The home of Stu's Superior Flies. Too delicious for fish to resist. Been fly-fishing for years, but getting too many tangles? Or just want to get better?
Fly Fishing , fly casting, fly tying and fly design is the driving force behind my visions and goals in life. From the age of 9 years I was attending and winning fishing competitions and learned many of my skills from my grandfather who was a local champion angler. The world of fly fishing and the whole community that surrounds it, is a fascinating one and includes some of the nicest most passio
nate people in the world. I'm always striving to offer the best service, fly fishing equipment and pass on my extensive knowledge to my clients and students. In 2007 I traveled to the USA , sat and passed the world biggest fly casting teaching test, became one of under a hundred people in the world to pass my IFFF Master casting instructor test and become the first Master casting instructor in Australasia. For many years I have established and own NZ fly fishing school Ltd and also teach private casting lessons for beginners and advanced.Mataura river and the Oreti river system . People come from all over the world to visit or be taught the art of fly casting and fishing from Stu and have fun doing so and try and catch the NZ brown trout and Rainbow trout. There are plenty of NZ fishing lodges near by for accommodation and also other activities ,like the round the mountain cycle trail.Tourists and locals frequently the shop or online to buy Stu’s special unique NZ fishing flies from my small boutique New Zealand fly company called Stu’s Superior Flies Ltd. The Fly shop is also filled with fly fishing rods , fly reels, fly fishing lines,tippet and leaders from brands such as Sage, Scott, Lamson , Airflow and Rio . It is a dynamic NZ fly shop and is known through out the world as the the Home of fly fishing in NZ. Have a look round the web site, check out the fly designs, the guiding and NZ Fly Fishing School packages and be entertained with the photos in the fishing gallery and the amazing fly fishing film clips and feel the passion. Thank you for visiting, Cheers
Visit one of 30 lakes and rivers, all within an hour’s drive of the shop. We can arrange:
- Backcountry Fly Fishing Road Trips, where you stay in an historic cottage or camp out.
- Helicopter Guiding and water taxis for an unforgettable experience
- One or multiple-day NZ Fly Fishing Schools: learn the basics about equipment, trout and their feeding habits, trout entomology (food), trout flies, tackle, equipment, leaders and their construction, basic knots and casting. Learn how to double haul for distance, reach cast and wiggle cast. Get ahead of the game with some professional advice from Stu! We have a range of multi-day guiding packages, road trips and camping out options, which can depart from Queenstown. Visit our website www.stusflyshop.com for more details
13/08/2026
For nearly 2 decades, I never sit. Due to the annoying to say the least , 24 hr chronic pain from my spine , so always have to lay down especially after a hard long day at work. At times one has to sleep hanging off my specially home built high bed , hanging like a bent banana 🍌, seeking any relief, due to this Trigger the smart cookie, treats my hanging feet like my hands and places her blanket on my feet to play tug of war, doggo’s are so dam smart. Doing this, also works for both of us as a work out 🏋️ 🐶😳😂
06/08/2026
Roast Jack & Sprouts ! - As one gets older , no longer is a blanket or nice little dog bed placed kindly close to the fire, good enough , after 13 years it’s time for one to get under the fire - 😂🔥 bless 🐶
05/08/2026
Snow is falling at our luxury fun design hub- that may be changing hands? 🖐️ 🖐️ or not 🐶👍
28/07/2026
With some recycled copper we got gifted ours from a lovely neighbours old water tank, or use anything you to can pimp up anything , we sprayed the gate bolts black - for more hopeful visual , sexy appeal - Triggers idea!
26/07/2026
Some age old antler in the wood shed inspiration, from us to you. if yer ever bored. As , If we can do it anyone can 👍Grab something laying around and get the paint out - happy pimping.
19/07/2026
Here’s a photo regarding the last post we made - an old online photo of the Bionic Bug from when we owned the Or****ic fly shop and web site ( you would not believe the photos of flies we have had to take and re take over the years) - maybe we will reopen our fly shop as we rekindle and as always keep moving forward - wow ! ! 😳
19/07/2026
The History of fly fishing in fifty flies by Ian whitelaw - which stars Our world Famous Bionic Bug a fly that helped start the foam fly tying revolution , a few donks ago, well he’s doing another book and this time featuring the tying of all the famous flies - and so our Bionic Bug will be back out in print in another of Ian whitelaw’s books who’s an author in the USA - could not access my tying sheets while being overseas so had to quickly write this up, while stuck in a room with no bloody view. Best I get up and get the fan going 😂👍🐶
18/07/2026
Pimping up the faxes etc outside our office / come creative work space , despite being designed and thought out to be as maintenance free , in our natural ! - unnatural vast garden there’s always s**t aka work - to do , things grow and die 😮💨🐶
14/07/2026
Last order going out - for a wee while - sending out more orders later on when we’re back in NZ , thanx ya all.
11/07/2026
Attention ! Our wonderful supporters 👍 letting you all kindly know - who don’t already via our news letters , that it’s Last few days by this Monday to make your orders , before we have no choice and press pause for a few months and any orders after yes this Monday will be sent out mid Nov . So fresh or salt get your fly and book and cap orders in now like today or night ! We Can’t do it without you all , only decades of love from us to you all 🐶⛺️ woof woof , splash, see ya in late Nov
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