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New Zealand & Australia Fly Fishing Blog

There’s been a lot of discussion of recent surrounding single hand spey techniques, and rightly so. However, roll casting has been around since the beginning of time and if you’ve been pulling your...

With Queen's Birthday weekend arriving not long after coming out of lockdown it was a no brainer to take the short week off work and head to Turangi. The fresh that came through the week prior put ...

This late season brown couldn’t resist a Micro Zonker Brown Photo: Chris Reygeart There are many reasons we love rabbit strips. They’re durable. It provides bulk to your lure and it flutters, pulse...

Make sure you get your hands on the latest issue of NZ Fishing News because the legend that is Nik Hannam of the Salt Fly Club NZ and Rod & Reel has put pen to paper and shared some of his Auck...

Here comes another cold, wintry blast, just as the fish are kicking it up a notch. You could stay home this weekend I guess, or you could switch to your winter kit and #forgettheforecast safety and...

Team Tuesday - Invest In Yourself

While the season may be closed there are still a few local options around Queenstown that hold great fish and a day out with Chris Dore is always an enriching experience for your fly fishing skill ...

Manic Monday - Making it Better

The Australian mainland trout fishery, particularly in NSW, has attracted some fairly robust discussions by anglers, stakeholders with NSW DPI management and NSW Ministers in recent years. There ha...

Friday Fly Day - The Last Hurrah

This is it folks, the final weekend of the Southern freshwater fishing season, and from all accounts the fishing around our lake tribs has been very good. There are plenty of large browns on the mo...

There has been a massive surge in two handed fly fishing over the past several years on the NZ scene and many are asking why the availability of kit is so skagit oriented. That’s an easy one. With ...