Hmmm, seems Karma caught up with me then! Just back from our Rotorua trip. Didn't get so much as a look the whole time there. The fishing has been pretty hard these days (so I was told anyway), but I've never seen it so fishless. I've gone without often enough, but when I'm not seeing the locals catch many (I think I only saw 1 fish actually caught, and 3 others after the fact, but for 3 days in the area, that's slim pickings). There were lots of spawning rainbows in the Ngongataha stream, which is good to see, and I spooked a number of fish from the pools (must remind myself again, do not try and fish that river top down, always fish it up stream - fish can see you a mile away if you try and fish it down stream).

Oh, and not only that, I forgot to try the flies I specifically tied for this trip! Go figure.

- Jeff