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Didn't manage to fish Hamurana today.  The wind was from the South-East and was quite strong.  There were small white caps on the lake , especially on the Eastern side of the lake.  There were more fish up the stream thoug so it would be worth fishing outside the mouth after dark.  We did have a cloudless day today which could have brought fish into the shallows.
The Waiteti mouth fished well, with several decent brown trout caught during the day.  The Ngongotaha Stream fished well throughout its length, and many brown trout were hooked (some were landed as well) during the day.  The lower end of this stream is holding some very large browns.  The wind has since faded away but probably will return tomorrow midmorning.
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There was some good fishing in the Waiteti yesterday esp mid to late morning.. Its a pity at least one of those big browns taken was deliberatly fowl hooked off the foot bridge along with quite a few other fish that were schooled downstream of the bridge... also saw some "non english" speaking tourist fishing with sabiki rigs - 6 flies at a time - very convenient that they couldnt understand when it was explained to them they had to lose a few hooks!    Have a feeling it will be the same if not worse today (sat) with all the kids off school.. Its a pity the fishing can be tainted by just a few - most of the locals on the streams in this area are fantastic.

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took some nephews & niece on Rotoiti today for a swim & a fish.
 
plenty good fat trout taken jigging around 20 m depth
 
most productive fly was a silicon smelt
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Back out on Rotoiti with the kids again yesterday. 
 
Bit of a stiff westerly. 
 
Plenty fish on the sounder especially at 20 metres. 
 
Kids caught plenty but this time they were only taking small white flies and were not interested in the silicon smelt flies.
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Two and a half hours on Rotorua trolling, 5 nice sweet trout, smallest was 42cm. All caught off Ngongotaha Stream mouth .....Great afternoons fun.
 
Dad at 78 caught his first ever trout, over for two weeks holiday so took him for his first trout mish, a great success.....
We all have one that got away..
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Been on tarawera yesterday good day jigging fish in the 30m mark caught fish all aroung lake best area stump bay best fish 6pound odd all fish in great condition is the fishing better on tarawera this year condition factor and size ?Clap
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Had a day out on Lake Rotoiti today landed a nice lot of fish all caught trolling fish are spread out ,  tried jigging for awhile but no result

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Two of us had an afternoon out on Lake Rotoiti trolling landed 6 fish for 3 1/2 hrs on the water
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Yoti,What depth were you in?See a gap in the weather Tuesday.Thinking seriously about having a crack!!
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using 10 colours lead line in 20 metres water

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Cheers for that.Think temp still about 15.5 degrees.
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Fished Rotoiti again today, trolling  4 &1/2 hrs this afternoon 2 of us landed 4 fish
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Got out to tarawera for a couple of hours yesterday arvo,excluding the two fly's i had to remove from my headCensored(bloody wind gusts)
I managed a slaby 4 pounder on a smelt fly and a plump 8.5 pound hen in mint nick on a nymph dropper.
 
 
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Fished 2 days over long weekend on Lake Rotoiti, would have to call our efforts  boat fishing on the lake hard, we landed 1 fish only. Had our licences checked by Fish and Game they described the fishing in a similar manner
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Totally agree with you!!
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Lake Rotoiti as per date on photo
30 metres depth
small flies and silicon smelts
next 4 weeks until xmas should be good jigging
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Good catch right there
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Been on tarawera last 4 days until rain moved us on fishing epic fish avg 6 pound best 8 pound. Fish in great nick  bring on may and june .Clap
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father inlaw and i fished tarawera 27/28/29  managed 1 fish about 3lbs.  jigged and trolled, had 6 or 7 other hits that didn't stick, talked to a couple of guys who managed 2 fish and 1 other who managed 1, everyone was saying how hard the fishing was.  you were obviously doing something different to everyone else to manage that.
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