Supporters

Our specialty store displays New Zealand's largest range of imported and locally made fishing tackle, clothing and outdoor accessories. We can supply everything you may need.

Chris Goom offers his expertise in salmon fishing with a high level of service and comfort. Enjoy the excitement of jet boating the vast Canterbury rivers, fishing or touring.

If you choose, we can arrange a complete itinerary with transport, accommodation, guiding and catering to meet your needs.

Ballingers Hunting & Fishing.

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Store located within central Christchurch with easy access and drive in parking, this premier store is a must visit for an angler.

Cameron Moore - Store Owner

New Owner of Ballingers! His interests include - hunting wilde pigs in North Canterbury, hunting red deer all over Canterbury, hunting wallabies in South Canterbury & fishing off Akaroa & in the Sounds. Cameron has secured the ongoing services of well respected staff members Grant Boyd, Jeremy Burke and Raham MacHarper. Cameron will integrate modern technology to communicate better with customers and will bring a fresh new approach to one of this industry's icon business. Previous owner Charlie Ledbrook will provide ongoing assistance and continue the highly regarded gun smithing operation Ballingers is also famous for.

Grant Boyd - Store Manager & Senior salesman

Described in the industry as one of the most experienced and trusted retailers you'll ever have the pleasure of being served by. Grant is one of Ballingers greatest assets and has played a significant part in the stores success and growth.

Jeremy Burke - Angling Expert

Well liked and respected in Canterbury angling circles, Jeremy has helped transform Ballingers from being a hunting store which sold fishing gear, into one of the regions best stocked, best staffed and best displayed angling stores. Needless to say Jeremy is on the lakes and rivers of Canterbury whenever the oppourtunity allows. Photo is at Lake Coleridge.

Address: 173 Montreal St, P O Box 8475, Christchurch Phone: 03 366 7445 Fax: 03 366 3918

The Fishermans Loft

Welcome to Fishermans Loft

Christchurch’s premier specialist fishing tackle store and anglers outfitters, centrally located in the South Island of New Zealand and the closest to Christchurch’s International Airport. We carry an extensive range of freshwater and saltwater equipment from fly rods and reels to game fishing gear and everything in between. Whether you are chasing Salmon or Trout in the rivers and lakes or pulling huge groper and game fish from the depths we can cater to your needs

Our stock of flies is regarded as the best range available carrying known brands such as Noel Thomas custom flies, Umpqua, Blacks, Tightlines and Mainstream, while for the person wanting to tie their own flies we carry, what our customers tell us, is the largest range of fly tying materials, accessories and equipment in New Zealand.

In our store we have an extensive range of equipment for the fly, spin, surf and boating fisherman with brands such as Simms, Sage, Shimano, G-Loomis, Penn, Daiwa and Abu Garcia.

Not only do we stock the widest available range of tackle and equipment, our store is staffed by passionate fisherman who can give you qualified advice on all of your tackle needs whether you are an expert or novice.

Rob Clark
Owner of Fisherman’s Loft for eight years and a customer for 30 years previously, he was a member of the New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides with his own guiding company. Rob enjoys high country fly fishing and catching up river salmon.

Mark Rodgers
Mark has been a keen fisherman for the last 25 years with 10 years experience flyfishing. Mark has been working at Fisherman’s Loft for four years – he is a passionate fly fisherman who loves chasing the Trophy trout in the back country's rivers and lakes. He also enjoys boat and land based sea fishing and tying flies.

Reg
Reg is our in house fly tying expert who has been a professional fly tier for the last 25 years, specialising in nymphs and lures. He also has experience in trolling, fly fishing and all aspects of freshwater fishing over the past 40 years.

Jonno
Is a University student and works part-time at the Loft. He is an extreme kayaker, keen trout fly fisherman and innovative fly tyer.

Fisherman's Loft Ltd | PO Box 8830, Christchurch, New Zealand | T. +64 3 338 3131 | E. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Feather Merchants

Founder/Owner of Feather Merchants Ltd: Dennis Black

Founder of UMPQUA Feather Merchants

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Dennis Black founded Umpqua Feather Merchants in 1972, a fly fisherman from Oregon and full time fly tyer, who anticipated the growth of the fly fishing industry around the world. Dennis knew that demand would soon push flies and fly-tying out of the cottage-industry category. His goal was to satisfy that demand by setting up offshore fly-tying production facilities.

