You can't catch fish here,Your jokeing

[chief]

Pickers.. Most would not believe where this spot was. Sounds like you may have an idea .Cheers

[kronfeld7]

hey chief

welcome to my old world of nz fly fishing.... you always hook the big bugga when you least expect it. i was born around the taupo region and fly fished most of my life there, although i never fished the rotorua area, silly really as i know there are some monster trout in the area. i still go back every 2nd year for the spawning season as my parents still live in taupo..... you never lose the bug!

live in brissie now, bought me boat a few months ago and now learning this saltwater gig. Hope you had some fun over there.

Rosco

[chief]

Rosco..During summer here in the river we get a run of bream who really feed agressively with a lot of surface action.Thats when I'm going to give them a go on fly and next year I'll take some gear with me to NZ and do a fair bit of exploring and fishing.I love the place.Cheers

[Callop]

Hi Chief
Great report as usual.
I didn't read your post saying you were going until after you had left. A mate and I have been going accross the big ditch every 2 years for the last 10 years chasing trout around Taupo. It sure is a buzz when you hook up.
I have some fly gear and hadn't given the bream in the river a thought but now you mention it, sounds like a damn good plan. I have even got some bream flys.
We are taking our wives over in 2 weeks for 12 days of campervaning and hope to fit in a few days with the long wand around Taupo.
We hired some waders from that tackle shop in Rotorua, 4 years ago and found they were great to deal with. Can't remember if the guys name was Bert or not but the guy we dealt with was originally from Sydney.
I have got a spare fly rod and reel you can borrow if you want to give it a try before buying your own. Check you pm's for my phone number.

[chief]

Callop..I met the bloke you had met from O'keefes.He has actually left and works at ,I think its call the outdoors shooting and tackle (still in Rotorua).He told me he had worked at O'keefes and in the past had lived in Sydney.Just done a little asking round the traps and brought a few "crazy charlies" flies for bream.I will give it a go come summer time when the river bream are really aggressive and smacking the surface.