Fly Fishing New Zealand

The quality and diversity of fly fishing in New Zealand are renowned by anglers the world over.

Andy T with an 11 pound spotted beauty taken on a #14 Speckled Nymph. Photo by Randall Wood.
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    • Pool Sharing – A Tale of Two Fishes

    By Paul Corliss ”No”! he said emphatically. ”It’s my pool and I’ll get to it.

    08/10/2021
    I wonder how many of the huge trout caught and released in the Twizel Canals survive the ordeal and go on to spawn the next generation. Photograph courtesy of Lance Gill and Fish The Drift NZ.
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    • Catch and Release or Catch and Kill – By Dick Marquand

    “A good game fish is too valuable to be caught only once.” Lee Wulff Advice.

    27/08/2021
    Top row: Hope's Dark, Hope's Silvery. 2nd row: Mrs Simpson, Grey Ghost, 3rd row: Red Shadow, Hart's Creek. 4th row: Yellow Rabbit, Brunton No.1. Night Fishing with Lures.
  • Canterbury
  • Canterbury Low-land Lakes
  • Canterbury Rivers
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    • Night Fishing with Lures – Hart’s Creek, L2, Halswell and Selwyn Rivers

    Night Fishing with Lures – “Old School” – Fewer and fewer anglers lip-hook a live.

    21/08/2021
    A younger looking Tony Entwistle (right), with client John Hewitt from the United States of America, holding for the camera one of four 10lb plus trout caught and released in a single afternoon in the Nelson region. Hiring a trout fishing guide. Now retired, Tony is a Life Member and former President of the NZPFGA.
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    • Hiring a Trout Fishing Guide – Why Hiring a Guide is a Good Idea

    Hiring a Trout Fishing Guide By Allan Burgess Our fishing guides are doing it tuff.

    15/05/2021
    This spring creek brown still has my Pheasant Tail Nymph in its mouth - the same fly I lost a week earlier! Landed on a bead-head Hare & Copper with poly-yarn strike indicator. Photo courtesy Sam Corliss.
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    • Strike Indicator – Looking at Different Indicators for Nymph Fishing

    Strike Indicator – Looking at Different Strike Indicators By Paul Corliss I’m not talking about.

    19/04/2021
    This Lake Hayes brownie fall for a Dragonfly Nymph, a favourite fly of stillwater anglers. Stillwater-brownies.
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    • Stillwater Brownies – Favourite Flies For Stillwater Brown Trout

    Stillwater Brownies – Six Favourite Flies by Dick Marquand Generally speaking, brown trout inhabiting Stillwaters.

    09/04/2021
    The Waimakariri River in flood- no fishing today! A 1000 years ago the Waimakariri River ran into Lake Ellesmere. It is now "fenced" in by stopbanks.
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    • Floods and Their Impact on Trout Fishing and Trout Food

    By Monty Wright Nature’s creation of rivers was originally developed by excessive rain falling on.

    09/10/2020
    Graeme Smith with his 5lb rainbow from Larry's Creek (near Reefton). Catch and Release.
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  • Westland
    • Catch and Release – Exquisite Moment at Larry’s Creek

    Catch and Release – Exquisite Moment at Larry’s Creek – also known as the Awarau.

    07/12/2020
    Monty Wright with rainbow trout. An eye for the water.
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  • Otago
    • An eye for the Water – A Study of Trout and Where to Find Them

    By Monty Wright The habits of various kinds of trout differ considerably. Even though transplanted.

    02/10/2020
    Graeme Smith being assisted by West Coast guide Zane Murfin.
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    • Fly Fishing Getting Started – Excellent Advice for Beginners

    Fly Fishing – Getting Started – Why quality advice really makes a huge difference By.

    06/12/2020
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