
20/03/2025
The stream-mouth fishing at Rotorua is coming to an end as the weather and the lake cool. But just look at all these trout with their mouths wide open waiting hungrily for your fly. You'll get them on the streams from now on as they start moving up for their spawning. Any of the flies pictured will do the job at this time of year. Last April/May I had success with the wee-wet Red Tip Governors. The globug/Grey Ghost rig under an indicator has always served me well. The 101 stonefly pictured, and any rubber legs, will nail the browns. Tiny nymphs such as midges and willow grubs in sizes 16 and 18 are great fish-catchers. And if all else fails, go for the size 16 or 18 Pheasant-tail with the bright copper thorax.