Guiding through the Mackenzie Country - Tekapo - South Canterbury

Registered Member of the New Zealand Professional Fly Fishing Guides Association

As like most of the fly fishing guides in the New Zealand's professional fishing guides association, trout fishing was taken up at a very early age and for me, most weekends were spent with the family on the shores of Lake Ohau in the Mackenzie lakes districts South Island, fishing to cruising fish on the lake edge (great fun). Before long the art of fly fishing took a grab on me and with this an urge to explore the South Island's great back country rivers and streams was to follow.

In my early years any spare time was spent travelling to new fly fishing locations and exploring these remote rivers in the highlands and often this meant plenty of big hikes. For as long as I have known the affect that a river valley has on an angler can be somewhat overwhelming and time is easily lost as the urge to find out what pool lies ahead and on around the next bend or if that small hidden side valley has a big enough stream to hold fish, exploring these valleys is something an angler will find it hard to tire of.

I have now had over 25 years fly fishing experience and with this comes an extensive knowledge of some of the South Islands finest fly fishing, and trout fishing locations in New Zealand, and its these remote back country rivers that are the heart of our fly fishing guiding operations. We believe here at Glendeer Fly Fishing Guides that with our extensive time spent trout fishing and guiding in these hidden river valley's that we have a greater understanding and knowledge than most on all aspects of fly fishing , trout behaviour, insect/entomology, weather patterns and most important river conditions all helping to insure a rewarding fly fishing and trout fishing time for all.