Winter gave way to summer this week. The weather has been glorious since Monday. I see that tomorrow we are to expect a heavy morning shower with pleasant temperatures which will take us through to Monday. It is the annual Round Lake Taupo bike ride this weekend which attracts 2000 riders plus their support crews. […]

As anglers we all hanker to catch the big one. For most of us, we are just happy to catch a fish of legal size. The dream of the Tongariro river are of fish exceding 20lbs  which were apparently reasonably common at some time in the past. After 40 years of fishing the Tongariro River […]