Spent the last few days fishing the Tongariro and Wanganui rivers with Gringo from Australia who contacted me through this site and we organized a trip together. The fishing was good, I stopped counting but there were lots of good fish and good times. I think Chris (Gringo) may have found it a bit different to what he was used to, the Tongariro is fairly unique in needing long leaders and big heavy nymphs which when combined with a good breeze can be very interesting.
Chris managed a good recovering fish on the dry fly on Sunday evening just on dark. I estimated the fish at about 22 inches and it gave him a good fight, he also hooked numerous other fish and had a few premature releases!
We also had to rename the Bend Pool the Swimming Pool due to Chris falling in. TWICE
It was a pleasure to fish with and meet Chris and I hope he will be back for more.
All the best.
Mike.