Reel Life

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Reel Life April 2024 - Otago

Season wrap We hope you’ve had a good season. As the seasons change, brown trout shift focus from feeding to breeding, and make their way towards spawning areas.

  • Otago
  • 26/04/2024
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Reel Life March 2024 - Otago

 Magic in the autumn air The final weeks of the main fishing season are a great time to be on the water.

  • Otago
  • 21/03/2024
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Reel Life February 2024 - Otago

Autumn, here we come Heading into autumn, cooler nights will lower water temperatures and stir up daytime fish activity.

  • Otago
  • 27/02/2024
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Reel Life January 2024

Above: Lucas Rae (right) reeled in this land-locked salmon while fishing with the family (Justine, Amelia, Kieran and Steve) on Lake Hāwea over the Christmas holidays.

  • Otago
  • 19/01/2024
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Reel Life December 2023

Above right: Visiting angler Charles Rangeley-Wilson with a brown trout caught in the lower Clutha/Mata-Au this month.

  • Otago
  • 21/12/2023
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Reel Life November 2023

ReWild yourself this summerHundreds of rivers, streams and lakes in Otago are just waiting for you this summer. Get out in nature, unwind, and reconnect.

  • Otago
  • 22/11/2023
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Reel Life October 2023

Above Right: Tim Dunn with a feisty Lake Wānaka brown caught on an olive fuzzy wuzzy.

  • Otago
  • 19/10/2023
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Reel Life September 2023

Above right: Scale up your tactics in dirty water with dark, heavily-weighted streamers or lures.   The final countdownThe wait is almost over.

  • Otago
  • 18/09/2023
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Reel Life April 2023

That’s a wrapWelcome to the final edition of Reel Life for the 2022/23 fishing season. We hope you’ve had a great season.

  • Otago
  • 19/04/2023
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Reel Life March 2023

The next few weeks offer some of the best fishing of the year. Shorter days, longer shadows and dewy mornings - the seasons are changing.

  • Otago
  • 15/03/2023
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