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Module 1 -
Luxury fly-fishing
North of Christchurch you will find the stunning Hurunui
sub-alpine region.
Fishing for the elusive Brown Trout is a way of life here!
Enjoy 5 days in this remote area, staying in remote mountain huts
accessible only by 4x4. There is the option to stay in an
exclusive 5 star Sherwood Lodge B+B each evening if you prefer.
Imagine returning each day to the warmth and comfort of your
lodge, where a hearty meal will be waiting for you.
Each day discuss with your local guide where you would like to
fish. He will take you to his favourite fishing holes upriver by
jet-boat or to a remote mountain lake by 4WD where you then
overnight in a trampers hut (picnic lunch included).
Other options nearby are:-
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Horse-trek from Mt Lyford
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Hanmer Springs Thermal Resort
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The Waipara
Valley Wineries
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Whale Watch excursion in Kaikoura
Module 2
- Trout fishing by raft 4 days/3 nights
The centre of the North Island is wild and remote with
few inhabitants. The
Rangitikei River has
carved a course through the soft limestone of this region,
creating the spectacular Mokai Gorge.
Your accommodation for the next
three nights is on the banks of the river with views ‘to die for’.
A glass of wine in the outdoor spa on the deck makes a perfect way
to end a perfect days fishing. Dinner is delivered hot to your
private cabin each evening. Breakfast ingredients are provided for
your own preparation. Picnic lunch included on day 2 and 3.
Day 1:- Travel to your cabin. Fish
for Rainbow Trout in the "evening rise pool" before
enjoying your evening meal.
Day 2:- Wander down to the river
in the morning to join your fishing guide who will take you to
remote pools rarely fished as they are hidden deep in the canyon.
The gin-clear water is perfect for “spot fishing” providing a
great chance to catch a trophy fish.
Day 3:- Fly by helicopter to the
remote head of the Rangitikei to fish at will – tonight you camp
out in a remote mountain hut and enjoy a “bush-tucker” meal
prepared on the campfire!
Day 4:- Depending on how far you need to travel today, you may
have time for an early morning fish down on the river before you
depart.
Other options nearby are:
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The
Mokai Gravity Canyon.
There are opportunities to bungee jump (with an elastic
band tied to your ankles) from the 80m bridge for $125, a giant
Swing swoops you through the canyon at 200kms per hour or
an 800 metre Flying Fox can take you up the sheer cliff
face for $90 pp for 2 people.
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Enjoy a full day rafting through the spectacular
Mokai Gorge. It was one of four rivers used for filming
the Hobbits on the River Anduin in the Lord of the
Rings’ Fellowship of the Ring. If you prefer to stop and
fish, just let your guide know.
Module 3
- Remote fishing in the Mt Aspiring National Park. 3 days/2
nights
At the northern reaches of Lake Wanaka, where east meets west, you
can try the thrilling Siberia Experience – fly into the
very heart of the Mt Aspiring National Park and hike/tramp
over the hill to the Siberia River on the first day,
fly-fish for Salmon and Trout to your hearts
content, then jet-boat back out on the last day. Wow!
This is one of New Zealand's most unpopulated regions and a
landscape that is worth experiencing, not just seeing. Snow-capped
mountains offer diverse natural attractions where glaciers, caves
and virgin native forest compete for your attention. The mountain
lakes are full of salmon, fishing in the crisp clear mountain air
is a pure delight!
Module 4
– Fishing in Fiordland 4 days/3 nights
Cruise from the southern city of
Bluff towards the uninhabited Fiordland
National Park. For the next
4 days stop where and when you like, fishing for Blue Cod
and other bottom feeding fish. Fiordland’s waters teem with a
multitude of fish species!
Discover a labyrinth of
uninhabited coastal waterways. Drift off to sleep to the sound of
silence as you overnight in sheltered and pristine fiords
untouched by mans hand.
The
Fiordland National Park
is quite simply unparalleled
to anything in this world. The awesome fiords have countless
waterfalls tumbling hundreds of metres down sheer cliffs,
mountains rising straight out of the sea, fur seals and (usually)
dolphins. These are flooded glacial valleys with sheer sided walls
that plunge hundreds of metres under water as well as above.
Other activities that can be enjoyed once you have caught your
daily limit are kayaking, swimming, dolphin watching and bush
walks. This is New Zealand at her very best!
Module 5
– Houseboat Fishing on
Lake Wanaka
If you have experience in cruising you can hire
this house-boat for your exclusive use (sleeps 10).
Wanaka
lies on a tranquil lake filled with Salmon with picture-perfect
mountains as a backdrop and it is one of my favourite places in
New Zealand!
There are several other possibilities available in the area:-
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Play golf-cross after
your visit to the Rippon winery.
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Mountain-bike along the
lakefront
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Glendhu Bay
is a sheltered and picturesque bay for postcard perfect photos
of the mountains behind. Try the swing out over the lake.
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One of the best short walks in
this country is to the Rob Roy Glacier, and its
FREE. The walk will take you up through beautiful rain forest to
a hidden valley, right up to the glacier face
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Visit the incredible Puzzling
Maze – fun for young and old!
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The NZ Fighter Pilots Museum
has a much loved collection of classic World War II fighters
plus the added attraction of a flight simulator The local ski
field at Cardrona has a chair lift open in summer - take
a leisurely walk in the mountains, or take the fast route down
on a mountain bike (hire your bikes in Wanaka.)
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Or how about joining a
horse-trek up the
Cardrona Valley on
Appaloosas?
