Waiwhakaiho River (New Plymouth)

Hi,

Went down to New Plymouth this past weekend. That's about a 5 or 6 hour drive (taking it easy) from Auckland. We went down for a friend's wedding, which was very nice. We arrived on Friday and in town there is the Waiwhakaiho River, which has a good population of brown trout with the odd rainbow tossed in. I gave a try at a nice pool right in town in the evening at the corner of Constance Street and Rifle Range road, but no luck. On Saturday, (yesterday), tried a bit further upstream in the morning before the wedding. Got one that weighed in at 1 kg (2.2 lbs) on a size 12 claret nymph.

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Yes, this one came back to the motel for our lunch. It was very good (stuffed it with mixed herbs, some sliced ginger, red onion, butter, lemon pepper, and a bit of salt). I don't keep a fish very often, but I do enjoy them when I do.

- Jeff

Jeff -

Sounds like a fun time and a good dinner.

BUT - where are the wedding pics ??

John

It must have been tough to leave the river to attend the wedding!!!!!

Hi Jeff, that looks like a good solid brown, nice recipe too!
I am thinking of heading to Rotorua for the day on Friday if you fancy it let me know.
All the best.
Mike.