Wellington Flyfishers Club

Fly of the month: Scotch Poacher 🦨🟠🪝

*Fly tying Scotch Poachers tonight Monday 17 August at 7.30pm* at the Tararua Tramping Club, 4 Moncrief Street, Mount Victoria, Wellington (access through side door on north side of building in the downstairs locker room).

An excellent Taupo lure.🎣

Essential for fishing the river mouths on dark winter evenings and into the night. Use it either on its own or as a double rig with a lumo.

Fish on or near the bottom with a sink tip or sinking lines.

Members welcome. 😀

Flytying kindly sponsored by FishScene Ltd

🎏 Rain, Rods and Reels: Our First Open Day of 2026! 🎏

It was a cold, wet Sunday morning that greeted us for the first Open Day of the 2026 season at the Capital Trout Pond — and it absolutely teemed with rain 🌧🌧🌧 right through until early afternoon. But that didn't stop the keen anglers of Wellington!

Around 65 children and their families braved the weather to try their luck at catching a trout. 🎣 Some were seasoned regulars who've been coming to our Open Days for years, while for many others it was their very first taste of trout fishing.
And the effort paid off — everyone caught a fish!🎣 The quota was two per angler 🐟🐟, with fish ranging in size from a tiddler at 180gm up to a hefty 370gm. Our young fishers ranged just as widely, from age 2 right through to 11 — proof that trout fishing really is for everyone.

🙏 A huge thank you to all the families for your generosity today.
💰💵🪙 Every donation goes straight back into running the pond — whether that's fish food, keeping the water pump maintained, or helping fund our annual clean-up.

🎏 See you all at the next Open Day on 4th October!

🚩 Remember — you'll need to register for your one-day licence beforehand, available from either Hunting and Fishing in Petone, or Capital Fishing on Ghuznee St (open Tuesday to Saturday). Registration opens two weeks beforehand. 🚩

💙🎣 Take your child trout fishing 💙🎣

Where: Capital Trout Centre (Landfill Road, Owhiro Bay, Wellington)

When: Sunday 9 August 2026

A fishing experience for children aged 2 to 11 years.

🚩You must have a Capital Trout Centre licence/registration🚩

FREE licences/registration forms will be available from 28th July 2026 from:
• Capital Fishing, 49 Ghuznee Street (off Cuba Mall) or
• Hutt Valley Hunting & Fishing, 8 Te Puni Street, Petone

✨️The Capital Trout Centre and these events are run by volunteers from the Wellington Flyfishers Club and is funded by your donations.✨️

🙏🪙 💵 Your donation is appreciated thanks 🪙 💵 🙏

For further information, contact Strato Cotsilinis (04) 386 3740.

🎣 Monthly Club Meeting - Monday 3 August 2026🎣

We invite you to join us on Monday evening, August 3rd, for a presentation by Club member Andrew Morrow, who will share his experiences of Alaskan fly fishing adventures. 🇺🇸 🛩🎣

Andrew will detail his fishing expeditions via floatplane targeting the robust salmon runs of the Kenai River and his exploration of Alaska's diverse fish species, including salmon, grayling, Arctic char, and Dolly Varden.

This promises to be a highly engaging and informative presentation.

All welcome.😊

🚩 Monday 3rd August 7.30pm
Tararua Tramping Club rooms - 4 Moncrieff St, Mount Victoria, Wellington.

Report: Flytying Night July 2026

A very good turnout of budding flytiers attended the latest flytying night, where tying the Orange Rabbit fly was on the menu. 🟠🐇

With the help of some of the senior flytiers, over 30 examples of this popular Taupo downstream river fly were tied.

Ross was also there with the new flytying materials used to tie the recently popular Slushie Egg flies and a number of those present tried their hand at tying this fly. Two of the best tiers on the night were Leo and Moritz, two young lads who have a promising future.

Next months’ Scotch Poacher will continue the popular Taupo flies during this winter period.

🎏 Capital Trout Centre Working Bee 🪣🫧

A hard working team were at the Capital Trout Centre last weekend.💪🧹🫧🪣🧼

The front pond was empty of water and much of the sludge was dug out using many wheelbarrow loads.🚜

Hedges were trimmed, weeds pulled, signs painted, paths cleared, seats cleaned and lawns mowed.🌿☘️🌱🍀

The team was grateful to be fueled by sausages, onions, cheese muffins, afghans and cups of tea.🌭🍞🫓☕️☕️☕️

We now look forward to the upcoming trout delivery. 🚚 🐟🐟🐟

🟠🐇Flytying tonight - Fly of the month: Orange Rabbit 🟠🐇

When: tonight Monday 20 July at 7.30pm
Where: Tararua Tramping Club, 4 Moncrief Street, Mount Victoria (access through side door on north side of building in the downstairs locker room).

🟠🐇Fly of the month: The Orange Rabbit 🟠🐰

Some lures are essential for the central Plateau. Along with Red Setter, Craig’s Night Time, Smelt, Woolly Bu**er and Glow Bug the Orange Rabbit completes the basic selection. An easy pattern to tie that works particularly well in Taupo’s rivers.

Members welcome.

Flytying kindly sponsored by FishScene Ltd

❓️💡Report: Wellington Flyfishers Club Inaugural Quiz Night💡❓️

Despite terrible weather 🌧 23 members attended the inaugural quiz night and were well rewarded.

Well presented questions prepared by Susi Lang were supplemented by delicious food platters and drinks prepared by Julia, Carmen and Athena. 🧀🥕🥜🥒🧇🧈🥤☕️

Susi had obviously put a great deal of effort into preparing for the night and from the reactions of those present, it could be an annual event.

Some of the quiz categories included trout and flyfishing general knowledge, trout anatomy, biology, insects and food sources, flies, casting, flyfishing equipment etc.

Four teams ( Brown, Rainbow, Lake and Brook trout) recorded their answers to the questions which were read out by Susi and shown on the screen and then each team’s score card was marked by one of the adjoining teams.

The scores were close but team Brook Trout won with a convincing margin. Congrats to Jarek Jurasz, Greg Squire, Rob Gourdie and Peter Jones 🏆🏆🏆🏆 who won not only the title and glory of winners of the inaugural WFC Quiz night, but also a chocolate fish and a beautifully crafted resin coaster with an inlaid fly created by Strato.

🎫Julia had also prepared a fish-themed food basket 🐟🧺 which was raffled and happily won by Greg Squire. 👏

Overall an excellent night. 👌🎉

🎣 ❓️Monthly Club Meeting - Quiz Night Monday 6 July 2026🎣❓️

🎉 Join us for the inaugural Mid-Winter Wellington Fly Fishing Club Quiz Night! 🎉

Test your knowledge on all things trout and flyfishing. Enjoy a fun evening of trivia and knowledge, laughs, and friendly competition. Join a team on the night and see if you can reel in the big win! 🎣🏆

🎟 🎫 Raffle tickets available to win a fantastic basket of goodies. 🧺

All welcome.😊

🚩 Monday 1 June 7.30pm
Tararua Tramping Club rooms - 4 Moncrieff St, Mount Victoria, Wellington.