Para Post eyes. Tighter wraps of Straggle String give a bushier body. Brown trout weighing 5lbs taken fishing from the More...
Hare and Copper Nymph – probably our most popular nymph pattern
Hare and Copper The Hare and Copper nymph is probably the most popular nymph pattern used to fish for trout in New Zealand. Relatively easy to tie. It is a favourite of the home tier. It is also possible to make More...
Red Setter Trout Lure Created by Geoff Sanderson of Turangi
Home » New Zealand Fishing Flies The Red Setter is a top fly for migrating pre-spawning rainbow trout The Red Setter Trout Lure is the invention of Geoff Sanderson of Turangi. Geoff and Pop Sanderson took over More...
Chamberlains Trout Lure – One of the Old Canterbury Patterns
Home » New Zealand Fishing Flies Chamberlain’s Lure Chamberlain’s Lure Chamberlain’s Lure is another of the Canterbury lures popular with anglers fishing the lower Selwyn River and Lake Ellesmere More...
Hairy Dog – Trout Streamer Fly or Lure
Hairy Dog Yellow tied with squirrel hair. Hairy Dog The Hairy Dog originates from Lake Taupo. I like this fly not only for its effectiveness as a night fly but also because it is one of the easiest of all the streamer More...
Hopes Silvery – Canterbury Sea-Run Trout Lure
Home » New Zealand Fishing Flies Hope’s Silvery trout fly or lure. Hope’s Silvery Trout Lure With Allan Burgess The first day of October signals the start of another fishing season. With it comes excellent More...
Kilwell No.1 – Killer Pattern Trout Lure – a great bully immitation
Kilwell No.1 has the distinctive brown partridge feathers with the strip down the centre. Kilwell No.1 Originally created by Frank Lord of Rotorua, and known as the Tarawera Killer. It was later tied commercially More...
Orange Witch – Trout Fly, Peter Laing, Canterbury
The unusual but very effective Orange Witch trout fly tied on a size 6 lure hook. Orange Witch Trout Lure, the creation of Peter Laing, Canterbury, New Zealand The creation of Canterbury angler Peter Laing More...
Glo-Bug Trout Fishing Flies for Winter Rainbows – Good in the Twizel Canals
Glo-Bug trout row fly complete with blood spot. Glo-Bugs by Allan Burgess At first sight, a pink or orange Glo-bug seems an unlikely trout bait. A Glo-bug is a fly tied to imitate a trout or salmon row. It’s More...