ABOUT US

Sport Fly Fishing NZ is a not-for-profit organization aimed at promoting sports fly fishing in NZ.  We run regional championship events throughout NZ mainly over the summer months from which anglers compete to qualify for the NZ National Championships which are held on lake and river venues. From these National Championships teams are selected to represent New Zealand at either the World Championships, Commonwealth Championships or the Oceania Championships.  

Latest COMPETITION Results 

Lake and River Points table 2024-25> 
Final RIVER & Lake points (uPDATED 18th MARCH) 

NOAH SHAPIRO WINS 2025 HANAK NATIONAL LAKE CHAMPIONSHIPS on Lake Lake Aniwhenua.

USA World Youth Team champion angler Noah Shapiro caught an amazing 62 fish over the 4 sessions to take out the National Lakes championships from Ollie Bassett in second place with another young gun Nathan Pollard in 3rd.  Full report and results >

 2025 National Lake Champ Noah Shapiro (2nd from R) celebrates with Ollie Basset (2nd) and Nathan Pollard (3rd) and Hanak New Zealand owner and SFFNZ Patron, Peter Scott

HUGO PEARCE TAKES CROWN AT 2025 HANAK NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL RIVER CHAMPIONSHIPS

A weather bomb dropped the evening before the River Nationals on the Mohaka River pushing it to 51cm3 by the Saturday morning so a decision was therefore made to postpone the start until midday and fish 2 x 2 hour instead of 3-hour sessions on the first day. 
Thankfully, conditions continued to improve and in session 3, on Sunday morning and Hugo caught a lot of fish to finisher with 21 points from a close Ollie Bassett with 22 and Mark Clasper coming in 3rd.
Full report and results >

Hugo Pearce (middle), Ollie Bassett in second (L) and Mark Clasper in third (R).