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Tyler Bright aged 7 with a well conditioned Manganuioteao River rainbow trout. rainbow River conditionedManganuioteao aged7withawell Bright Tyler Taranaki Region Taranaki mail: [email protected] [email protected] mail: E hone & Fax: (06) 345 4908 345 (06) Fax: & hone P in Wanganui or visit our web site at www.fishandgame.org.nz. at site web our visit or Wanganui in Wanganui on the Whanganui River please contact the Taranaki Fish and Game office office Game and Fish Taranaki the contact please River Whanganui the on O Box 4152 Box O P Ohura Rivers through the region to the sea. For more immediate information information immediate more For sea. the to region the through Rivers Ohura L UNCI O C GAME D AN H S I F ANAKI R TA which will guide the angler from the confluence of the Whanganui and the the and Whanganui the of confluence the from angler the guide will which Tranaki Region Tranaki North Island river it is to be the subject of a separate angler’s access brochure brochure access angler’s separate a of subject the be to is it river Island North 220km. Due to the size and scale of angler access information for this mighty mighty this for information access angler of scale and size the to Due 220km. Cover photo taken by Chris Bright (proud Poppa) (proud phototakenbyChrisBright Cover before entering the Tasman Sea at Wanganui, a distance of approximately approximately of distance a Wanganui, at Sea Tasman the entering before high-country and runs through the length of Taranaki Fish and Game Region Region Game and Fish Taranaki of length the through runs and high-country This major river system rises on the slopes of Mount Ngauruhoe in the central central the in Ngauruhoe Mount of slopes the on rises system river major This 10. Whanganui River Whanganui 10. spinners effective, in particular the Toby and Veltic series in various colours. various in series Veltic and Toby the particular in effective, spinners river is more usually exploited with a spinning rod. Spin fishermen find most most find fishermen Spin rod. spinning a with exploited usually more is river shingle bottom gives way to papa shelves interspersed with rocks and silt, the the silt, and rocks with interspersed shelves papa to way gives bottom shingle 25kms of fishable water runs down to the Ruakawa Falls. In this stretch, the the stretch, this In Falls. Ruakawa the to down runs water fishable of 25kms The river emerges from its gorge on SH4 (the Parapara Highway) and another another and Highway) Parapara (the SH4 on gorge its from emerges river The ouncil please contact us at the address below. below. address the at us contact please ouncil C ame G and Fish aranaki aranaki T the of attention the to bring to like would you that anything down. Many of the largest fish are taken by this method, usually after dusk. dusk. after usually method, this by taken are fish largest the of Many down. f you have have you f I issues. fishing sports any concerning holders licence all times. Some local anglers effectively employ the wet fly fished across and and across fished fly wet the employ effectively anglers local Some times. all ouncil always welcome feedback from from feedback welcome always ouncil C ame G and Fish aranaki T rule is during the annual beetle carnival when fish are to be seen rising at at rising seen be to are fish when carnival beetle annual the during is rule confine his dry fly fishing to the evening rise. The exception to this general general this to exception The rise. evening the to fishing fly dry his confine aquatic insects is usually at or just before dusk so the angler is advised to to advised is angler the so dusk before just or at usually is insects aquatic Worms, Creeper, Beetles, Slugs Beetles, Creeper, Worms, - Bait: In common with most of the rivers of the Central Plateau, emergence of of emergence Plateau, Central the of rivers the of most with common In Red and Gold Veltic, Gold Veltic, Daffy, Norwich Raised Eye Raised Norwich Daffy, Veltic, Gold Veltic, Gold and Red creeper are also taken. also are creeper Black and Gold Toby, Black and Gold Toby, Gren and Red Veltic, Veltic, Red and Gren Toby, Gold and Black Toby, Gold and Black - Spinners: December when fish gorge on brown and green beetle. Some crayfish and and crayfish Some beetle. green and brown on gorge fish when December the season progresses various species of mayfly nymphs predominate until until predominate nymphs mayfly of species various progresses season the Parsons Glory, Mrs Simpson, Black Phantom, Leslies Lure Leslies Phantom, Black Simpson, Mrs Glory, Parsons - Lures: common food obtained by trout in the early season is the cased caddis, as as caddis, cased the is season early the in trout by obtained food common (all well weighted) weighted) well (all Autopsies conducted on Mangawhero trout have shown that the most most the that shown have trout Mangawhero on conducted