About your guide and the Glendeer team

Fly Fishing New Zealand with Paul & Jude McLauchlan

Owners & operators of Glendeer Fly-fishing and Hunting Guides New Zealand. Guiding Since 2000

Fly Fishing for Wild Brown and Rainbow Trout in New Zealand’s South Island with a Professional Fly-Fishing Guide is your guarantee to exceptional fly fishing in New Zealand.

Glendeer Guides is owned and operated by Paul & Jude McLauchlan; Jude is the backbone to this hard-working successful team. Raised in New Zealand’s Central South Island, a region internationally acclaimed for its unparalleled hunting and fly-fishing opportunities.”

Yes, I have been truly blessed, a huge thanks to our parents for their passion for nature and the outdoors, for introducing us to trout fishing and hunting, to be giving the opportunity and freedom to explore New Zealand’s fishing and hunting paradise is something along with family I treasure to the very heart.

With years spent hunting and fishing throughout the expansive river valleys of New Zealand’s South Island and its remote alpine wilderness, we’ve developed an immense depth of knowledge about these incredible fly-fishing locations and world-class wild trout fisheries. The countless hours hiking through picturesque valleys and across spectacular, rugged mountain ranges have instilled in us a deep passion for New Zealand’s great outdoors. Sharing these off-the-beaten-track treasures with our clients is not only a privilege—it’s profoundly rewarding.”

The guides intimate knowledge of these epic fly-fishing rivers and their ever-changing environments, weather conditions and fishing moods will help ensure your time on the river is enjoyable, informative, and ultimately very rewarding.

The high status that New Zealand holds as one of the best trout fly fishing destinations in the world does truly come down to many key components all of which contribute towards producing the complete New Zealand fly fishing experience. The approachable friendly locals, fantastic local foods and wines, exceptional accommodation variety at all levels, well-tuned hardworking professional fly-fishing guides, spectacular ever-changing scenic surrounds and yes, the large wild Brown and Rainbow trout that inhabit New Zealand’s sensational rivers, streams and crystal-clear spring waters – this is the best of New Zealand Fly-fishing.

The Central South Island fishing region is located in the very heart of New Zealand’s South Island.