Fly Fishing New Zealand's South Island

If you’re planning to head to New Zealand on a bucket list expedition, read this starter from our friends at Isolation Outfitters.

Where to Fish

The wild backcountry rivers and clear streams flowing through the South Island regions of Central Otago, Southland, Westland, Marlborough, the West Coast and Canterbury regions provide a lifetime of dream destinations for the pursuit of healthy and large Brown and Rainbow Trout.

If you’re planning to head to New Zealand on a bucket list expedition, or have visited before but not achieved what you came here for, consider contacting one of the inbound travel operators such as Isolation Outfitters to discuss one of their tailored New Zealand Expedition Fly Fishing adventures.

This provides an alternative option to simply booking the same few highly respectable lodges (at approximately NZD$6,000-$7,000 per week) that many visiting anglers have done before. Working with an outfitter could mean using some of that budget for a helicopter fly-in and camp out option, plus get you into water that may be less heavily guided.