Thanks to Wayne Godkin for the following weekend report:

"I got a couple of good fish last weekend, but ended up spending most of my time with a guy from Maine, USA. He was out here for work and took a few extra days to go fishing. Had been two days without catching anything, so on Saturday I took him to a middle river pool, where he caught a nice jack and then on Sunday morning we fished water closer to the Bridge, where he got a hen. He was real pleased with them and went home happy.

Rgds
Wayne"

Frankson Australia angler Doug Davidson visited yesterday, and Doug told me he fished briefly Wednesday for one rainbow lost and one landed.

Conditions continue to look helpful.

superfly.co.nz now has 351 patterns of trout flies tied on Kamasan, Mustad, and Tiemco hooks.

The

Tungsten Copperbead Flashback Pheasant Tail Grub

Tungsten Goldbead Bubbleback Emerger

were recently added.

Sam Corbin lost his camera, as described in his email received tonight:

"Hi lee

just got back from turangi, good weekend, and i got a 9lb brown on one of your phesant tails,

I have lost my camera and it must be at the car park by the bain pool, or the river side above the reed pool, you know the one with the stone shore line and you used to be able to drive right onto the river side. now what would be the best way to try and find this, ring the tackle stores to see if its been handed in ??

it has some great shots of the brown on it i was going to send you.

camera is a olympus tough 8010 in a black/yellow case

any help apprecaited

regards
sam
"

superfly.co.nz now has 351 patterns of trout flies tied on Kamasan, Mustad, and Tiemco hooks.

The

Tungsten Copperbead Flashback Pheasant Tail Grub

Tungsten Goldbead Bubbleback Emerger

were recently added.

Thanks to Ian Shackleford and to Pete Collins for the following reports, received today:

Here's Ian's report:

"Hi Lee,

Great to catch up with you the other week. Fishing was very consistent and the flies worked a treat. I wet-lined for the 1st time in years and the green rabbit fly was extremely successful. I hooked up with 10 fish one afternoon with it. The conditions were overcast at the time. There were a few fresh run fish amongst them but overall condition factor of the fish were good.

Hopefully will be down again in late September.......

Regards,

Ian
"

Here's Pete's report:

"I am back home...

had a ball last week up there, lots of fish
alot were on the tungsten bomb
Pete Collins
"

I finished last week's tasty jack rainbow Monday for lunch, haven't fished yet this week, but will try again soon.

superfly.co.nz now has 351 patterns of trout flies tied on Kamasan, Mustad, and Tiemco hooks.

The

Tungsten Copperbead Flashback Pheasant Tail Grub

Tungsten Goldbead Bubbleback Emerger

were recently added.

Thanks to Wayne Godkin for reporting stale-but-unspawned rainbows landed and released this morning from the Tongariro River.
Wayne added that he fished with Brendon yesterday afternoon in lower river water from the Graces Pool downstream to the 'boat pole', for no bites for either angler.
Wayne was wetlining, and Brendon was nymphing.

Friday evening, I fished very briefly in very nicely coloured water for 2 missed fish.
The 2nd was a bite, which twisted all of the marabou tail fibres around the hook of my size 6 grizzly/olive Woolly Bugger.
On the 1st, previous contact, I can't remember feeling a bite...just a tightening line, followed by a fish swimming downstream at very high speed, then swimming upstream fast enough so that I almost lost contact.
As the fish swam upstream past my riverbank position, the hook disconnected, and that fish may have been foul-hooked.

superfly.co.nz now has 351 patterns of trout flies tied on Kamasan, Mustad, and Tiemco hooks.

Water conditions continued to look excellent, with light rain falling Saturday afternoon.

Tungsten Copperbead Flashback Pheasant Tail Grub

Tungsten Goldbead Bubbleback Emerger

were recently added.

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