Glenorchy, Anglers’ Eldorado, Rees, Dart Rivers, Diamond, Lake Wakatipu
Glenorchy Fishing, The Anglers’ Eldorado Glenorchy, The Rees and Dart Rivers, The Diamond System – Diamond Lake, upper Diamond Creek – Reid Lake, and lower Diamond Creek – and Lake Wakatipu by Dick Marquand Without a doubt, one of the most interesting and productive areas that I have been privileged to fish for trout is at the More...
Hurunui River Secrets – How to Fish – Secrets of the Four Sections
Hurunui River Secrets – River-craft comes from experience and the application of an inquiring mind by Paul Corliss A nice salmon from above Jack’s Pass. Hurunui River Secrets. Some anglers find the More...
Nymph and Dry Fly – New Canterbury Water Surprises by Paul Corliss
Nymph and Dry Fly – New salmon anglers will learn a lot reading between the lines! by Paul Corliss Nymph and dry fly. Big braided snow-fed rivers with their weedless unstable greywacke beds don’t usually More...
Whitebait Streamer Fly – Make your whitebait stand out in a crowd
Whitebait Streamer Fly for Sea-Run Trout Fishing by Chris Tonkin Whitebait Streamer Fly consists of a gold tinsel body, a few long wisps of deer hair, and nothing else. The first of the smelt runs appear in South More...
Takaroa II Fishing off the East Coast of Stewart Island
Takaroa II Fishing Success for the Southern Sportfishing Club By Dick Marquand with photographs by Allan Burgess Takaroa II at Bluff Harbour. The first time that I saw the Takaroa II was at Bluff Harbour where I More...
Havelock Snapper Ecstasy – fishing charter run by a snapper guru
Havelock Snapper Ecstasy – A fishing charter run by a snapper guru Havelock Snapper. The aim of the holiday was to catch the big ones, snapper and kingfish. We went around beforehand and spent heaps More...
Dunedin Wharves Salmon Fishing Rig – Otago – When, Where, How?
Dunedin Wharves Salmon Fishing Rig by Chris Dore Lowering a drop net. Otago harbour salmon fishing. Position the net under the fish and lift up to the wharf by the rope. A salmon being lifted up to the wharf in More...
Lake Hayes Trout Secrets – Central Otago – 12km from Queenstown
Lake Hayes Trout Fishing Secrets by Dick Marquand Dave Moss with a plump golden Lake Hayes brown trout. From the high bank overlooking the bay, I had a good view of the big brownie hen as she cruised her beat along More...
Surfcasting and land-based fishing near Christchurch City
Surfcasting near Christchurch New Brighton Pier Fishing (scroll down) Here are some good shore fishing spots, all are within an hour’s drive from Christchurch City. Pack up plenty of food and drink when going More...
Hotel Hapuka – Sonnet by Pat Trembeth – Grand Hotel Hapuka, Haast
Hotel Hapuka By Pat Trembeth Hotel Hapuka. Cobwebs drape the windows, dead sandflies fill the sills There’s black rice lying everywhere, the air is damp and chill We’ve been away for far too long on More...