Trout

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

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

    13/03/2024
    Opening Day 2021/22. Photo: Richard Cosgrove/Fish & Game NZ.
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  • Trout Fishing
    • Opening Day Anglers hit the water in numbers for 2020/2021 Season

    Thousands of Opening Day anglers across the country headed out before dawn this morning to.

    03/10/2021
    The author with a brownie from the Selwyn River. Trout Bait Fishing Secrets.
  • Trout
    • Trout Bait Fishing Secrets – Confessions of a Bait Angler

    Discover proven trout bait fishing secrets, including the best worms, rigs, and techniques for catching more trout in New Zealand rivers, canals and lakes. Learn how to set up a sensitive ledger rig, choose the right bait, and improve your catch rate with expert tips.

    04/12/2025
    Northern end of the Hurunui River lagoon during the salmon season.
  • Canterbury Rivers
  • Hurunui River
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    • Hurunui River Salmon and Trout Fishing – Photographs and 2018 Update

    Hurunui River Trout and Salmon Fishing Video The Hurunui River is one of the best.

    25/07/2026
    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.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • 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.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Strike Indicator – Looking at Different Indicators for Nymph Fishing

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

    13/03/2024
    This Lake Hayes brownie fall for a Dragonfly Nymph, a favourite fly of stillwater anglers. Stillwater-brownies.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • Stillwater Brownies – Favourite Flies For Stillwater Brown Trout

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

    15/03/2024
    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.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
    • 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.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • Westland
    • Catch and Release – Exquisite Moment at Larry’s Creek

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

    15/03/2024
    Monty Wright with rainbow trout. An eye for the water.
  • Fly Fishing New Zealand
  • 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.

    15/03/2024
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