Hey all. First up just a little message. I am back into guiding, after a good break to get my knee sorted. I have kept up with the play over this time as you know by my reports so I am not rusty in the field of fishing and or putting people onto trout. My […]

  Hey all. Another brilliant weeks fishing here in Taupo, with all the rivers running at good levels and full of silver trout. The weather is playing an important roll in this, with the fluctuating river levels inducing Runs. It has been a wet winter. The overall condition of the trout I have landed has […]

  Hey all. I’ll get it out of the way first. Yes, it would be political suicide to allow Trout farming in New Zealand, (not just Taupo) to go ahead! I am blown away by the near 100% support for this Not To Happen. There are some pretty stern faces amongst fishermen, if and when […]

Hey all, What a massive week this has been, one way or another. I think DOC just shot themselves in the feet, bad move, senior staff and anyone who helped concoct the Fish farming BS should fall on their sword. What no consultation with Fish and Game, really? Its a hot debate readers and as […]

Hey all, Apparently DOC have been onto the Waitahanui a few times over the past few weeks and written out some fines! That is great news, however I believe the poaching has moved from the lower, middle and (lower) upper regions to the top of the drivable track, winter limit. There is also a large […]

Hey all. Oh WOW what a fantastic start to the 2015 Winter season. This is certainly one of the best starts for over 7 years, by all accounts. Normally you get those early spawners late March, early April and then it can go very quiet for May. However this year it has just been a […]

  Hey all, Well we wanted wind and rain to make the trout run and we got all three of those things, in abundance. The Waitahanui was a little hard at the start of last week with the Northerly not doing much for running trout on this Trib. The water was perfect too. Then Saturday […]

Hey all. Good grief it’s May already! If you are coming to Taupo this weekend then this is what is going on within the Tribs at the moment. The Waitahanui has trout throughout its length which is fantastic to see. Unfortunately it is getting poached as usual. I spotted a bag of egg roe by […]

Hey all, I snuck out yesterday afternoon to have a look at a couple of the rivers. I had heard there were good numbers of trout going through all the Taupo Tribs and so wanted to have a look for myself. The Waitahanui has some lovely fresh run Rainbows in there and I saw quite […]

Hey all. I hope we all survived the Cyclone! I woke up yesterday after a night of steady rain and looked at the river levels. The Tongariro barely moved and the Mohaka only twitched a wee bit. I then checked them today and the Mohaka had gone from just over 1000 to well over 5000, […]

  Hey all. The Waitahanui has some really nice fish in it now. Both Brown trout and Rainbows are present in good numbers. However due to the low water conditions they are spooky as hell, good luck there my friends. The Hinemaiaia also has good numbers of trout in there and they are pretty much […]