Jet Boat Canterbury Rivers – Purist and Petrol Head – Graeme Kennerley
Jet Boating Canterbury Rivers – Purist and Petrol Head – Fly Fishing and Jet Boating? by Graeme Kennerley Adrian Moody (left) and the author take a break for a brew, above the Waimakariri Gorge. A jet boat gets you to some fabulous scenic fishing spots. At first glance, many people would not put the serene and patient art of fly fishing More...
Tups Indispensable and Fly Fishing Small Streams Around Canterbury
Tups Indispensable and Small Streams Around Canterbury with John Hey A number of small streams flow around Canterbury and while they don’t hold large populations of fish they are very enjoyable places to fish More...
Trout Recipe – Almond Trout – Fly Fishing A Tributary of Lake Ellesmere
Trout Recipe – Almond Trout with an Orange, Honey and Ginger Sauce – Cooking Your Catch in the Wok by Keith Chin Weighing 13 lbs 14 ounces. I had the big fish from a Lake Ellesmere tributary mounted. Through More...
Trolling for Trout and Salmon with down-riggers and flat-lines
Trolling flat-lines on Lake Coleridge. Trolling for Trout 1. Trolling for trout without a down-rigger? You certainly don’t need a down-rigger on your boat to catch fish. Trolling for trout with nothing on More...
Lake Coleridge Fishing Tips: Beginners Guide to Fishing Lake Coleridge
Fishingmag.co.nz editor Allan Burgess with a typical salmon caught spin fishing at Canterbury’s Lake Coleridge. Lake Coleridge Fishing Tips This article is aimed at helping the complete beginner angler who More...
Lake Henrietta Trout Spinning and Fly Fishing – Canterbury High Country
Lake Henrietta Lake Henrietta comprises two small lakes side by side on the shingle Harper Road just north of Lake Selfe. Surrounded by snow-capped mountains on all sides the scenery around Lake Henrietta is grand! More...
Lake Coleridge, Canterbury High Country – Trout and Landlocked Salmon Fishing MAP
Lake Coleridge Map Lake Coleridge Map also showing the smaller lakes that make up the Coleridge group. Map: 1:50,000. Each grid square represents 1 km. Map Sourced from NZTopo50-BW20. Crown Copyright Reserved. Coleridge More...
Rakaia River Mouth a Top Spot for Sea-Run Trout Fishing
Home » Destinations S.I. » Canterbury Surf fishing the Rakaia River mouth at first light for kahawai and sea-run brown trout. Rakaia River Mouth Sea-Run Trout Fishing Some years the Rakaia River can experience unusually More...
Lake Selfe Trout Fishing – High Country Brown and Rainbow Trout
Home » Destinations S.I. » Canterbury Spin fishing is permitted on Lake Selfe and is a leisurely way to while away the hours. Vegetation to the water’s edge can make the fly rod difficult to use in some More...
Lake Coleridge Fish & Game High Country Opening Fishing Competition 2011
Lake Coleridge Opening Fishing Contest Climbing out of our warm climate controlled 4×4 truck at Lake Selfe for this year’s Canterbury High Country Opening Weekend was a bit of a shock. It was freezing More...
