Fishing near Brightwater, Tasman

Brightwater sits in the Tasman district of the South Island, surrounded by some of New Zealand's most celebrated trout water. The area is framed by clear, free-stone rivers running out of the Richmond and Bryant ranges, with the Wai-iti and Wairoa rivers virtually on the doorstep and the Motueka River a short drive away. The Nelson–Tasman region is widely regarded as premier fly-fishing country, where sight-fishing to large wild brown trout in gin-clear water is the defining experience.

Top waters to fish near Brightwater

Species & education

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Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Climbing Galaxias

Galaxias brevipinnis

Common Smelt

Retropinna retropinna

New Zealand Longfin Eel

Anguilla dieffenbachii

Barracouta

Thyrsites atun

Blue Cod

Parapercis colias

Blue Mackerel

Scomber australasicus

Blue Moki

Latridopsis ciliaris

Blue Warehou

Seriolella brama

Butterfish

Odax pullus

Conger Eel

Conger verreauxi

Elephant Fish

Callorhinchus milii

Giant Stargazer

Kathetostoma giganteum

Greenback Flounder

Rhombosolea tapirina

Grey Mullet

Mugil cephalus

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