The Fishing

Fiordland offers unsurpassed opportunities for real wilderness trophy trout fishing. Its wilderness rivers, such as the Glaisnock, Worsley and Clinton, are ideally suited to sight fishing and stalking. This is the preferred method of fishing, with both dry fly and nymph being equally successful.

Most of the wilderness rivers are west of the major lakes in Fiordland and are accessible only by boat. The reward however, is unspoilt, crystal clear waters holding good stocks of trophy brown and rainbow trout. The fish in these waters average 3 to 6lbs., with occasional specimens of up to 12lbs.

Ample opportunities exists for spin fishing too. There are more than twenty rivers within a short drive or boat trip of Te Anau.