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. OMG it is cold here at the moment. Snow on all the Mountains and ridges around the Lake. So I have my boy down here from Hamilton for a few days and today and tomorrow was booked in for fishing. We had a bit of a late start today and the plan was […]

Hey all, Just a short update for now. All the rivers have good numbers of trout in them, although with the very settled weather we have had over the past week the runs have slowed down somewhat. last week I fished the Waitahanui and had a really good few hours with fresh run Brown trout. […]

  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. The weather Gods have been throwing a Tantrum for some time now. It took forever for the Tauranga Taupo to come down from 2.8 and the Waitahanui is still flowing higher than it has for ages. The wind has howled as well making casting difficult at times. The trout continue to be fat, […]

  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, And it continues. I fished the Tongariro yesterday, all day and the fishing was suburb. Not only was I hooking up but other anglers up and down the river had bent rods as well, it was great to see. I was asked by a friend to meet him at the Braids as he […]

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, 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. Wow the winter fishery has taken off with a bang! All the Taupo tribs have fresh run trout in them after the last bout of rain and they had fish in them from the rain before that. The Waitahanui started off with a ROAR, there were fresh run trout right throughout its course […]

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 […]