Hi Guys,

Hoping somebody could help me out here. I'm going to the north island in April with my Dad and Brother, plan is to hire a campervan and spend 5 days fishing the rivers and lakes around Rotorua and Lake Taupo. Now I'm not  exactly what you would call an experienced fly fisherman having caught a few trout and plenty of bass and flathead and I was hoping somebody on here could provide me with a few tips on what flys to take and techniques, we are going to be able to afford a guide (any suggestions?) for a couple of days but after that we will be going solo. From all reports most of the fish will be in the lakes getting ready to spawn at this time of year and can be caught swinging wets and streamers where the rivers enter the lakes, we plan to do a bit of this. Can anybody suggest what patterns to use?


We are also going to fish some streams probably the rangitaiki and whirinaki river, I understand that in april most of the action will be on nymphs under an indicator. Can anybody suggest some good patterns to use?

I will be taking a 5 weight 4 piece with a floating line and a spinning rod too....just in case things get desperate  :lol:

Any help or advice would be very much appreciated

Regards

Tristan