Strike Adventure® New Zealand

Two of New Zealand's most experienced guides, Tony Entwistle and Zane Mirfin, lead a premium trout fishing service that caters to novice and seasoned anglers alike.

The strike Adventure® team provides a range of memorable premium guided angling adventures in great locations. Or you can master the arts of fly casting and fly fishing at the strike Adventure® fishing clinics.

strike Adventure® is based at Richmond in the Nelson region of the South Island.

PO Box 1619

Nelson 7040

Ph +64 3 541 0020

Fax: +64 3 541 0024

Mobiles:

Zane Mirfin 027 473 3192

Tony Entwistle 027 473 2483

strike Adventure® offers the best fishing access in the north of the South Island. It is the only guiding company to hold all the recreation permits and concessions to fish public lands. Plus extensive connections and solid relationships with local landowners means strike Adventure® has access to a huge number of private properties.

The major catchments they fish include the:

Buller

Motueka

Wairau

Pelorus

Karamea

Mohikinui

Grey

Waiau

The strike Adventure® team is led by renowned fly fishing guides and authors Tony Entwistle and Zane Mirfin.

Tony Entwistle, BA, Dip. Tchng.

• Guiding in the Nelson area since 1980 and responsible for putting the South Island on the international fishing map
• Life member and past president of the New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association and currently sits an elected member of the Executive
• Member of the NZ Fly Fishing Team between 1987 and 1992
• Awarded the Fish & Game Gold Medal Excellence award for his contributions to and promotion of sport fishing in New Zealand in in November 2006.
• Prominent in the fishing media including videos, books and magazines

Zane Mirfin, B.Sc, MA

• Guiding in the Nelson region since 1985
• Co-author of Brown Trout Heaven – Fly Fishing New Zealand’s South Island
• Regular contributor of fishing and shooting articles to magazines and winner of the SPARC Award for Recreation/Adventure/Lifestyle Reporting at the National Journalism Awards in 2004.
• One of New Zealand’s leading trout fishing photographers and senior photographer for Fish & Game NZ magazine
• Co-founder of the political party Outdoor Recreation NZ
• Member of the New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides Association (NZPFGA)
• His Master's thesis, Trout Fishing in Nelson – Management of a Recreational Resource was a seminal document on the region’s fisheries.
• International guiding experience in Colarado, USA

Strike Adventure® offers a range of premium angling adventures.

Use the table below to compare and choose the angling adventure that suits you best. Note that all adventures and itineraries can be customised to meet your needs or timetable.

Each premium angling adventure:

• Includes guiding fees, permits, overnight accommodation, tackle, cool drinks, streamside lunches, transport and transfers from the starting point (usually strike Adventure®'s home base in Richmond).
• Includes all include camping equipment, camping fees and food when camping out overnight
• May or may not include all meals and helicopter charter fees depending on the adventure chosen.
• Excludes fishing licenses (please purchase before the trip)
• Excludes flies and lures. (However your guide will always have backup and won't see you short when something special is needed. Flies and lures can be purchased from strike Adventure®.)
• Maximises your safety: guides are first-aid and helicopter -safety trained; and satellite phone and epirbs are taken on wilderness trips
• Gear hire is available for anglers making casual bookings or arranging a personal itinerary

Customise a trip to suit with strike Adventure® guides.

• Evening classes: 7.00 - 10.00 pm
• Fly casting morning: 9.00am - 12 noon
• Limit of 8 students
• $120pp ($90 for a child accompanied by a participating adult)

• One day practical river fishing clinic suitable for anglers with intermediate or better casting skills
• Departs from Richmond, Nelson
• NZD$165.00 pp

• An advanced three day practical angling field trip where you can advance your fly fishing skills
• Suitable for anglers with intermediate or better casting skills
• Spend quality time on the water with talented instructors and professional guides.
• Runs early each season in October or November.
• Based in Murchison with accommodation at KiwiPark Motels
• NZD$730.00 per person

• Private fishing tuition to suit your needs
• Fast-track the learning process with one-on-one tuition with a member of strike Adventure's expert guiding team.
• Dates arranged to suit
• $50 an hour with a minimum 2 hours, or request a quote

• Please book with strike Adventure® well in advance if possible and make sure you advise your gear hire requirements
• Email strike Adventures® or download and print booking forms from the strike Adventures® website
• A deposit is required to confirm any final booking.
• All prices are quoted in New Zealand dollars and include statutory Goods and Service Tax (GST) of 12.5%
• A full itinerary is provided when your booking is confirmed

• Anglers will be supplied with a deposit invoice for guiding fees:
  - For strike Adventure® Premium Angling Adventures others services may be included in the package price.
  - Otherwise the invoice is for guiding fees only and does not apply to any additional costs incurred
• Strike Adventure® undertakes to hold any fishing dates specified in the deposit invoice for 10 days from the invoice date, pending payment of the deposit.
• Deposits are charged as follows:
  For premium angling adventures: 33% of the package price.
  For casual guiding bookings or customised itineraries:
  1 day guiding: 100% of guiding fees.
  2 days guiding: 50% of guiding fees.
  3 days or more guiding: 33% of anticipated guiding fees.
• Full payment including any additional fees and expenses incurred by the angler are charged at the completion of the trip