If you're looking for the best wilderness fly fishing New Zealand experience, then the West Coast is the place to do it. Aspiring Fly Fishing offers guided fly fishing trips in the South Westland and West Coast regions.

Client holding a trophy brown trout from the Cascade river in the Haast region South Westland of the South Island of New Zealand.

Turbull river in the Haast region of South Westland.

Cascade river Haast region South Westland of New Zealand.

Trophy brown trout from the Eglington river.

Trophy brown trout from the Haast river,South Westland region.

Trophy brown trout from the South Westland region of New Zealand.

South Westland and Haast are renowned for Pounamu (greenstone) gathering, gold mining, forestry, farming, deer hunting, white baiting, and fly fishing. Many rivers are accessed by foot, but if you want to get into out of the way fly fishing locations, then flying in by helicopter is the way to go. Overnight guided trips are an option that Aspiring Fly Fishing offers on these trips to explore the rivers and streams on the West Coast, but not for the faint-hearted as the sandflies can be fierce, to say the least. Aspiring Fly Fishing's guided trips on the West Coast are New Zealand trout fishing at its best!

The climate is wet at times, with over 3000mm of rain each year falling! Summers can be settled with long spells of hot weather, resulting in some excellent cicada fishing. At times the river valleys can be deafening with these large, clumsy insects buzzing around and crash landing into the water, triggering big fish to rise to the surface and gently sip them down or completely smash them!

Contact Paul to book your New Zealand trout fishing adventure now!