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High Country Fly Fishing now has two fantastic options for Fly Fishers wanting to experience the wonders of fishing in the shaky isles. We have both Islands covered, with our own fully supported trips based in Lumsden and now promoting the services of a terrific guide in the North Island. Read on for information about our great South Island trips or click here for more information about the North Island guiding.

South Island - Fly Fishing Adventures

High Country Fly fishing is pleased to offer fully escorted and guided fly fishing tours to the world famous trout waters of southern New Zealand.

We are now entering our 5th season of trips that are based in Lumsden, Northern Southland.

There are over thirty rivers and streams within an hours drive of Lumsden which gives the guides plenty of options in all weather conditions. The area is mainly brown trout but there are some fantastic rainbow waters to the west in the Te Anau area.

The trips are limited to 6 places and include Airport transfers from either Queenstown or Dunedin.

The accommodation is very comfortable cottage style with Breakfast, lunch and all but one dinner included. One evening we go to a great little local restaurant the Mayfly for dinner and this meal is not included in the package.  We use NZ premier guides as well as Andrew and Murray who have many years experience fishing the South Island.

We are now taking bookings for the following dates

17th to the 24th of November 2008
2nd to the 9th of March 2009
20th to the 27th of April 2009

For details of the trips you can either email or ring us and we will send out a brochure. Email highfly@acr.net.au Phone 02 6456 2989

Andrew andy@airlan.com.au Phone 02 6456 1920

Couples are more then welcome and all levels of fly fishing skills are catered for.

If you are looking for the best fishing trip with no hassles this trip has it all;

Fully Guided, very comfortable accommodation, great food, transfers to and from the airport and personalized service.

A$3,200.00 (This price excludes airfares)

New Zealand Season Review - What a Great Season

So many good days and good fish.... read about it and have a look at some of the happy fisher folk.

We have just finished another great season in Southland and Otago.

It has been another dry year with not a lot of general rain falling. There has been rain in the catchments but generally river levels were low.

November produced some good fishing and late snow made the Mataura quite big and cold. The weather changes very quickly and by the end of the month we were wet wading. Green Beetles were seen right through and into December so some fish came to the dry.

February and March were very low in water levels but there was quite a big flood in early March due to some big storms in the headwaters. One of the trips could not fish the Mataura as it had a lot of color but other rivers in the area cleared quite fast so some great fishing was had. It goes to show how good this area is as there was plenty of other rivers and streams to fish. Because of the free draining soils the water levels were back down to the low levels experienced in Summer which made for good presentation and careful stalking. The low levels bring out the better fish from under the willows and their condition was fantastic. The Mayfly hatches were unpredictable and only late March and April produced good hatches in the afternoons. The April fishing produced some great fish in superb condition. The days are shorter but the Mayflies are more predictable and a lot less anglers about. Some of the more popular rivers get a lot of traffic but there is so much water that we rarely see other anglers.

Didymo is never going to go away and it is surprising how little we see of it. The big floods in August last year really cleaned out the effected rivers and the big spike in March did the same. The worst would have to be the Waiau below Te Anau but it certainly hasn’t affected the fishing as the drift dives done by Fish and Game show good numbers of fish.

Felt soles are certainly on their way out as I feel they will be banned from the start of next season. Rubber or Aquastealth soles are fine and are certainly easier to clean. The Red House is well prepared for the evening ritual of cleaning and drying gear ready for the following day and also for getting gear ready to come back into Australia.

Overall it was a good season in sometimes tough conditions and hopefully the weather patterns will get back to normal bringing the Mayflies out through the day.

This is a great area to fish and if you, your partner or mate are keen on seeing it contact us and get on to one of our trips. We cater for all standards of anglers and can organize separate dates for 4 anglers or less.

Andy and I are looking forward to next season and hope you can join us.

Cheers and good fishing,

Murray    

North Island - Fly Fishing Experience

The costs for Ngamatea and all other Fly Fishing Guiding in Hawkes Bay are as follows.

Group Bookings - 2 to 6 anglers.
Airport to airport (Napier or Palmerston North)

$450:00 per day per person and 2 clients per Guide.

This includes all accommodation, food as well as all tackle, rods, waders, boots and hat if necessary.

Licence is also included.

Individual bookings: 1 client per guide.
Airport to airport (Napier or Palmerston North)

Includes all accommodation, food, tackle, rods etc as well as waders, boots and hat if necessary.

Licence is also included.

$750 per day