The first of October a long awaited almost religious date on the New Zealand trout fishermans calender. This year the first found me eagerly prepared the evening before, car packed & ready to go, my favourite six weight, a good cut lunch, lawns & chores completed a few days before & of course a fresh bunch of back country...
Autumn arrived on the Taupo fishing scene like the usual change of seasons, golds on the poplars around the lake edge and rivers.This is my favourite time of year on the Taupo rivers, the air has that slight crispness to it, the rivers sparkle with a new sense of life and fantails hover above the surrounding kanuka.Its as if nature is anticipating...