Peat Streams – Fly Fishing Peat Water Streams of Otago and Southland
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand Peat Streams – Summer Fishing the Peat Water Streams of Otago and Southland by Monty Wright Shane Wright and Murray McKnight spotting a monster on a tea-coloured peat stream. Peat Streams Sprinkled throughout Otago and Southland are many small streams which are well known because of their good sized fish 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...
Avoid Frightening Weary Trout – The Silent Approach by Monty Wright
How to Avoid Frightening Weary Trout – Walk Softly, Stay Low, and Wear Camouflage Clothing by Monty Wright Monty holding a nice rainbow. Note the subdued green and earthy colours. Try to avoid red, yellow More...
Caples and Greenstone Rivers, and the Black Rock, Otago
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand 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...
Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – all in flood
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand Caples River – The Dart, Diamond Creek, and the Rees – were all in flood – Fly Fishing New Zealand by Monty Wright Denis Brundell helping Rod across the More...
Routeburn River, Otago – A Trophy Fishery that is Catch and Release Only
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand 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 More...
Fishing Paddock at Paddock Bay, Lake Wanaka, Otago
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand 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 More...
Directions to Stony Creek – the Secret Society and Angling Elitism
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand Directions to Stony Creek by Paul Corliss Andy T about to return a brown trout to Stony Creek number 11. There are many maxims relative to good fishing but three of the most More...
Condition Factor of Trout and Salmon – What is it and how to calculate it?
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand Trout Condition Factor By Dick Marquand This brown trout was caught in the Pukaki Canal, near Twizel, by Paul Spicer. It is an incredibly fat fish that has “possibly” More...
Lake Wakatipu – Fly Fishing Lochy, Von, Greenstone, Dart River Mouths
Home » Trout » Fly Fishing New Zealand 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 More...