Autopsies Pheasant Tail, Half Back, Hare and Copper, Caddis imitations imitations Caddis Copper, and Hare Back, Half Tail, Pheasant - ymphs: N above the golf course bridge closes for the spawning season. spawning the for closes bridge course golf the above Brown, plus red tipped Governor/Black Gnat Gnat Governor/Black tipped red plus Brown, 401) and from Pakihi Road. Anglers should note that the Mangawhero River River Mangawhero the that note should Anglers Road. Pakihi from and 401) Peveril O’ The Peak, Hardies Favourite, Twilight Beauty, March March Beauty, Twilight Favourite, Hardies Peak, The O’ Peveril - Fly: Wet Old Mangawhero Road, Raetihi-Ohakune Road (golf course bridge - Bridge Bridge - bridge course (golf Road Raetihi-Ohakune Road, Mangawhero Old be obtained from public land within Ohakune itself and from Burns Street, Street, Burns from and itself Ohakune within land public from obtained be Glory, March Brown, Cochy-Bondhu, Black Gnat Gnat Black Cochy-Bondhu, Brown, March Glory, to colour up very quickly in spate conditions. Access to the upper river can can river upper the to Access conditions. spate in quickly very up colour to Blue Dun, Olive Dun, Kakahi Queen, Twilight Beauty, Grenwell’s Grenwell’s Beauty, Twilight Queen, Kakahi Dun, Olive Dun, Blue - Fly: Dry which becomes more pronounced as the river progresses. The river tends tends river The progresses. river the as pronounced more becomes which Much of the land surrounding Ohakune gives the water a brownish tinge tinge brownish a water the gives Ohakune surrounding land the of Much not be limited by this list as trout can be extremely fussy eaters! eaters! fussy extremely be can trout as list this by limited be not have proved successful on most of the rivers in this pamphlet, however do do however pamphlet, this in rivers the of most on successful proved have willow fringed stretches. stretches. fringed willow Below are some commonly used flies, nymphs, lures, spinners and baits that that baits and spinners lures, nymphs, flies, used commonly some are Below in length is characterised by graveled rocky runs, pools and more placid placid more and pools runs, rocky graveled by characterised is length in though it’s true that some have more results on certain waters than others. others. than waters certain on results more have some that true it’s though a gorge as it leaves the Central Plateau. This stretch of approximately 10km 10km approximately of stretch This Plateau. Central the leaves it as gorge a unique characteristics, there can be no single “catch-all” fly, lure or spinner, spinner, or lure fly, “catch-all” single no be can there characteristics, unique Ohakune Township then crosses gently descending farmland until entering entering until farmland descending gently crosses then Township Ohakune With such a variety of different waters to choose from, each with its own own its with each from, choose to waters different of variety a such With fishing difficult. The river leaves the National Park and runs through through runs and Park National the leaves river The difficult. fishing are not much fished being so closely enveloped in native bush as to make make to as bush native in enveloped closely so being fished much not are obtain a Fish and Game “Getting Started in Trout Fishing” information pack. pack. information Fishing” Trout in Started “Getting Game and Fish a obtain Access to the headwaters is within Tongariro National Park; these waters waters these Park; National Tongariro within is headwaters the to Access not contact the Wanganui office of Taranaki Fish and Game Region and and Region Game and Fish Taranaki of office Wanganui the contact not fishery. If you are interested introducing a youngster to the sport then why why then sport the to youngster a introducing interested are you If fishery. the fish are now naturally bred and wild. wild. and bred naturally now are fish the set up that is guaranteed to catch trout, or perch if fishing a regional stillwater stillwater regional a fishing if perch or trout, catch to guaranteed is that up set tried. No stocking has been completed in this river for some years and all all and years some for river this in completed been has stocking No tried. Ruapehu District Ruapehu float, another swivel with a leader line, hook and worm. A simple and cheap cheap and simple A worm. and hook line, leader a with swivel another float, fish considerably in excess of this, particularly if the less accessible spots are are spots accessible less the if particularly this, of excess in considerably fish with light breaking strain line attached to a swivel, connected to a bubble bubble a to connected swivel, a to attached line strain breaking light with up to an average size of 1.5kg however the visiting angler may expect to take take to expect may angler visiting the however 1.5kg of size average an to up to sea fishing.

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