Turangi Fishing Report 5 August 2022

Wednesday saw me tackle the Tauranga Taupo.
I’ve been itching to do a session on this river for a little while now but the heavy rainfall over recent weeks has meant that it has been unfishable for long periods. On arrival at the river I was pleased to see the river was that milky green colour that I like and with the level at 0.6m, close to perfect.As is normal with me , I like to have more than one option when I am fly fishing because some days some methods will be better than others. I always take 2 rods when I am fishing and the reason for this is twofold.  If you are unfortunate enough to break a rod (we all know it can happen for a variety of reasons), then you have a spare and don’t have to walk 3km+ back to your vehicle. Secondly,  the rods may have different line types on so that a transition can be made to fish an alternative method if desired.  This day I elected to fish the wet line as one method and Czech nymph as the other.  I ended up having good success with both methods. Some of the fish that I caught Czech nymphing were caught in about  150-200 mm deep water. Egg patterns were working with the Czech nymphing (although the bomb was catching a few as well). The woolly bugger (olive and black) was doing the trick for the wet line.  My last 2 casts of the day yielded 2 fish (both Czech nymph and both sighted in very shallow water. I always like to finish my fishing day with a fish on the last cast. I had already done this but talked myself into one VERY last cast and hence the extra fish.  I began the long walk back to my vehicle at about 4:30 pm and was soon on the heels of 3 other visitor anglers who were also making their way back.  They could see that I was moving faster and offered to let me through but I said “I am in no hurry, lead the way. So the rest of the journey, as is normal with fishermen, we talked about the day on the river and I was pleased to see that they too had had a good day.