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Motueka River Lodge offers luxury accommodation to the discerning traveller. Designed to harmonise with the surrounding countryside, its sunlit verandas, large comfortable lounge, huge open log fireplaces and spacious country kitchen offers guests relaxation in style and comfort. All the guest rooms have private bathrooms and wonderful views of the Motueka Valley.

Your hosts Mick and Fionna Mason have created a peaceful haven and they will personally ensure that your stay at Motueka River Lodge will be a memorable one.

The Motueka River is fast developing a reputation as a brown trout fishery of international importance. Drift dive surveys confirm the fact that the river has one of the highest per kilometre fish counts in New Zealand.

The Motueka is a sizeable river flowing for much of its length through pasture and horticultural activities. Hops, tobacco, Asian pears and kiwifruit are grown on the banks of the middle and the lower reaches. Further upstream the river runs more swiftly through pine and native beech forest.

Angling is as varied as the individual angler wishes to experience with long, placid runs interspersed with rough, bouldery runs. Virgin forest clothes the headwater, creating a wilderness atmosphere in the crystal clear water where large fish, sometimes exceeding 7 lb, tempt the discerning fly fisherman.

Several quite large tributaries, all within 40 minutes drive of the Lodge issue from the western mountains providing semi-wilderness fishing throughout the season. Perhaps best known and renowned for wary, wild browns averaging well in excess of 3 lb is the Wangapeka. This river, with a consistent summer flow provides the specialist dry fly and nymph angler with challenging angling in delightful surroundings.