What fish are in the Mataura river?

brown trout
The Mataura, popular with anglers, is internationally-renowned for its brown trout fishery. The WCO was passed in 1997 in recognition of “outstanding fisheries and angling amenity features”. Brown trout and the occasional salmon. The Mataura is the second largest river in the region.

What flies to use on the Crooked river?

The river also has leeches and sculpin and the fish will go after them, especially in the winter during low-flows when the fish pool up. Our favorite flies include little Pheasant Tail, Winker’s Midge, Zebra Midge, Tailwater Tiny, Split-Wing PMD all in #18-22.

Is the Mataura River a good place to fly fish?

The Mataura river has a reputation by anglers worldwide as one of the top dry fly wild brown trout rivers. If your dream is to catch a wild brown on the Mataura and or explore other fishing waters in the Southland region including streams, rivers and lakes, then contact me to arrange your adventure.

How did my connection to the Mataura River start?

While my connection with the Mataura was formed during childhood, it has been fishing — fly fishing in particular — that’s kept me close to the river over the ensuing decades.

Are there stonefly hatches in the Mataura River?

The Mataura River offers strong mayfly, caddis and midge hatches and its headwater tributaries, like the Waikaia, can offer sporadic stonefly hatches in spring. Its lush invertebrate life inspired Norman Marsh’s Trout Stream Insects of New Zealand, still the finest book of its kind in our angling literature.

Where is the Mataura River in New Zealand?

Brown trout and the occasional salmon. The Mataura is the second largest river in the region. It begins south of Lake Wakatipu, travels south-east to Gore, then turns south again before emptying into Toestoes Bay at Fortrose, near Invercargill.

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