Waikato Browns

Wow!, The fishing around the Waikato is red hot right now, Aggressive Rainbows all coloured up and in Superb condition just smashing the shit out of big Streamers right now, Buttery Beefed up Browns also showing there presence a lot more. Some mornings I can grab a Flatwhite on the Main street of Hamilton, Run down behind the Casino, Pass the Homeless guy sleeping in the bush and throw out a line and catch 2 or 3 Browns in Downtown Hamilton on the Waikato river in Ten minute's, That's how good the fishing is right now.

Iv'e been guiding more then ever at the moment a lot of my clients had been putting off there usual mid summer trips to chase late season browns, Which seem to be the main target right now, We are getting terrific runs of Browns running up the lowland streams in the Waikato area, As well as the hydro lakes south of the Tron, Any little stream flowing into these Lakes is worth throwing a Fly at. Throwing bigger meat flies at them seems to be getting there attention, We have been sight fishing with Streamers/Buggers using about 6-7' of 8-12lb Airflo Sightfree Extreme Flurocarbon, Using a slighty heavier Leader gives you the ability to give these fish a bit more pressure when playing them and also land them a lot quicker.

Fish Magnet Greig Cousins with a Stunning small stream Brown

The Mangatutu is fishing very well as it has all season, Getting up there during midweek is key which gives it time to recover from the weekend warriors. The Puniu river which joins the Mangatutu behind Waikeria has it fair share of Bows and Browns right now, My go to fly in these waters seem to be a Orange bead Hare and Copper, When Fishing down stream Dore's Mr Glister in brown is doing the damage, Have a look at some of the many streams running off the western side of the Kaimai Ranges, Especially when we get our next dose of rain these rivers are going to be cranking, Don't put away your rods yet we have another month of great fishing and theres a Brown out here with your name on it.