The Tamure Kid wrote: Admittedly, I'm referring to experience years ago now, but for me that river was always a 'just after a fresh' place. when the river was clearing just enough to see your feet in knee deep water, it was all on. But when had been low and clear for a while I much preferred the Tongariro. This time of the year, I suspect the fish you can see are in spawning mode, and would be darker fish - not fresh run. There may be a TT expert who can jump in to contradict me! You should still get a few fish if you can run a nymph right in tight against the blackberries etc on the far bank. But it's slow going. |
Fishb8 wrote:
I used to just go down to the TT irregardless of the weather and found clear frosty weather made for hard days. Then I found that Environment Waikato used to take daily readings and I could graph the river height - I'd ring up the office (pre-internet days) and get the latest info. Kept results and found the times post-peak flow when it was safe to cross at Cliff Pool and visibility was perfect. Using this data, I fished the TT way less but increased my catch-rate, hugely. Tongariro for dryer times. |
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