Thread: Fly fishing Canterbury

Been way too slack on fly fishing for the past 4-5 yrs and probably need some one keen to get me started again . Anyone on here keen on the odd fish up in the local high country lakes ?.

Hell yeah but bit far away for me Keep us posted on results.

Originally Posted by Dundee

Hell yeah but bit far away for me Keep us posted on results.

Be more than a box of beer needed for the drive home

i used to do OK at Harts Creek (flows into Ellesmere) with floating line and a Mrs Simpson lure

Originally Posted by mikee

i used to do OK at Harts Creek (flows into Ellesmere) with floating line and a Mrs Simpson lure

Last time I looked Harts was nearly dry. Neat spot but that was a long time ago.

Originally Posted by mikee

i used to do OK at Harts Creek (flows into Ellesmere) with floating line and a Mrs Simpson lure

Never fished harts but theres massive fish in all those creeks it seems . My mate got a 13 +lb trout a coulple of years back on a thread line, on a stream that comes off the lake . His old man is a retired fly fishing guide and fished all the great rivers ,caught thousands of fish ,mates fish was biggest by far .

SF 11-year-old makes fly-casting history - Tom Stienstra's Outdoors Though this was a cool story

I only ever used to fish the last mile or 2 to where it runs into the lake. Anything over 10lb was exciting to play in a wee creek.
I grew up in Leeston until we moved to Ashburton a long long time ago but still would drive back to fish the creek.
When I was llittle we had a family batch at the Upper Selwyn Huts, I wish we (the family) still owned it