Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – all in flood
Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – were all in flood by Monty Wright Denis Brundell helping Rod across the Greenstone River. We set off from Dunedin with all the plans for an excellent few days fishing with a friend from Australia Rod Clarkson and my normal fishing buddy Denis Brundell. Unfortunately, our first port of More...
Caples and Greenstone Rivers, and the Black Rock, Otago
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Caples and Greenstone Rivers, and the Story of the Black Rock by Monty Wright Monty Wright with 12 lb rainbow hen from the Caples River. Photograph John Todd. It was a beautiful More...
Routeburn River, Otago – A Trophy Fishery that is Catch and Release Only
Routeburn River, Otago, is Catch and Release Only – You need all the skills to fish the Routeburn Just enough time for a quick photograph and the fish was off. Photo Monty Wright. Routeburn River. by Monty More...
Fishing Paddock at Paddock Bay, Lake Wanaka, Otago
Fishing Paddock at Paddock Bay By Monty Wright Flood water at Paddock Bay, Lake Wanaka, Otago. As l rolled over in the sleeping bag I noticed something was different. There was no rain falling on the iron roof of More...
Lake Dunstan – Guide to Fishing Lake Dunstan by Dick Marquand
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Lake Dunstan – Guide to Fishing Lake Dunstan by Dick Marquand The happy winner of the Junior Section of the Kilwell Sports Fishing Competition held on Lake Dunstan. Lake More...
Never Fail with Killer Patterns – Fly fishing the Clutha River
Never Fail with Killer Patterns – Fly Fishing the Clutha with the “across and down method” by Dick Marquand A small Clutha rainbow is carefully released after taking a deadly Hamill’s Killer. It More...
Lake Wakatipu – Fly Fishing Lochy, Von, Greenstone, Dart River Mouths
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Lake Wakatipu – Fly Fishing the Lochy, Von, Greenstone and Dart River Mouths by Dick Marquand During the late winter months, the Lochy River mouth provides some spectacular More...
Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition – Wharf and Boat
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition Bill Hamilton – Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition. Following the recent success of the Otago Harbour Salmon Fishing Competition, convener More...
Ponds – Fishing Challenging Small Waters in the Otago Lakes District
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Pondering Ponds with Monty Wright Monty with a 2.5kg jack from the pond behind, Central Otago. Fishing ponds are challenging but can be rewarding for the adventurous fly angler. In More...
Sea-run Trout in the Shag, Clutha, Toko and Taieri Rivers
Sea-run Trout in the Taieri River by Brad Martin Brent Marshall with an 11.6lb sea-sea-run brown trout from the Taieri River, just south of Dunedin. The birds were singing their song, our feet were damp from the More...
