Hi Mike,
Sounds like some great salt water action. My Dad and I had some luck up on one of the charters in Bay of Islands pre-Christmas. We both picked up some 8-10 lbs snapper, and a lot of smallies. In fact, all 5 of us fishing were catching fish in the 8-10 lbs range. One fellow on the boat even pulled in a 20 lbs and a 16lbs!

Anyway, I had a peak at the Wairoa out in Clevedon this weekend while my wife was at work. Picked up two very small ones in the riffles. The water was quite warm, but it had cleared up some. Could hear the cicada's singing, so large drys should be working about now too. We've had a lot of things to do around a house we look after, so fishing has been limited to unexpected dashes to the Wairoa these days.

- Jeff