Herbert Unterweger from Austria with a limit bag.  Great conditioned trout from Lake Taupo – all obviously due to Herbert’s ‘lucky’ TRM hat. Thanks to Michael Rowntree from Something Fishy (www.troutfishingnz.com)

  On 1 December the upper Tongariro River above the Fence Pool opened for fly fishing – see following brief “slide-show” for a brief taste of what you could be in for…  Many are resident trout that fight well above their weight compared to Lake trout.  But there is a warning – the access could be tricky.  Only for the most enthusiastic…