Ready to get released another two Brownies from our very special river in the middle of nowhere.

Backcountry Hut and a Happpy bunch of anglers.A million dollars views of the North Canterbury hills.

We always enjoy to see a large satisfied smile on a guest's face.Darius who travels the world to fish honoured us by his presence a couple of days and fished this fantastic river...

With Charming Creek Adventures and http://www.fishnewzealand.com/a good surprise is always around the corner

Early Birds bookings

Call us on +64 212113462 or email serge@fishnewzealand.com

before the end of August 2011.

Book 6 days for an amazing Fly Fishing Adventures and pay for 5 .

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Fish with us from Hanmer Springs to the West Coast

of New Zealand's South Island

Our friends from all over the world

Rainy Day But John is pretty Happy with a 7lbs Beauty

Sharron and a 10lbs

All fish taken by Serge's clients are photographed and realised in the best conditions possible. Call us on +64 212113462 to book your trip

What a winter,

We all Love winter, quite, white, peaceful, but can't wait to be back to summer

It started so dry that we thought we would have no winter at all.

Frosty mornings at the lowest -8 degrees.

Blue sky and sun shinning all day to the point we started to see fruit trees putting on blossom.

Two week ago the first cold spell came through and lasted a couple of days.

A foot of snow in Christchurch that is about all.

This time we got right.

Four days of snow and though it is now melting the side of the roads and streets still show how much we had.

Well according to the media, hanmer Springs is the village that got the biggest snow of all towns in New Zealand

Let's get ready for the new fly fishing season 2009.2010 in New Zealand

What a month !!!

A disaster...
Not really at least Dydimo will have been treated badly and this is great news for the coming season
August was not a month that we will keep in our memories.Or we will remember, cold weather, snow , and a lot of rain.Again should I say...
The rivers were dirty the all time and I only managed a visit to the top of the Magic Valley.
Spotting fish was out of question but casting a small hare and coper bead head nymph did reward me a couple of times.
The level water made the crossings impossible and also dangerous if attempted and consequently a lot of the smallers rivers located on the wrong side of the rivers I visited were unexplored.

My next trip will be this week end and I hope to see better waters and also how the fish went through the winter.

The two hens I caught recently were just recovering and will need more than the three weeks remaining before the opening of the season to get back to a nice shape.

The last few days with milder weather snow the last caped tops getting back to their grey color and it is a shame as we always need that bit of extra to keep the levels up.Over the next couple of weeks I will keep you posted on a more regular basis of what is the situation around Hanmer Springs , the Lewis Pass and also the West Coast .This is the region of opration for Charming Creek Adventures Fly Fishing Tours and we will keep an close eye as to where the big ones will be.Our reservations are coming in every day now so please do not delay your email to confirm your dates.You can contact us at serge@fishnewzealand.com or +64 3 21 211 3462

Nostalgia

I had a dream,

Rivers were gin clear, noisy cicadas were promising an amazing dry fly fishing session.

The fish were taking all terrestrials and seeing them coming from deep pools was just unbelievable
The sun was high in the sky and approaching the water was pumping up the adrenaline that all of us can feel by seeing a 8lbs brown trout
Well it was a dream...

The late snow fall and the last devastating" NORWESTER" bringing more rain, turned all rivers in the region in mud torrents.
The winter does not want to finish.
Also I decided that August will be the month of special missions.

In fact I decided that my program will be based on the following:

The first mission will be on the West Coast. There are three rivers I need to walk up and assess in regards to the situation with Dydimo.I have not been there for three to four years and really want to see by myself the impact of the algae.Only if the situation has improve I will be get back fishing these waters during the next season.

The second mission the river at the end of nowhere. A huge program, a big adventure that I will run by myself...I know a couple of people keen to fish it next season ...

The last but not least big "requi" on a couple of rivers at the extreme south part of the West Coast...I might a mate of mine coming along.

Well may winter ends up quickly and in the meantime if you are willing to keep warm here is an idea

http://www.fishingvideo.co.nz/

click on the link above and order yourself a set of DVD's from my friend Bruce Masson.

Email him he does the rest : delivered to your door in a couple of days.

Finally a couple of beautiful photos just to help you to wait for the coming season 2009.2010

Right:
Dave from http://www.flyfishalberta.com/

And if the winter is too long get to Alberta

Today as New Zealand is still shaking after the massive earthquake of last night, as snow covers a major part of the South island, as colder nights follow cold nights,
not an angler hasn't got the dream to get away and try his luck where the weather conditions are ideal.
Well for a long time I have been wanting to give you some great destinations for the rest of winter.
A place where you are well looked after and where you catch fish. A few years ago now I met a couple of people who came to me as clients.

We do not get a lot of these guys who are experts in their own country. Most of them believe that they know enough or do not need the local fishing guide.

But there are exceptions and generally because we share the same passion, have the same reactions when a big one is hooked, but also because we understand that it is not necessarily the guide's fault if a 10lbs is lost, yes because of all these reasons and many more 9 times out 10 we become friends, good friends, mates as we say down under, buddies as they say over there.

We have the respect of each other knowledge, we have admiration for what they know and we don't and vice versa. We cannot resist to stop the car and check a piece of water where we know there will be a fish, we cannot avoid to catch the mayfly taking off and compare with what we got in our flyboxesssss ...

We are hungry for new adventures, ready to try new techniques, the last pattern, the weirdest one even if we do not sure that it will catch a fish... I have had the privilege to meet a few of these people, I will not name them all and also because they are so humble they do not want me to talk about them.

But in this case, because I know them a bit more, owe them a lot more, and certainly do not have any problem to say they are my friends, I would like to recommend to your very best attention a place where life is good , where people are amazing, where fish are in numbers, grow big, and everyday offers an amazing adventure of fly fishing. http://www.flyfishalberta.com/

Dave and Amelia Jensen will welcome you and their experience of many years will take you away from the crowded places and will allow you to discover the beauty of Alberta but most importantly will give you the opportunity to access to some amazing rivers and lakes where fly fishing is at its very best. The two following videos will show you what to expect.


http://www.vimeo.com/5327776.vimeo.com/5327776

http://www.vimeo.com/2217460

Get in touch with them, you do not need to recommend yourself from anybody.

Get there and enjoy.

The new season is coming fast and make sure you will not miss October 1st, 2009 and some new fly fishing adventures with Charming Creek Adventures .Call us a prebook your days at +64 21 211 3462 or email serge@fishnewzealand.com