Module 6
– Snapper Fishing on
Great Barrier Island
From Auckland, fly to the near uninhabited island of Great Barrier
Island, a pristine environment where the virgin native bush reaches down to the
waters edge. Enjoy bottom fishing for juicy Snapper from
several “secret fishing holes” around
Great Barrier
Island on board the ‘Reefrunner’ with Richard Lintot as your local guide. Later
you can trawl for Kingfish!
Your lodge is set in the secluded bush overlooking Tryphena,
with sun-drenched decks offering idyllic views of lush valleys and
their vineyard. Dinner is included – the chef will be more than
happy to prepare your catch!
Long rods are also provided for surf-casting from the rocks down
on Whangaparapara Harbour
The island has the kind of rugged,
untouched beauty that appeals to adventurers – extend your stay
and hike one of the many trails on the island, or hire a mountain
bike for the ultimate adventure. Kayaks are also available for
getting to the many remote islands and natural harbours.
This module is perfect for
combining with module 7 as you can fly directly to the Bay of
Islands from Great Barrier Island.
Module 7
– Big-game fishing,
Bay of Islands, Northland
The 46 foot Lidgard design sportfisher boat is fully equipped with
everything you need for a comfortable, enjoyable charter game
fishing vacation. Big game tackle consists of 80 lb Tiagra Reels
on Composite Developments and 30 lb Shimano set-ups, for Marlin
and Kingfish plus light snapper tackle equipment is
supplied.
All world records for Striped Marlin are held here in New
Zealand – do you dream of joining that elite list?
After visiting the Bay of Islands in the 1926 American
author and adventurer Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) wrote: "The New
Zealand coast is destined to become the most famous of all fishing
waters. It will bring the best anglers from all over the world".
In their thousands billfish swarm along this coast each year from
late December until June.
The
Bay of Islands
is an aquatic playground. You can
fish, kayak, snorkel or swim as much as you like as you cruise and
stop at many of the islands, hopefully accompanied by dolphins.
Other possibilities in the area :-
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Back on land stay at Russell,
a quaint little village which was once the capital of New
Zealand! It was also once known as the ‘hell hole of the South
Pacific’ between 1830 and 1840, when whore-houses abounded and
drunken brawls between whalers and seamen were the norm. Today
it is a much quieter place!
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Take
the ferry across to Waitangi – the birth place of our
nation. Drive north 2½ kilometres (or take the Put-Put
taxi) along the coast. The historical Waitangi Visitor Centre
and Treaty House marks the site of the original treaty
signing in 1840 between the Maori people and the
British Empire. This is the heart of New Zealand’s
historical beginnings, with audio-visual displays, an important
Marae (Maori meeting house) which is probably the most
visited by the Maori today, the beautifully restored Treaty
House and a Waka (Maori war canoe).
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Nearby are the Cavalli
Islands, famous for diving on the Rainbow Warrior
wreck, New Zealand`s most famous dive site. The Rainbow
Warrior was a Greenpeace vessel specializing in
disrupting French nuclear tests on the Pacific
atolls. The French Secret Service bombed her in 1985
while she was tied up at the wharf in
Auckland.
This ridiculous act of terrorism resulted in the death of one of
her crew, plus several others injured – something the New
Zealanders have never forgiven France for.
Module 8
– Sight-fishing for the elusive brown trout on remote
Lake Waikaremoana
Deep in Te Urewera National Park (between Rotorua and
Gisborne) you will find the rarely fished pristine waters of
Lake Waikaremoana.
Here you will find an abundance of trophy sized Brown Trout
who seem to enjoy taunting you with indifference to your skilful
efforts at flicking the fly at the end of your rod – their vision
can reach 200 metres and it is a game to them! This is not
fishing, this is hunting and stalking each individual fish.
David Dods has been hunting the elusive Brown and the sparkling
Rainbow Trout for 30 years, he is a man possessed and he can’t
wait to take you out on the lake.
On the rivers he will take
you to remote holes where the trout can be caught on dry fly or
nymphing.
The first and last night’s accommodation is in their simple Byre
B+B (a converted cowshed!), but for those who lust after a little
adventure there is also a “bush camp” on the other side of the
lake. It has a quiet melancholic quality, in part due to the mist
that hangs low over the mountains most mornings which is why the
Tuhoe Maori were called ‘the children of the mist’.
Module 9
– Kayak-fishing for salmon on mountain lakes, West Coast
Just north of Franz Joseph
Glacier on the West Coast of the South Island you will find
Lake Mapourika
- a visually stunning kettle. It is the result of a period of past
glaciation at the coastal section of the Franz Josef
glacier valley, the lake is fringed with a wonderful temperate
rainforest. The climatic conditions are such that the kayaks glide
on the water with a minimum of physical effort. Enjoy the thrill
of being pulled along by your catch!
Here the sea-run Salmon are caught by trolling with
leadline. Use a lead cored sinking line to make your lure/fly
travel close to the bottom without catching the bottom. Freedom
fish (non-guided) where and when you will, returning each evening
to your B+B.
Module 10
– Kayak-fishing for snapper, Northland
Each evening camp out on the beach and cook over the open camp
fire – bring your own food and drinks. Kayaks, fishing equipment,
guides and camping equipment are included. Transport to and from
Tutukaka is not included.
Northland's Pacific coastline has
stunning scenery which provides you with exceptional sea kayaking
and fishing in the clear subtropical waters of New Zealand's
warmest region. Great guides will take you to a range of secluded
kayak destinations from tranquil harbours and mangrove ecosystems,
to adventure kayaking on the open coast and offshore islands, with
opportunities for a wide range of associated activities. These
include snorkeling for crayfish, swimming, island walks, kayak
surfing & kayak sailing options. |
