Wed 23 Jul 2008
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Guided Tetsuya Tanaka from Japan on his final day of his 3 day fly fishing excursion to New Zealand. Again the weather was not fantastic but in the end we finally managed to crack a pretty good days fishing for Tet. First in the morning we went up the TT at just under .7 meters. The fishing was slow and appeared to be that way for the other fishermen up there too. Tet did manage a fantastic fresh silver rainbow in perfect condition around the 3 lb mark. In the afternoon we headed back to the Tongariro flowing at just over 50 cumecs - still high and managed to hook and loose 3 nymphing before landing a further 3 and losing 1 wet lining making 7 hookups for the afternoon which is quite good fishing in any conditions. The fish Tet landed were all good condition fresh silver rainbows and the biggest was around 4lbs. The fish appear to be a little bigger than last year and maybe conditions in the lake might be slowly returning to normal.
Tongariro Report
Barometer: No Change
Cloud/Wind: Windy but fishable
Water Temperature:
River Conditions: 53 cumecs
Recommended Flies: Olive Wooley Buggers.
July 24th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Hi Andrew,
Thank you ever so much for your fantastic guiding and your many kindness to me during my stay in Tongariro. It was the absolutely unforgettable fishing trip and I will remember it for a lifetime. All of the trout I managed to land were not only incredibly beautiful but also very powerful. They are totally awesome. Though the weather and condition were not great, you tried hard for me to locate fish and we got them! You are the best fishing guide I have ever had and I am 100% satisfied. Also I would like to thank Isabel for her dishes such as the tasteful grilled trout and lovely Sushi roll. The dishes definitely went well with Monteith’s beers!
I hope to come back to Tongariro in the near future to see you and lovely trout, probably in summer for sight/fry fishing.
Cheers,
Tetsuya
July 24th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Oohp! Dry fishing but not fry fishing.