Of course it is fishing but, quite different to other forms of fishing, what we do is 90% sight fishing, yip we don’t even make a cast until we see a fish.

This changes the game and turns us into more of a hunter fisherman, then just a chuck and chance fisherman.

The weather of late had been rainy to say the least and most of our rivers were high and coloured. Taking a boat to the mouth of a nearby river was the best option, and look for some lake edge cruisers.

The main river was pretty colored up, and running higher then normal. It dosn’t look like much of a flow but we take crossing rivers seriously and even though the worst thing here was getting wet and cold, we just don’t want to go there full stop.

We are a team when we go fishing, the only boss out there is the fish. It is all about being there and enjoying a new and challenging experience. If it goes right, it can be the start of something new..

We were on a farm station and being in that environment was awesome, got to meet the local farmer and his dogs doing thier farming thing.

David was at home, with a farming background back home in Australia he was pretty comfortable in the country. Could have been in the lord of the rings as well with that sheperds croof he come across in the paddock.

Time to get some fish to the bank, Darcy with a fish on..

Darcy and his first trout..

The release..

Davids turn to fight a fish, good times, this fish was going to be smoked for our lunch..

First trout for David..

David with a couple of fish for lunch and dinner. The lake edge holds good numbers of fish, that are not easy to catch. the cast has to be on in the right place at the right time.

Darcy with the ones that didn’t get away, we hooked a few others and released a couple more.

Lunch, as fresh as it gets!! smoked trout, with some of bruces famous bacon and egg pie, olives, strawberries, blueberries, garlic bread, and cold beer.

The boat ride home, nice way to end a day of fishing. David, Steve and Darcy, really great guys to hang out with. They all learn’t about the style of fishing that fly fishing is. Steve spotted a feeeding fish, presented the right cast and hooked his first fish on a dry fly this day. An awesome experience that might just keep him coming back and walking a few more lake edge and rivers, nice … tight lines boys, bruce and Hen…

We like to practice catch and release in our back country rivers, so the next day we went to a local lake and caught a couple of fish that we smoked for lunch on the side of a river.

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Helicopters open up a whole new world when time is not on your side, and gives the opportunity to go to the back of beyond..

Having a river like this to yourselves for the day, priceless..

Fish on…

Honeymoon on the river..

Nice rainbow to be released..

Happy couple with their rainbow trout..

Clear water, south island NZ

Fish from Diamond Lake, just right for lunch… Cruising browns on the lake edge..

Smoked brown trout 20 minutes after coming to the net, and a cold Speights… keeping it real in the wakatipu.

Some of the people we have been showing around..

And some of the fish we have been meeting..

Tim Pope-Ellis from Cape Town South Africa, was in Queenstown for 3 days and had 1 day to go fishing. We went out towards Glenorchy and spent a day hiking and fishing a beautiful valley that holds nice Browns and Rainbows.

If you are travelling to N.Z and want to catch fish, give us a call. If we are unavailable then we can put you on to somebody who can help. Point is if you love to fly fish for trout you need a professional fishing guide, all things being equal we will put you into the business end of your fly rod and have you casting at fish and making your dreams come true.

Lake Wakatipu, on the way to Glenorchy. Just driving to  and from our rivers is amazing.

The choice of water around here is awesome, and walking the tracks through the beech forest makes you think of nothing else but the moment.

Tim Hooked up on his first N.Z Rainbow

A nice Rainbow in Gin clear water, destined to fight another day.

Although the fish were not rising, with the right cast they would take a small pheasant tail # 14 unweighted. They are fit and healthy and not shy to walk on their tails to put on a show.

Tim showed some nice casting skills which is a must to get onto fish here in N.Z

After hooking 8 fish and landing 7 we finally completed the quiver and landed a nice brown.

Healthy fish with nice eyes, this one took us about 200 metres down stream and walked on his tail like a Rainbow!!

Dream-water & Dream Trout..

Its all about being river side!! Not only did we see good numbers of Trout but also a few Fallow Deer grazing on the bush line. Nice place to be, certainly beats the office on a good day!!

Another fish eye view of a fish eye view.

Stalking mode on some dream-waters, Tim Pope-ellis.

Tim hooked up and loving it!!

Another nice Rainbow to the net.

Beautiful water, and the catch and release. An awesome day on some dream-water with Tim pope-ellis who’s life long dream was to fish in New Zealand. I have a feeling you will be back Tim!!

Self portrait time, last fish of the day before our 1 & half hour walk back to the car. Was it worth the walk? look at our faces and have a guess?? You bet it was.

What a day on the river!! Do your home work with accurate casting before you get here. Tim showed his great skills with a howling head wind to contend with. Casting technique was important to get our flies into the zone and Tim could deliver!!

Not only is  great casting needed, but the strike and the play is when the game gets really exciting!!  Catching wild trout here is the dream, yee haa!!!   

We were straight into it, finding safe lines, as we had recieved new snow over the previous days and snow stability was not the best, and route selection was the key to having a day to remember for the right reasons.

A private charter is the ultimate in Heliskiing, and Alpine Heliski are the guys to talk to when it really counts. If you want the mountains in our back yard to feel like you own them for a day or 2 as well as a helicopter then get in touch with us at Alpine Heliski and see for yourself.

Peter, Natalia and Oscar loved every moment of the day, and were skiing like there was no tomorrow, take a look at our photos of the day and picture yourself being there…

I know for a fact that at the bottom of this particular valley where we skiied with Rob Morrison and family and friends there is one such river that is home to some of the best dry fly fishing around.

Once a fisherman, always a fisherman!!

If there was ever a lesson in casting and playing a fish then Kobayashi-san is the man to watch, and on the river we fished he was definitly the boss.

Using his faithful SCOTT ROD  #5 of 10 years the experience of fishing some dream-waters was made even better….. after 9 years of travelling to N.Z to fish Yasu and Kazu finally made it to the top of Lake Wakatipu, after today it won’t be the last.

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.