Monday, June 3, 2013
Day 10 - Tongariro River
Today's fishing fun took place on the famous waters of Taupo Lake's Tongariro River near the fishing community of Turangi. Fished with Greig, Andy, Sven, Grant, and Kunio. The boys were sporting the big two-handed spey rods today with plans of swinging flies in search of those browns and rainbows making their annual spawning run through these crystal clear waters. Conditions weren't ideal as we were hoping for a big push of water and rain to lure these behemoths out of the lake. Instead we were treated to clear blue skies and warm temperatures. We all managed to catch some fish and I'm happy to report another great outing with some super companions.
Day 9 - Lake Ota
I have fond memories of fishing Lake Otamangakau during my last trip to NZ in 1989. It was an afternoon in late December, when I launched a float tube and experienced a tremendous day sight fishing for large trout.
It is a great privilege to return today with friend Greig to fish this wonderful lake once again. Ota sits at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano and the lone ski area on the North Island. Five pound plus fish are very common here. Greig and I stripped buggers all day. I loved it. Stripping streamers and buggers is on of my all-time fishing activities. All in all we landed nine trout in the boat including a 6.5 lb rainbow which Greig landed in the morning.
It is a great privilege to return today with friend Greig to fish this wonderful lake once again. Ota sits at the foot of Mount Ruapehu, an active volcano and the lone ski area on the North Island. Five pound plus fish are very common here. Greig and I stripped buggers all day. I loved it. Stripping streamers and buggers is on of my all-time fishing activities. All in all we landed nine trout in the boat including a 6.5 lb rainbow which Greig landed in the morning.
Day 8 - Urban Manawatu
Busy day with classes at UM in Missoula beginning. We're also off to the Lake Taupo area later in the afternoon for a multi-day trip with some friends. Work at the "Uni" was completed around 2pm. Quckly finished errands and was ready to fish by 2:45. We planned to leave for Taupo prior to 4:30 leaving plenty of time for an urban fishing excursion (45 minutes?).
At the end of Ruahine Avenue sits a small park with a great trail that I bike daily. It's a five minute drive from our flat at 160 Ruahine. Here sits several productive fishing runs. After making the short walk with my nymphing setup, I was pleased to see a great hatch of mayflies (March Brown looking) with fish feeding on the surface. With the tight timeline, today there was no opportunity to go back and retrieve another fly box, but the river smiled anyways yielding a couple of small fish. Conditions permitting, I'll return to this place next week to throw some dry flies.
At the end of Ruahine Avenue sits a small park with a great trail that I bike daily. It's a five minute drive from our flat at 160 Ruahine. Here sits several productive fishing runs. After making the short walk with my nymphing setup, I was pleased to see a great hatch of mayflies (March Brown looking) with fish feeding on the surface. With the tight timeline, today there was no opportunity to go back and retrieve another fly box, but the river smiled anyways yielding a couple of small fish. Conditions permitting, I'll return to this place next week to throw some dry flies.
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