Fly Fishing Trip

Ian Ruthven (our guide for the day) picked us up at our hotel just before 7:00am Sunday morning, with all the supplies and raft in tow. We drove west from Taupo about one hour to the Mohaka River where we launched the raft and began our day of trout fishing. Basically the purpose of the raft is to get us downstream to good fishing spots that are not accessible by foot. We would load up in the raft and travel a bit, then beach it and fish for a while from the river banks. Once we were done with one spot, we would jump back in the raft and continue on. Overall we covered about 8 kilometers of river. Dave caught and released a 3.5

pound brown trout after many aimed casts right over the fish. Once he finally took the fly, it was a great fight to the end. Jill caught and released a small 2 pound brown trout and hooked a nice size rainbow trout, but failed to land the rainbow. We had such an awesome day on the river; breakfast, lunch, rafting, fishing, sunshine, and a great guide. It was a beautiful sunny day that brought both of our first brown trouts. We can't wait until our next opportunity to fly fish.