Getting started – fly-fishing in and around Taupo

  Giving fly-fishing a go appeals to many people but if you aren’t fortunate enough to know someone who fly fishes it can be a little daunting knowing just where to begin. I can talk from experience as many years ago we bought a house at Kuratau on the Western side of lake Taupo near […]

Tips for catching the big ones

The winter fly-fishing is hotting up in New Zealand’s Taupo region as the trout begin to make their way upstream from Lake Taupo where they’ve spent the summer. They travel to the high reaches of the exact same river or stream they were born in, to spawn and start the life-cycle again. Typically, the jacks (male […]

A Good Catch

A Good Catch : Weekend Herald-February 27, 2016