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Guided Fishingon the Mohaka
Whether you are a fly fishing pro, a complete beginner, or somewhere in between on your fly fishing journey, you will have an unforgettable experience fishing the Mohaka, Tukituki or Rangitaiki with our fly fishing guides, led by Noah Shapiro.
We offer a range of fly fishing packages including the ones below. We can also create a bespoke package just for you.
All packages include airport transfers from Napier Airport, accommodation in a rustic cabin at Mohaka River Farm, all your meals and healthy snacks. All your fishing equipment including rods, reels, leader and custom flies. Helicopter flights. A Raft Guide, a Fly Fishing Guide and concession fees. You shouldn't need to purchase anything else, but if you're unsure simply ask and we'll let you know.
Add-on a range of activities we offer including horse trekking, pottery classes, knife making classes and various other local attractions.
Guided Fly FishingPackages
One day guided fly fishing
For everyone - all levels
A full day of guided fly fishing on the Mohaka River. This will be enjoyed by fly fishers of any level - our guides know and love the waters you will be fishing, and will design the day based on you. If you're a trophy hunter and just want to know where the best waters are at - we will take you straight there. If you're a beginner and curious about taking on a new favourite hobby - we know how to get you hooked. An unforgettable full day on some of the world's most beautiful fly fishing waters, with guides who love to share the gift of fly fishing.
NZD per person
1 Fishermen: $900
2 Fishermen: $650
3 Fishermen: $500
Into deep waters - 3 Days / 4 Nights
For trophy hunters
Day 1: Guidance while you fish the shingle edges and riffles of the Mohaka River.
Days 2 & 3: Fly by helicopter into different sections of the vast pristine backcountry
wilderness to sight fish large rainbow and brown trout.
NZD per person/day
2 fishermen: $2,550
Learning to fly - 3 Days / 4 Nights
For beginners
Days 1 & 2: Guidance while you fish the shingle edges and riffles of the Mohaka River.
Day 3: Full day raft fishing the otherwise inaccessible upper Mohaka River. All inclusive package.
NZD per person/day
2 Fishermen: $2,000
Non-fishing partner $570
Three Rivers - 6 Days / 7 Nights
For everyone - all levels
Use Mohaka River Farm as your base to fly fish the Mohaka River and 2 of the areas other well-known rivers within 1 to 2 hours of our base.
NZD per person/day
2 Fishermen: $1,700
Non-fishing partner $570
"Noah is an expert guide and one of the kindest people I have ever known!!"
Accommodation
Self-contained cabins for 1-2 people are reserved for fly fishing guests. You are most welcome to take your time on our property, relax and devote the time you want to explore the famous fishing waters.
You can fish as much as you like, enjoy any of the other activities available - like guided hunting - or simply take the time to relax somewhere peaceful and quiet, surrounded by gorgeous scenery, friends and our friendly farm animals.
Expect your cabin to be well stocked with plenty of fresh coffee, tea, freshly baked bread, eggs, snacks, fruit and all you need for a hearty breakfast. We offer a fully catered experience too which includes a hearty lunch and home cooked meal each night. Delicious spring water comes straight from the tap in your cabins.
Plan your trip - Day 1
If you're wondering what your trip might entail, here are a few ideas based on how a visiting couple recently chose to enjoy their time here:
Arrive mid-morning and settle into your cabin, refresh and enjoy some lunch together. While your lovely wife sets off for an afternoon horse trek, you sit down with Noah - your fishing guide - and discuss the type of fishing experience you want to have. Well fed, you set off on a short drive for a beautiful afternoon of fly fishing. Return around 19h (it is light until 21h here) and we'll cook 1 of the trout you caught and make sure you both have plenty to eat. Enjoy a hot shower, a rooibos tea, relax together under the dark starlit sky then head off to bed in your own time.
Plan your trip - Day 2
Wake in your own time, make some plunger coffee or tea, enjoy breakfast together on the balcony of your cabin enjoying the birdsong and watching the farm animals. Today your lovely wife has decided to take a pottery class in the morning, leaving you to set off fishing around 10h for a slightly longer day on a different part of the river. Going further upstream today, you will be rafting down for a completely different experience, covering 10-20 kilometres of sublime fishing waters and scenery. Return home, enthralled and exhausted, let us prepare dinner for you as you both reflect on your incredible day.
Plan your trip - Day 3
Keen for some excellent hassle-free hunting (and venison to take home for the freezer) you head out for an early morning hunt with Kelvin, our legendary hunting guide. Just a 15 minute drive from your cabin, Kelvin will take you to one of his favorite spots on private land to hunt the elusive Sika deer. This is fast, exciting hunting set amongst trees and native bush. Enjoy Kelvin's company - he's a very cool guy with loads of local knowledge. Kelvin's also our resident knife maker - so after returning to your cabin and enjoying a hearty lunch with your wife (who spent the morning relaxing with a good book), you decide to join one of Kelvin's knife making classes. Given all the fresh venison you have just harvested, you choose to make a hunting knife of your own that afternoon. This is the first of two 4-hour sessions. On completing the first session you both enjoy a delicious serving of your fresh venison, barbecued for you by our team.
Plan your trip - Day 4
After a big sleep and delicious breakfast with fresh coffee, you join Kelvin to finish making your hunting knife. Kelvin has kept the high-carbon European steel that your knife is made of heated overnight, so it's ready for the finishing touches. At the end of your second 4-hour session you know how to make your own knives, and have a beautiful custom made hunting knife of your own. Lunch. Then set off for another incredible afternoon of fly fishing. This time your wife joins you to try a little fly fishing of her own. You venture a little further today - to the Tuki Tuki - which Noah knows well. After another successful afternoon spent together on the river you both return to your cabin, enjoy a delicious meal and feel well blessed to be here.
We can't wait to see you here.