Trout Flies in New Zealand

Heinemann Reed, reprint 1989.

This comprehensive guide to New Zealand trout flies is a handy, informative reference book detailing every artificial fly of note in the country. Its wide coverage of the full variety of lures and flies available in New Zealand has made it of immense value to anglers. This comprehensive guide to New Zealand trout flies is a handy, informative reference book detailing every artificial fly of note in the country. Its wide coverage of the full variety of lures and flies available in New Zealand has made it of immense value to anglers since it was first published in 1971. After a fascinating chapter on entomology for the angler, Keith Draper lists first of all Taupo and Canterbury lures, then wet and dry flies, and finally nymphs. Whenever possible the origin of the fly is given, along with the name of its designer and its natural the item on the trout s menu that first inspired it. The author is a professional fly-tier whose angling experiences cover the whole of New Zealand. His Taupo-based company distributes hundreds of thousands of trout flies in New Zealand and abroad. Keith Draper was also one of the country s best known angling writers, his books including the authoritative Angling in New Zealand. AII fly fisherman and fly tiers in New Zealand will be familiar with the writings of Keith Draper. Born in Hastings in 1932, he lived much of his life in Taupo. Keith grew up on the rivers of the Hawkes Bay, mainly fishing the Tukituki. Tying flies even as a boy, he later turned his hobby into a successful business becoming the managing director of a Taupo-based wholesale manufacturing company.