Awoke this morning to a rageing flood. Not expecting this after yesteraday afternoons light drizzle we were a little late getting away today and missed a good morning session at my normal dirty water first choice. After an hour James had this nice 4 pound rainbow to the shore and had lost another one and probably missed one other take. When the conditions changed to be rather unpleasant we called it early and did a sight seeing day, ending up at the pub later on for a couple of beers.

Tongariro Report

Barometer: Rising

Cloud/Wind: Heavy rain showers and strong winds

Water Temperature:

River Conditions: Dirty

Recommended Flies: Pheasant tail - San Juan worm