You haven’t seen rain until you see what it can do in Fiordland!! Milford Sound has been called the 8th wonder of the world and when you see the place after its been raining for a few days you will see why!!

Randy & Family had walked the Milford Track. Actually they had to be helicoptered out on the last day because of severe flooding and along with Brendan Thow we were the transfer back to Queenstown via a few special spots along the way.

Gordy, the wild west coast.

Randy O'connor and his family, the west coast of southern NZ

Isolation on the west coast NZ

The wild west coast, hut and Open fire, some good food and conversation...

Raining one minute, sunshine the next..

A brew and some nice food, pretty nice..

Exploring a deserted beach.

Sunshine 1 minute raining the next..

Getting away from the hustle and bustle...

The photos ran out about here, but beleive me the rest of the way back to Queenstown was pretty nice, calling in at the haast pub, then flying through to makarora and finding some trout and putting a couple on the bank to be released again. Then back to Queenstown about 4 hours after leaving Milford Sound. Heli exploration of the west coast NZ, if you want to over dose on scenery the this is for you!!

New Zealand in my eyes is the ultimate paradise and when those first fish got released into our waterways at that time, i’m pretty sure they thought it was heaven!!

We have the most pristine rivers and lakes in the world, but we also have a number of rivers around the country that are not what they used to be.

This makes the places we go even more special..

Healthy Rainbow Trout, about 8lb

Pristine water, 100%

Nice brown about 7lb caught on a blow fly, lake edge cruiser.

The Release...

Healthy young stock, catch you again maybe..

Photo and release

These are a few of the culprits that keep us going back for more, we like to promote catch and rease especially in our Backcountry rivers. Our local lakes hold great numbers of healthy fish as well and its from these places that we will keep the odd fish for the smoker yum yum…

Paul and Barney Fairbanks were in New Zealand for thier first time and a trip into the back country was the first of many to come.

We flew with Brendan from Alpine Choppers and had an amazing time with both rainbows and browns coming up to dry flies. The boys got a taste of what things can be like when everything comes together just right.

Barney and Paul, hanging out in the hanger before lift off.

Flying out of Queenstown, beautiful day to be a bird.

You have to agree, this place is beautiful.

Barney, wow is this place for real??

We chased a few red deer and fellow deer on the way in.

About 3km of water to yourself for the day!

Paul hooked up!!

Paul with a fat Brown Trout ready for the return.

Barney had to have some of the action!

I had to have of the action as well!pretty nice fish!!

A big bull that lives up in the valley

Barney, watching his dad have a go at some rainbows.

Yes NZ does have small fish, great to see!!

Barney hooked up on a rainbow!!

Nice fish brother!!

The kiss before the release!!

Paul and Barney Fairbanks, another great fish to the bank!!

Home Time with Brendan

Dream Water, fly fishing Queenstown back country

Flying home with Brendan Thow, Alpine Choppers

20 Minutes later we were back in town. What a day in Paradise!!

The best excuse to go back country i reckon is a fishing rod, camera and even a rifle for some venison! Just being in the places we go is special, and to catch a sighted trout on a fly and then release it however big or small is an experience to be remembered.

I love showing people what is sitting on our doorstep and sharing a few stories that go with the place. NZ is a small island at the bottom of the world and at the bottom of that island is the place that i like to hang out in..

Our fly fishing season is nearing an end as the trout prepare to start spawning up into the head waters of what i reckon are the most beautiful rivers in the world!!

Here are a few images of the summer of 2009/10..

Billy Gates with a baby brown trout.

Billy & Randy, pinot riverside, why not?

Going fishing, back country NZ

Randy, hooked up!!

Typical Rainbow, that dont give up easily!!

Randy with another good Rainbow.

Helicopter time, beats walking for 7 hours 1 way!

Billy Gates, Good times..

End of the day, pinot noir, riverside waiting for the heli.

With all the rivers in a dirty state

we hit the lake edges with some

success.Rob had a great holiday

down South with some fantastic

results….come back soon Rob ,we

all enjoyed your company

creek hatch was all that was

required for a little fun.

The Fishing Dairy has lacked evidence of our busyness,  I’ll let the pictures tell a few of the stories of some of the adventures we have been getting into.

This one in particular was with Bob Payne and his family from California. A heli-scenic into Milford Sound and some Fly Fishing on the way. Not a bad way to finish 2009 off and see 2010 in..

enjoy a little Picnic and some Serious Fishing.

Well done Jessica.I look forward to our next

Day out.

Peter from  Western Australia.Hooking was easy

,landing those Fat Rainbows  gave us a little

grief But Peter won in the end,Another neat

Day in Paradise

of Central Otago.30 km winds did not deter Tom

as he sent those cicadas flying towards there mark.

What an exciting day ,we certainly had some fun.

‘Cheers Tom’