The best fishing day of your life

January 12, 2015

As an angler, if you’re very lucky, there is one day that outshines all others.

One lucky couple had theirs here last week. Wayne and Vicki are from Melbourne and have just completed their fourth stay at Owen River Lodge.

They learned to fly fish here on their first visit in October 2012, so you could say they’re still climbing that steep fly fishing learning curve.

The weather for their stay was perfect; summer has finally arrived in the Murchison region and the river levels, after being high all spring, have begun to drop. The forecast for Monday 5 January predicted warm (26C/79F), sunny conditions and that was exactly what the day presented.




By any measure that Monday produced a sensational day’s fishing for Wayne and Vicki. They landed a total of seven wild browns, quite an achievement in this region.

However, the truly impressive statistics are in the sizes of the trout they caught. . . Vicki landed two browns weighing in at an impressive 6.5 lb and a stunning 8.75 lb.

Wayne had an absolute blinder of a day, landing three browns weighing 6.25 lb, 8.5 lb and 9 lb, and capping it off with a massive 11 lb wild New Zealand brown – clearly the fishing day of a lifetime.

Something tells me they may be back. . .

You can see more of their and other guest catches for this season right here

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Awards & acknowledgements

Owen River Lodge NZ: “Fly fishing at its very best”

Ph: +64 3 523 9075 Address: Owen Valley East Road, Murchison, Nelson, South Island, New Zealand

Email: fish@elevenangling.com