Fishing Reports

Well I have had a very busy couple of weeks and the fishing in the Taupo region has been very good.  We have had good periods of rain and every time there is a spike in the river level there are still fresh fish entering the rivers to make there spawning runs, that combined with alot of spent fish returning from the upper reaches means there are plenty of fish to be caught.  With a real mixture of fresh and spent fish being caught remember to make sure you handle and release these spent fish carefully so they can return to the lake and regain condition for next years spawning runs.

The 1st of October has passed and fishing the Taupo region becomes a whole lot more interesting with all of the back country rivers open and of course lake Otamangakau opening as well.  There is just so much choice out there now and within an hours drive from either Taupo or Turangi there are some spectacular rivers and streams to fish.

So we have had a very busy weekand on the Tongariro River and even though the river was very low and clear there were very good reports of fresh run rainbow trout getting caught right through the river.  The most sucsessful anglers were using wet lines with #10 olive wooly buggers and #10 olive rabbits doing the dammage.  The nymph fisherman were struggling a bit more but those who used smaller natural patterns like the flash back hares ear #16 and black flash backs in #16 were catching plenty of fish.  

It has certainly been busy on the Tongariro river over the last few weeks with lots of anglers trying their luck for the fresh run rainbow trout.  Reports coming into the shop have been very mixed with some people having great success and others not even getting a touch.  Most of the good reports are from fisherman who are getting up early and being on the water first thing and the fishing seems to get very hard as the sun comes out.  There have been some very well conditioned fish getting caught although the size is a bit smaller than what we would expect for this time of year.

Sorry I didn't get to doing a report last week, things got very busy with the guiding.  Well things are surely starting to improve again on the Tongariro River with some nice fresh rainbow trout landed over the week.  Most were landed on cicadas with a black beaded nymph underneath.  There are still allot of big brown trout in the river and I have been hearing all week that they are very hard to hook.  This is usually the case with these fish during the day although in the evening they seem to feed allot more actively and the best way to target these fish is to use a sink tip line and dark olive or black wooly buggers swung right infront of there nose.