Guide Books - Where to Fish in New Zealand

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Reed New Zealand; Revised Ed edition (November 30, 2002)
• ISBN: 079000495X

An excellent guide to the lakes and rivers of the South Island of New Zealand./ Just about every location imaginable is covered with a general paragraph detailing suggested flies to use and access locations. The perfect book for travelling about fishing as you go. This is our biggest selling book and is highly recommended for visitors to the South Island. - Mike

"This book is designed to help those anglers who enjoy exploring and fishing new waters. In this comprehensive guide to the South Island’s incomparable trout fishing waters, more than 270 rivers and 95 lakes are described, along with their location, access, fishing season and appropriate techniques and flies. The South Island of New Zealand has a wide diversity in landforms and climate which is reflected in its waterways. There are sluggish, rain and swamp fed streams meandering across farmland, clear rushing mountain torrents shaded by dense native bush, unstable glacier-fed rivers, cold spring streams and natural and artificial lakes. Yet nearly all these waterways contain trout, and with the many rivers and lakes exhibiting such widely differing characteristics, the South Island is truly an angler’s paradise."

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• Paperback: 284 pages
• Publisher: Reed New Zealand; 3rd Ed edition (November 30, 2000)
• ISBN: 0790007371

Companion volume to the South Island guide, same format and just as useful. - Mike

"This practical handbook provides accurate up-to-date information on trout fishing in the North Island of New Zealand. It is directed towards local anglers and the ever increasing numbers of overseas enthusiasts attracted by New Zealand’s unsurpassed fishing waters.
The world famous Taupo and Rotorua areas are described in detail, and this new edition covers the changes since the dramatic flooding in 1998. Many lesser-known, more remote but equally rewarding backcountry waters are also described. In fact, more than 300 streams and 60 lakes are covered.

John Kent, author of the successful companion volume, the South Island Trout Fishing Guide, as well as New Zealand’s Top Trout Fishing Waters and Up The Creek, draws on over 50 years trout fishing experience, and a life long enthusiasm for New Zealand’s back country fishing areas to provide an unparalleled guide for local and visiting anglers alike."

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• Paperback: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 8.94 x 5.92
• Publisher: Reed Publishing (NZ); Rev&Updtd edition (January 1, 2004)
• ISBN: 0811731472

A combination of the two previous volumes, less detail and less waters are covered but includes very usefull general information sections about New Zealand and fishing here in general. - Mike

Where to go to find the best trout in New Zealand? For local and visiting anglers alike, the wide range of waters available can make the choice a difficult one. But New Zealand's Top Trout Fishing Waters has the answers.
Packed full of up-to-date information about access, seasons, and bag limits. This book introduces the best of New Zealand's trout waters. To simplify the angler’s itinerary, the authors have grouped fishing spots by region so that a range of rivers and lakes can be reached by a central location. Also included is information about fishing guides and tackle shops, and local attractions for non-fishing days.

John Kent is the best-selling author of the North and South Island Trout Fishing Guides and has over 48 years trout fishing experience. Patti Magnano Madsen is a certified flycasting instructor and demonstration fly tier. They divide their time between Montana, USA and New Zealand.

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• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Reed Publishing (NZ); Rev&Updtd edition (January 1, 2004)
• ISBN: 0811731472

As opposed to John Kent’s General approach of covering every piece of fishing water in the South Island Tony just covers a range of selected waters but it great detail. Detailed maps show access points and recommendations are given as to flies and approach to the water. This is an excellent book to plan your Itinerary before arriving to fish. - Mike

Discover the challenge of the South Island’s large wild brown trout and rainbows with this comprehensive guide book. This updated edition includes new chapters on Golden Bay and Trans-alpine trout and offers anglers the key to finding and fishing more than 400 fishing spots on over 100 rivers and lakes, covering some of the best trout waters in the South Island.
All are described in the kind of detail an angler needs: how to get there and all the access points, flyfishing and spin fishing techniques for that particular spot, the best times to fish and the best flies to fish with. Guide, Tony Busch is able to give all the tips and tactics needed to create a memorable fishing experience on rivers famous the world over for their sport and the waters less known but just as special, harbouring the kind of trout anglers dream about!

Tony Busch has lived most of his life in the South Island. Between 1965 and 1989 he owned a Nelson sports shop with an emphasis on tramping and fishing. Tony has been a professional trout fishing guide since the mid 1970’s

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