Hey All,

Most of the Taupo Rivers have gone a little quiet Trout wise. This is a funny time of year, the fishing can be fickle.

Last Sunday I took a Wellington angler onto the Waitahanui for a half day. We spotted and fished to heaps of trout but they all had “”Lock Jaw”" on Sunday, apart from the nice 4 pound Jack that he took in the Lower section. Fought brilliantly by John, in a nasty little pool too, it was one of the best trout I have taken for a very long time, in Taupo. John is about to shout himself a new rod and reel set up!!

Yesterday a friend and I shot over to the Whakapapa. There is a beat on this great river that I wanted to suss out and so a good recce was in order. Arron and I got there at around 6.30 am, Brrrr it’s getting cold in the morning!!!!! We walked for a good way before we began casting. I have NEVER come across a river, that is as horrible to walk on than the Whakapapa, and this trip in sealed that theory. We slipped and fell our way up the river for quite a few KM’s. At times the only way we could move was to link up, (I think he just liked cuddling me). Most river crossings were done this way as well. Thats about it for bad remarks on the Whakapapa as the rest of it is all “mint”.  The scenery on this section was some of the best I have come across and the water is un- believable. For some reason the river fished hard this day and I will have to go back another time to see if it is the same then. In the end we hooked into 4 very nice fish all very similar to this beast. Not knowing what to expect on this section I took in my 7# and i’m glad I did, this jack was almost as long as my arm, his three spectacular leaps that he did will be imprinted in my mind for a very long time. I wish you were there with your camera clicking Brendon, it would have been front cover stuff!

Regards Shane