Ingrid Earle (Australia) with her gorgeous nine pound brown

A cruising trout - note the natural on the left

Boris and Peter Brown (Australia) observing the pool

Our native whio or blue duck - a rare sight

Peter Brown (Australia) presenting a dry fly

Hans Hundhammer (Germany) unpacking his beauty

Loris Bolzoni and Fabio Cavedagna (Italy) at the Hilton

Gary Sherman (New York) with his eight pounder

Mark Robertson (Australia) with his slippery fish

Mike McClean (Texas) at a high country river on a beautiful day

Fabio Imola (Italy) with his eight pound beauty

Fabio Cavedagna from Italy with his 9 1/2 pound brown

Apres fishing Italian style on a campout

guiding fee

Our daily guiding fee for the 2011/12 season is NZ$730.00. This rate is inclusive of New Zealand's 15% Goods and Services Tax and is valid for one or two anglers.The rate includes transport, any tackle required, a delicious riverside lunch and flies but does not include your fishing licence.You can conveniently arrange and pay for your licence online before you travel at Fish and Game New Zealand.

Reservations are secured by a 25% deposit - we accept Visa and Mastercard. We can email you our bank details if you prefer to transfer funds via the internet.

Our cancellation policy: If your reservation is cancelled within 90 days of arrival there will be a charge of 25% of the total guiding tariff - within 45 days there will be a charge of 100%. Kehu guiding is a small business and cancellations affect us greatly. We will endeavour to find a replacement angler for your reserved space and if successful we will refund your deposit. We highly recommend that you take out travel insurance to protect against unexpected changes to your travel plans.

geographic location

We are situated at the northern end of New Zealand's South Island - 90km south of Nelson in the Tasman region. Our property borders the Nelson Lakes National Park. For further information about New Zealand visit New Zealand Tourism

Anglers typically fly in to Nelson airport. We can arrange airport transfers for you, either to St Arnaud (NZ$160.00 one way) or to Murchison (NZ$200.00 one way). Alternatively we are happy to assist you with rental car arrangements from Nelson airport.

For those who choose to take a flyfishing trip to another location in the South Island with their guide, all on road expenses (accommodation, food and some diesel costs) need to be paid by the angler. These costs will of course depend on the distance travelled, accommodation options etc.

accommodation

We are happy to help you arrange accommodation to suit your preference and budget - from luxury lodge to backpacker accommodation. There are several local options - so let us know what you have in mind and we can either direct you to various web sites or make these arrangements on your behalf.

We have an overnght campout fee of NZ$160.00 per person per night which covers a delicious campfire dinner, wine, beverages, breakfast and use of all camping equipment including sleeping bags.