Flying down from Queenstown was a experience on it’s own and cruising around the sound was breath taking to say the least.

If you and your friends are looking for something out of the box give us a shout because that is what we do, we like to take you to places where the only people you will see are who you choose. The rest will be some of NZ’s most pristine landscape.

You will get to have a pretty good feed along the way as well as fresh as it comes out of the cold pure waters of southern New Zealand.

Fying down over what we consider to be one of the most pristine places on the planet, our backyard.

Ross and Lex from Brisbane at the letter box to where??

Kisby Lodge, this place and area is rich in New Zealands early history. From the gold mining to fishing, sealing, hunting, and stories and locations that will tell the tales of the early Maori explorers to the area.

Landing on the barge and meeting our boat, unreal!!

Myself and Gordy, these machines are the closest thing i know to time travel. The only way in to this place is by water or air unless you have 3-5 days to spend hiking in and out.

Our boat for the day, ready to go for a cruise

Lets go.

Crayfish for lunch, yum yum

Ross and Graham tucking into some fresh Terakihi. Straight fromth cold southern ocean.

Garlic butter and cray tails, anybody for lunch.

Forget about the green stuff boys.

About to get aboard the helicopetr and head back to Queenstown.

Flying home

Myself,Gordy Watson, Craig, Wendy & Shane Cole, Just being there is special. If there was ever a place to go fly fishing in your wildest dreams?? This could be it!!

Gordy and Shane, stalking some dream-water. Put yourself in the picture??

Gordy and Craig with a nice Brown that put up a great fight amonst some fallen beech tree.

Craigs, Healthy Brown that will live to battle another day.

Wendy with a nice fish to the net, gordy in the guiding seat doing what he does best. Showing off our backyard.

Wendy and Gordy with a beautiful Brown. 

Shane with a nice Rainbow that put up a great fight, we would name this pool the Trifecta Pool after Shane, Wendy and Craig would land a fish each within an hour of fishing.

The Trifecta Pool.

Wendy with a nice brown from the Trifecta Pool.

Shane and Craig with another nice Rainbow from the Trifecta Pool.

Wendy’s, Hardy “Princess” about to be put to work, these are classic reels. I think this one is about 40 years old and still going strong!!

Gordy selecting one of Craigs “Scruffy” nymphs that worked a treat!! Can you see the fish up ahead between Gordy and Craig?

Rod and Rifle at the ready with the chance of seeing Deer on the river side. No such luck, anyway there were plenty of fish to keep us busy.

Craig done the job with the Sage/Prince/Scruffy/Gordy combination. Another nice brown to the net.

As a Professional Guide, not only do you need our eyes and skills to get hooked up, but more importantly safety on the water is paramount!! Learning to read water and cross in the right places and correctly is why you need us on your side.

Snow covered mountains, beech forest to the waters edge, and crystal clear water. Dream-waters at it’s best. Wendy, Craig and Shane living the dream.

Lord of the Rings country, like i said this place is well worth more then a thousand words, much more!!

Put yourself in this picture!! Shane and Gordy hooked up on one of the most beautiful rivers in the world.

Some great guiding and fishing skills got this rainbow to the net, with smiles all round.

2 days spent on some dream-water in what we call our back yard and you get an experience that makes you smile as if it was yesterday that we were standing in gin clear water, watching wild trout feeding as if nothing else mattered. The privilage of seeing a rare blue duck (whio) and listening to it’s unique call, while listening to the sound of waterfalls and running water…. I think you get the picture….

If you want to see some of this country and cast at some wild Rainbow and Brown Trout and have an experience of a life time then best you get in touch with us.

Shane, Craig and Wendy are already thinking about the next mission, and Gordy and i know exactly where we will be going… somewhere in what we call our back yard. 

This pool held 4 great fish!! Anyone want to go??

Waking up to this from our camp…. priceless….

The camp pool, holding nice bows.

Craig with a nice bow, photo and release.

I say the fish were there but they weren’t going crazy to jump on our flys!! We hooked fish and landed a few and over all had a great day out on some Dream-waters.

We flew to a special high country river that presents a challenge to any fisherman. Flying out across the southern alps is something special that has to be experienced while you are in N.Z. And to land beside a river that is full of rainbow trout is a dream come true.

That is what we did with the brock family from Toronto.. See for yourself what the pictures say..

This is Yasu’s 9th trip to New Zealand in a row, you guessed it?????

The fishing is worth the travel, and it makes me appreciate what we have here in N.Z that makes people the world over come to see…….

We even caught some Rainbow Trout on the way. Now that is a day that is hard to forget!!

If you ever talk to Anthony and Angela Hamilton or Leon and Fiona Christianakis  or Bruce and I then we will tell you how it was…..

The setting is picture perfect and a great base to explore the amazing sights that are available within minutes drive and flight from the Lodge.

Pictures paint a thousand words they say, i reckon they paint ten thousand plus words..