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Price, Terms and Conditions

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Prices
Summer Fishing Season (1 October to 30 April) NZ$ 630 for a day's guided fishing for one angler and NZ$ 655 for two anglers. Also includes free transport by car, picnic lunch and equipment if required.

Winter Fishing Season NZ$ 400. This is for the fisherman visiting between the 1 May and 30 September.

Over Night Stay: NZ$100. Camp out rate is charged per person per night for food and all equipment.

Note: Anglers are required to hold a current fishing licence while fishing with us.

Cancellation Policy
Adverse weather conditions may dictate a change in venue and guide. If this occurs, we will ensure that alternative quality fishing locations and guides are chosen.

Adventure Booking Form
To supply you with the best possible custom-made service, please answer as many of the questions listed below as you can. You can do this two ways:

By filling in this form online and then clicking the send button at the end of the booking form or
By printing this form and fax or mail your wishes to us. Our contact details can be found at the bottom of this page.

Thank you very much for taking the time to fill in this form.

Your Contact Details:
(Note - Items in green are required)

Contact Name:

No in Party:

We work on a ratio of one guide to no more than two anglers. Any more anglers and you are not going to receive the attention you need and deserve. More than two anglers requires the assistance of a second guide.

Your Address:

City:

State/Province:

Country:

Phone:

Facsimile:

Note: Please include country code and area code in phone and fax numbers.

EMail:

Dates:

Start Date Required:

No of Days:

To avoid disappointment, please contact us as soon as possible with your preferred dates. We will reply promptly to confirm your booking. If the dates are not suitable we will offer the best alternatives we can.

Overnight Stay:

Overnight near River:

An over night stay close to the chosen fishing water can greatly improve your chances, due to the possibility of fishing the evening rise and being on the water first thing in the morning. Over night stays maximise your fishing time and minimise your travel time, but are usually only relevant for fishing trips of two or more days.

If Yes, What Accommodation?:

Sleeping Bags Required?:

If Yes, How Many?:

Fish Species and Access:

Fish Species:

Access By:

Would You Like To Be Here?

Car (4WD) is our standard way to get to our fishing waters and is included in the price.

Walking access is usually for the fit and adventurous fishing person. Often very good river stretches can be accessed after only one to two hours walking. The fishing can be almost as good as in some of the very remote rivers only accessible by helicopter. These "off the beaten track" trips are usually over two or more days combined with over night stays to maximize the fishing time.

Helicopter fishing has become a bit of a boutique niche. Without a doubt the fishing in rivers, almost only accessible by helicopter, can be as good as fishing can get. These unmodified ecosystems may contain higher numbers of visible and more naive fish. Expect to pay an extra NZ$ 750-1500 for the treat. If money is no issue jump at it! However you may consider that hiring a guide for an extra day instead is money well spent. In two days you may well come across just as many fish, learn more and have more time to take it all in.

Fishing Distance:

Usually while fishing our rivers a fair amount of walking is involved. This can be varied to suit the client's fitness levels and fishing requirements. The minimum distance walked on any full day will be 2 km (1.25 miles), but more likely twice as much. The further you go, the more fish that you come across! Please let us know what the maximum distance would be you could comfortably cope with in a day.

Your Needs:

Special Dietary
Requirements:

Any Medical Conditions
We Need To Know About?

Accommodation Needed?:

Standard of Accommodation:

Other Needs or Comments:

Fishing Choice:

Fishing Package:

Beginner's Package If you want to experience the KIWI fishing, but have never fished before, this is for you. Beginner's package comprises personal tuition and introduction into the different ways of catching trout, plus field practice. They are usually held at locations with a high number of smaller fish. All equipment is included.

Spin Fishing Spin fishing usually accounts for high numbers of fish caught and is mostly done by blind fishing.

Fly & Spin Fishing Combination Ideal for the person that is not a totally competent fly-fisherman, but wants to get the most out of the waters being fished. This gives you a good fishing variety right through the day. Water such as very deep pools that are difficult to fish by fly can be reached with a spinning rig, sometimes resulting in very big fish being caught.

Fly-Fishing The ultimate fishing experience for the true fly-fisherman. Only the best waters have been set aside for the purist!
Note: Brown Trout are the main species on the South Island and a fair degree of skill is involved in their capture. The angler needs to possess some level of experience to be successful. If you are fly-fishing with us your chances will be better if you have a basic understanding of fly-casting. You are not expected to be able to cast a fly great distances, as most casting will be within 15 meters, but you will need to be accurate to within 1 meter.

Eel Fishing: Bait or fly fishing for your biggest eel ever!

Equipment Needed?:

If Yes, Details?

Fish Numbers and Size:

Do you want to catch a fish like this?

That's fishing in New Zealand. The more fish in a system, the smaller they are and vise versa. We do not like to make predictions for future results, but to give you an indication we have averaged past performances in our Brown Trout locations. On an average day we generally come across, but not necessarily catch 25+ fish for the very high fish number locations and 15+ fish for the high number locations.

Spotting The Fish:

Are you interested to spot some of the fish before trying to catch them? Note that this kind of fishing is mainly practised on rivers with a high or medium fish population.

Payment Details:

A non-refundable NZ$130 per guiding day is required to fully confirm your booking.
This payment can be made by postal money transfer, bank draft or by sending us a bank cheque. You can also pay with a credit card by supplying us with your card details via fax or mail.

Method of Payment:

If Paying by Credit Card:

We need the Amount you wish to pay in NZ$, the Card Type (Visa or MasterCard), the Name on the card, the Expiry Date and the Card Number.

Credit Card Details Supplied:

(See postal or fax details below)

The payment of the balance can be made in advance or on the fishing day, either by cash, traveller's cheques, bank cheque or credit card (VISA or MasterCard).

Where do fish sleep? In a riverbed

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Enquiries to: Mobile: 021 211 3462 Phone: 03 315 7668 / 03 782 1889 Fax: 03 315 7668 Email: serge@fishnewzealand.com