Archive for March, 2007
Wednesday, March 14th, 2007
Tongariro fishing OK
I stayed home myself yesterday but my Alaskan fish-a-holic friend Ross Novak and fellow guide Steven Rowe caught a few recoveries in the hydro pool of the tongariro yesterday afternoon. There are loads of big browns in the river at the moment also as can be proven easily on a clear day by following the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Tongariro Fishing Reports by andrew1
Monday, March 12th, 2007
Poor Evening Rise
Just fished the evening rise on river 11 and had a relatively poor result. Experimented and put an unweighted 12 H & C behind a Royal Wulfe and hooked 2 dinks 1×1 pound rainbow and 1×3 pound brown all on the swinging H & C. The fish were all before dark and the barometer has [...]
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
Great fishing after slow beginning for Mike Sutton from Australia
After a very late start on day 1 of a 3 day camping/tramping fishing expedition due to there being multiple places in New Zealand with the same name (3pm rather than 9pm) we managed to hit the river around 4pm. The bottom section up to our first campsite - some distance shorter of the original [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Guiding, Wilderness Reports by andrew1
Tuesday, March 6th, 2007
Nice brown and rainbow for Mathew and Katrina from Sweden
Had a good afternoon with Mathew and Katrina from Sweden yesteraday. Mathew had fished before and hooked a nice 5 and a half pound browny on the 3rd cast and followed up with several smaller rainbows. It was Katrina’s first time fly fishing but she took to well, hooking a couple of small ones before [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Guiding, Tongariro Fishing Reports by andrew1
Monday, March 5th, 2007
Good day rafting with Ross Novak
Went raft fishing yesterday on our 4 pound pack rafts. These rafts blow up in a couple of minutes and allow you to get to water you can’t normally get to but yesterday we just used them to cover a lot of water quickly with hardly any walking. We even caught from the raft while [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Back Country Reports, Raft Fishing by andrew1
Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Great wilderness fishing today with Ross Novak
Went to a drive to wilderness fishery today fishing with my Alaskan friend Ross Novak. Between us we hooked 10 landing 1 of around 7 and a half pounds, 1 of 6 pounds, a couple around 5 pounds and losing the rest of which 3 were likely over 7 pounds. This river is easy to [...]
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Saturday, March 3rd, 2007
Good cicada fishing for 3 day heli trip in Ureweras
Had three good days fishing with friends Keith and Don from England. Flew in on the 27th of Feb and out on the 1st of March and stayey in a very nice DOC hut. The wading and walking was easy and the fishing was great, hooking around 20 rainbows between us per day (taking turns) [...]