The Taupo fishery has had some very good runs of fresh run autumn spawners over the last few weeks.  Excellent sized and conditioned trout have been caught on the back of the last rains.  Taupo fly fishing rivers are now low and clear and are getting just a little more challenging, but we can report there are trout to be had by those who get out and try.  Some huge browns have now entered the Taupo system and can be seen throughout the lengths of most of our local waterways and also on the local stillwaters.  With winter coming use these local websites to monitor river levels and flow to see when the trout will be running.

Flyfishing in the Taupo region has been going great over the past couple of weeks.  Now is a great time of year for diversity of methods with backcountry dry-fly, stillwater, river mouth and night fishing all giving good action.

We had three good hot sunny days at the start of this week to keep the cicadas in the Taupo region chirping, although the cooler mornings meant they didn’t get going till around lunchtime.  The afternoon Cicada flyfishing has still been red hot but you really need to make the most of it now because once we get a few cold days in a row it could spell the end of this truly magical fishing. 

As noted in earlier fishing reports this has been the best summer for cicadas in a long time and we have been delighted to guide clients from Europe and US who have loved this special type of dryfly sight-fishing.  Never fear though as the stillwaters are fishing well even on cooler days, as the photo below and our latest big rainbow flyfishing video shows, and it only gets better as we are now about to start Passion Vine Hopper fishing.

Well the Cicada season just keeps going and the fish are now getting competitive for the years biggest steak and chip meal !!!!

Just watching some of these big fish come and race across the current to smash these big dry flies is just awesome!!!! I get as much fun just watching peoples faces as these big mouths come out from the deep and engulf the dries, I love to see the faces of anglers when we put size 6# dry flies attached to 8lb leaders, “you gotta be kidding” sort of look !!!!

Its all on and it’s the best dry fly action I have ever witnessed!

The flyfishing in the Taupo district over the last couple of weeks has been amazing.  We have had little time to tweet or complete a fishing report because we have been out there enjoying it with clients and friends.

The cicadas are everywhere and the trout are chomping them.  A true cicada summer happens only once every few years and this is the best flyfishing with dryfly cicada immitations that I can remember.  We've had a number of clients from the UK who have been lucky enough to experience this incredible fishing for themselves.

I also had the pleasure of guiding the President of Scott Rods and the CEO of Airflo while they were in New Zealand and although time was limited they had a taste of what the Taupo fishery has to offer.