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Because we own our helicopter we are able to fly anglers daily without the cost of a separate charter service. Aspiring National Park and two hours from Queenstown airport. With fantastic staff in place at both locations and perfect seasonality, we feel it’s an ideal situation.Ĭedar Lodge is located near the Makarora River a stone throw to Mt. We will continue to operate The Caddis Fly year round. This unique opportunity is intended to augment our existing business. A plan was hatched and we write you today to inform you that we have purchased Cedar Lodge. A friendship formed with owners Dick and Robyn Fraser. Then for Shauna’s 40th we returned to Cedar. A dream trip! Heli fishing daily to unforgettable rivers with large trout eating large dry flies! Amazing. Instead of driving 10,000 kilometers on a month long trip we began to focus on the rugged, but beautiful south western zone of the South Island.įor my 40th Birthday we went to Cedar Lodge. We moved to a van we could sleep in, then a small house on the South Island and a 4-wheel drive. The early days found us sleeping roadside, and driving dilapidated sedans on 25+ day fishing benders.

The beauty, gin clear waters and big fish have brought us back year after year. The shortspine thornyhead is native to the cold waters of the northern Pacific Ocean and is known from Canada, Alaska and the Russian Federation.As many of you know we have a deep love for fly fishing in New Zealand. The blackgill's range from is Washington to central Baja California.

Its distribution extends from the Zhemchug Canyon in the Bering Sea and the Aleutians south to San Diego, California. Range: The red banded is native to the northern and eastern Pacific Ocean. Its maximum recorded weight is 9.7 lbs (4.4 kilos), and the mean weight is roughly 3-4 lbs. Size: These fish vary in size reaching up to 25-31 inches in length. The shortspine thronyhead's depth range is between 17 and 1,600 m (56 and 5,249 ft).ĭiet: They feed on plankton, small crustaceans, small squid and other fish. The blackgill is a deepwater species, living in the soft bottoms, 720 to 2520 feet. It can be found on soft seabed, but it also lives on muddy, pebbly, and rocky substrates, sometimes using rocks for cover. Habitat: The red banded lives at ocean depths from 49 to 625 meters, with most between 150 and 350 meters. Scientific Name: Sebastes babcocki , Sebastes melanostomus Sebastolobus alascanus