You don’t often associate the north of the South Island with rainbow trout, but today was the exception. I’m staying with my good friend Felix Borenstein at Owen River Lodge, as I’ve done as often as I can (but not as often as I’d like) over the last 10 years. Usually we sight fish for […]
Australian Flyfishing Outfitter’s Dave Bradley and Clint Issac will be in-store at The Flyfisher in Melbourne and available for a chat this Tuesday (11th March) from 1pm. Few Aussies can claim to be as experienced in saltwater as Dave and Clint. Both are well travelled and have guided extensively throughout Australia’s most popular saltwater fly fishing destinations […]
The King River holds many fond memories for me. The King is a classic trout stream that is a delight to fish and it always offers a chance at a good sized fish. Long glides, beautiful runs and plenty of room for casting makes this stream ideal for beginners and experienced flyfishers alike. King River trout are no […]
DESTINATION OVERVIEW Hinchinbrook Island is the gateway to Australia’s tropical northern flyfishing and home to Australian Flyfishing Outfitters, a saltwater flyfishing guiding operation that specialises in sight and flats flyfishing the waters around the country’s largest Island National Park. The area is renowned for its beauty and rugged tropical landscapes, regarded as one of the […]
….and why weren’t you there? Well, after 3 weeks on the road it’s nice to be sleeping in my own bed and eating greens again. I love travel (especially when fishing) but when you do it as an itinerant it’s not always easy to plan a proper diet. The annual NZ safari started on 31 […]
Gum beetles! The warm weather has finally started and has brought gum beetles and good polaroiding with it. The Nineteen Lagoons have produced many fish both polaroided and to dries fished blind in overcast weather. With the calm, clear days we wasted no time getting into these productive highland lakes and tarns. Lake Botsford has […]
I know water is the essential ingredient for trout and memories of prolonged drought back home in Australia are ever-present, so it’s hard to begrudge rain. But three wet December trips in a row to the West Coast are starting to make me wonder what I’ve done to upset the flyfishing gods! In these not so uncommon conditions […]
Wild trout live in wild places and it doesn’t matter where you go in this world, if you flyfish for trout the weather can – and quite often does – play a significant role. Indeed, the quality of the wild trout fishery in New Zealand is, in a large part, a result of the amount […]
Even narrowing the field down to my absolute favourite Montana shots, our ruthless designer was only able to accommodate some of them in this issue of FlyStream magazine. So here are a few that didn’t make it.
STEVE DUNN About Steve Dunn: I love sharing my passion for fly fishing for trout. Casting and lake fishing instruction available all year. I was brought up on the family farm in Cornwall, in the UK. The farm was a mixed arable and livestock business in Ladock. A small trout stream, a tributary of the […]
A few weeks ago my good friend Dave made the long drive down from Sydney and we met up on the Spirit of Tasmania for the overnight voyage to Devonport. After docking, we set off for the West Coast. The area’s reputation for wilderness and wild weather proved justified and our 4×4’s got a solid […]
About 25 years ago brother Mark and I got off the plane in Launceston and just about kissed the tarmac in gratitude at the prospect of an upcoming week at Bronte Park. We loved Bronte Lagoon in particular (still do) and it was all we could do to restrain ourselves from driving the hire car […]
By November, most rivers are open to fishing in New Zealand (the rivers around here in the north of the South Island mostly open in October.) However it is springtime and that usually means rain. But don’t be put off by the chance of spring rain and high flows; with a bit of effort you […]
Two weeks ago I returned from a flyfishing trip to Costa Rica. The line burn on my fingers has only just begun to heal and so it goes without saying, we had an unbelievable trip. I travelled with Nick Reygaert of Gin-Clear Media, in the hope of filming giant tarpon for his upcoming film Leviathan, […]
