Accommodations: Lodge on Mataura River, or local hotels Cost: $375 US per day Dates: 1 October to 30 April Location: South Island, New Zealand Nearby Fisheries: 15 Rivers within 1 hour Phone Number: +64 3217 3687 Species: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout Website: www.fishnz.net.nz

Southland Fly Fishing Guides

Welcome to Southland - southern New Zealand's home of fly-fishing, where you will find the three key components (and many more!) to fulfilling your angling dreams - location, experience and professionalism.

Come and explore some of the most picturesque scenery in New Zealand. Our crystal clear waters, allow you to sight fish for the abundant and large brown and rainbow trout for which New Zealand is renowned.

Alan Wilson leads a team of guides with decades of experience and local knowledge of fishing, guiding and hunting in the Southland/Fiordland region. Southland Fly Fishing Guides is one of very few guiding services in New Zealand whose guides are all members of the New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association. Providing the best in location, experience and professionalism is their commitment and sharing the paradise of Southland with anglers worldwide is their pleasure. Rivers such as the Mataura, Oreti and Waiau as well as the Fiordland area are their backyard.

Enjoy the company and skills of our very experienced and professional fishing guides whose pleasure it is to share our paradise with you and give you the best New Zealand has to offer in fly fishing. Experience the comfort of one of New Zealand's exclusive fishing Lodges or the Kiwi hospitality of a country hotel or motel.