Dennis recognized early on that two of the keys to success would lie in encouraging innovative fly tyers to contribute new fly patterns to the company's list and using the BEST fly-tying materials available to produce the HIGHEST QUALITY FLIES...

So, Dennis instituted a unique royalty program for fly tyers, insuring that the originators of innovatative fly patterns could receive royalty payments, based on sales, for the use of their original patterns. Dennis signe on the likes of Dave Whitlock, Randall Kaufmann, John Barr, Lefty Kreh and many many more...Today there are over 100 royalty fly tyers that design and share their patters with the world...We also currently have 12 royalty tyers from New Zealand.

In sharing their patterns with the world and Feather Merchants, they have complete control of the quality of the flies that are produced...if they do not meet the tyers standards, they do not reach the market...So if you are buying your flies because they are tied by a certain tyer, make sure that they are the REAL thing...There are many immitations out there and there are many people cashing in on these tyers hard work...Please help us support them and the work they do...

All our current flies are tied in Chiang Mai, Thailand and they are only tied with the highest quality materials and Tiemco Hooks by the world's best fly tyers...We have a waiting list for workers in our factory and generations of families have also worked for us...Our factories are of the highest standards, having all the modern technologies to create a friendly work environment, so that our tyers enjoy their jobs and produce only the HIGHEST QUALITY flies for you to fish with...

With Feather Merchants Flies, you know you are only getting the BEST that the market has to offer...So if it does not say Feather Merchants or UMPQUA just be warned...

Malcolm Bell

Owner of the Complete Angler, Malcolm also contributes to the club by providing a casting clinic, free to all members.

John Morton

Welcome to "The Master" - John Morton's "Tie a Fly"
Website.

Fly Tying DVD's are your ultimate Fly Fishing Tool to master the necessary techniques for Tying your Favourite Trout Flies.

A picture display is worth a thousand Words when you are learning to tie Trout Flies well. Each Section builds on the skills learned in tying the previous Pattern.

Volume One features The Lure
Click on the links at the foot of this page to view other Fly Pictures and the tying recipe for the pattern.

A renowned flytyer, John provides expertise at our flytying clinics.

Chappie Chapman

As one of New Zealand 's best known fly fishing guides Chappie explains the passion that he has for fishing.

" I caught my first fish at age six. It was not a trout, but I discovered fly-fishing at thirteen. Where I grew up, there was a mountain, from whose graceful slopes flowed no fewer than three hundred streams, most of which held trout.

Some of those streams were small, and that's where I started to learn my craft. To this day my preferred fishing, is with a dry-fly in a small stream. In the mid 1970's I did something that was considered radical (at least in those days). I sold up and quit my job, brought a 4WD vehicle and a caravan, and went fishing for the next three and a half years. I guess if you do something for long enough, you are bound to get proficient at it sooner or later!

I have been guiding anglers for over twenty years, although that has not always been a full time job for me, as it is now. I spent a good number of years in the fishing tackle industry, both at wholesale and retail, during which, I have had the opportunity to be involved with design and development of some of the more popular brands of fly-fishing tackle on the market today.

In addition to fly fishing guiding, I run about twenty five, two day fly-fishing schools at introductory to mid level, and about five or six three day advanced level.

Reg McClintoch

Reg McLintoch is a major supporter/sponsor of the CFFC fly tying competition held at the last meeting of each year.

Reg is assists with tuition of the Advanced tying clinics held each winter.

He also assists Chappie Chapman with casting tuition on the CFFC casting days.

Wai-ora Trust

Wai-ora is a charitable organisation, whose aims are 'helping people grow', by promoting and supporting projects, programmes and community-based businesses that will develop people, our environment and our community.

Wai-ora Trust provides training and work-skills training for unemployed and other beneficiary groups and runs commercial enterprises with specialist staff via its charitable company, Wai-ora Forest Landscapes.

Environmental projects such as organic vegetable growing and landscaping city parks and reserves, to an eco-sourced native plant nursery and landscape contracting services comprise some of the daily activities Wai-ora is involved in.

Allows free use of its conference centre for tying clinics and well as most of the items for the Twizel trip.