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 Wright In 1992 the Otago Fish and Game Council changed the Routeburn River to a catch and release water. Some requests from interested anglers 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...
Fly Rod Harling – A useful fishing method and a lot of fun with Monty Wright
Home » Destinations S.I. » Otago Fly Rod Harling on Lake Hawea – Harling is trolling on lakes for trout and landlocked salmon with flies With Monty Wright Evan Taylor and Monty Wright with Evan’s More...
Oamaru and Otago Fishing Memories by Ron Sim – Wanaka, Haast and the old Chev V8
Oamaru and Otago Fishing Memories by Ron Sim Ron Sim of Oamaru with an 11 lb brown trout he caught in Lake Wanaka at Fisherman’s Bend. Ron caught it on a black Toby. Ron Sim Oamaru’s local chiropractor More...
