Before we get into talking about spawning trout I have to share this photo of a very happy client who caught this massive kingfish about a week after I had sent the last report. While most of our clients come for the trout fishing New Zealand does h...

Summer in New Zealand has come and gone and almost like clockwork on the 1st of March temperatures overnight seemed to drop a few degrees. It’s that awesome time of the year again where there are great fly fishing options everywhere around the Taupo...

The central North Island backcountry fly fishing season has started with a hiss and a roar. There is nothing more satisfying than taking a novice angler like our client above and getting them casting to and landing stunning wild trout – this is the...

Following on from the unusual weather last year we’ve had more strange weather this past couple of months.  NIWA our National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research talked about El Nino weather patterns and predicted at the start of May that “r...

Well it’s been the crappiest summer we’ve had here in Taupo in over a decade. It has been frustrating because the last couple of summers were great with some exceptional fishing but due to closed borders we couldn’t share it with friends and clients...