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LAKE TAUPO TONGARIRO RIVER FISHING TACKLE FISHING CLOTHING
"All flies good for tenderfoot"
(Chief Moose Heart, Indian Guide)
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Shamus provides all your fly fishing tackle (#6/7/8 rods, reels, lines, local trout flies). If
bringing your own tackle Shamus recommends:
Bring All Seasons
- Dull/natural coloured warm clothes and hats (light colours scare fish)
- Waterproof dry bag for cameras and medication
- Amber lens polaroids (for spotting fish)
- Quality dull coloured rain jackets
- 30+ sunscreen and insect repellent (non-scented and non DEET)
High Summer Clothes (December through March) (12-30 °c)(for sunny days, long hot
walks with river crossings and wading)
- Nylon shorts, polyprop long-johns, thick wool socks and sneakers/hiking boots
- Polyprop top, long sleeve shirt, fleece/jumper and a wide-brim sun hat
Summer Tackle
New Zealand Backcountry Rivers and Wilderness Streams:
- 9 foot rod with a WF 7 (olive) floating line
- Disc drag reels (big trout)
- Fluorocarbon tapered leaders and tippets (6-10 lbs)
- Waterproof fly boxes
- 5 weight rods are too light for big winds/flies/trout
- Light coloured lines and shiny rods/reels scare fish
Lake Taupo and Tongariro River:
- 9' rod with 8/9 floating line, or an intermediate line, or a
#9 Hi-Speed Hi-D shooting head.
Autumn - Winter Spring Clothes (April through November) (0-15 °c)
- Layering warm clothes is essential for winter comfort
- Polypropylene underwear (top and bottom), thick wool socks, long sleeve shirt,
fleece/jumper,a quality rain jacket and a warm hat.
- Chest 5mm neoprene waders (hire locally)
Autumn - Winter Fishing Tackle
Tongariro River, Lake Taupo and Lake Taupo Streams:
- bring a 9 foot (8 weight) rod
- WF 8/9 white/olive floating line for nymphing
- Teeny T300 sink tip line for streamers
- Lakes use a WF 8/9 floating or intermediate line or #9 Hi-Speed, Hi-D shooting head
- Double-handed rods are unsuitable
- Reels need disc drags (big fish)
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