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Friday, November 28th, 2008
A Relaxing day for Peter and Matt at Spot X
After what could be labelled a late start due to excess (fishing with Andrew) the boys hit the river running at about midday and managed to secure 10 good fish. This is something of a payback according to Matt who reckons he cast more than a thousand times during the previous evening rise and didn’t [...]
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Guiding Peter Neil And Matthew Kennedy Day 6
Guided Peter Neil And Matthew Kennedy today and though conditions were less than ideal the guys still manged to hook 10 or 11 good trout - and possibly more on evening Rise at Spot X Lodge. There were also 2 or 3 smaller ones but most of the trout were around 4 pounds [...]
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Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
Wilderness Heli-Fishing Camp-Out With Peter Neil And Matthew Kennedy
Just got back from a 5 day wilderness heli-fishing adventure with Peter Neil and Matthew Kennedy from Australia. The weather played along pretty well until last night where it flooded the river and gave us an extra sleep in before the guys managed to use their expert dirty water techniques to land 1 and [...]
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Fishing With Anthea From River Birches
Took Anthea who manages the 5 star River Birches Lodge in Turangi fly fishing today for the first time in life - despite living in the Taupo area since age 11. The fishing was a little slow to begin with but Anthea is a quick learner and was soon able to hook but [...]
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
Guiding John And Matt Pyle Day 3
Guided Matt and John Pyle today on the last day of their 3 day trip and had a ball. The guys each managed several fish around half of which were in the 4 - 5 pound range. The most interesting event was when John hooked a nice 3 - 4 pound brown [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Guiding, Tongariro Fishing Reports by andrew1
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Guiding John And Matt Pyle Back Country - Day 2
Found the river I wanted to fish today a little dirty but John still mangaged 2 land 1 nice brown out of 2 hooked and Matt also landed another nice brown. We left early and went to fish a piece of water I had been meaning to explore but hadn’t had a chance [...]
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Guiding Matt And John Pyle From Brisbane
Guided John Pyle again today for the second time this year - this time with his son Matt who has never caught a trout before. Had a great day with Matt taking naturally to casting and John retaining well what he had learnt last time. In the end the guys managed to land [...]
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Great Day For Ian And Sam Blackman From Rotorua
Picked up the Blackmans at 7 this morning for a day out fly fishing with a bit of tutoring on nymphing thown in. While Sam was still practising casting he managed to hook a couple of Rainbows and followed this with only the second double header I have ever send landed fly fishing [...]
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Friday, November 14th, 2008
Guiding Nick Dunn Day 2 From Spot X Lodge
Guided Nick Dunn again from England - on a different river to yesterday and had pretty good day. Nick managed to land 4 out of 7 solid hook and plays but also briefly hooked 4 others of which 1 broke off and 3 wriggled free after a short time. There was also one [...]
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
Guiding Nick Dunn From Wilmslow In England
Met Nick Dunn this morning at Spot X Lodge to take him out for a fish. The day was a little slow but fortunately with Nicks excellent skills he was able to make the most of the day and land 7 out of 8 trout mainly in the 3 - 4 lb range. [...]