Murphy’s Lodge Motu – Fishing Waters

FISHING WATERS

All rivers in NZ are Nymph waters - not all are dry fly waters

Not only is Murphy’s Lodge attractive for the world class dry fly and sighted large brown trout fishing at its door, it is also within easy driving distance of many miles of among N Z’s best quality fishing rivers for both dry fly and nymph presentation. As well as three other brown trout only rivers there are also five rainbow trout locations in the area. The latter are all top producers with one, the Ruakituri, having the largest river resident Rainbow trout in NZ. It also contains large browns.

Every season it producers trophy trout. This area being a remote part of NZ is away from the crowds and main tourism routes. The fish are not small, every season both brown and rainbow of double figures are landed. The true average is three and half pounds Many of the tributaries of these rainbow and trout rivers are small secluded streams running through private farms and sheep stations which as local residents we can access through the farm tracks with four-wheel drive vehicles.

Typical Nymph waters

Small waters big trout

Classic dry fly waters

This district has a closed season on all rivers, which allows the trout to reproduce undisturbed. Trout licences are available from either the lodge or the guides. The single biggest factor influencing your trip to NZ is the weather!

Our area is fortunate to have the most eastern trout rivers in NZ, in fact the world, and Gisborne the Chardonnay wine capital of NZ has the most settled weather in country. Wind is not normally a factor at Motu. We did not suffer from the serious flooding that occurred in New Zealand this summer (2004)