Eastern Rivers and Waikaremoana  May 14th

By Murray Ferris

Same old same old, no rain low rivers and no sign of any significant
changes in the near future. All the rivers and lake Waikaremoana are
extremely low.

The fishing is hard in the main due to the conditions but as the
temperature continues to drop there is less fly life on the wing and as
we approach the dead of winter there will be a bit of a lull while the
fish spawn.

With less than 2 months left of this season it is unlikely bthat the
conditions will be significantly different with long term forecasts
predicting dry cold weather for the next few months.

On the bright side however fish caught are in magnificent order and in
great fighting trim. A recent visit to the Ruakituri by a couple warty
old anglers produced a very nice bag of good fish, even by one angler
notorious for his catching of very small fish so they must be extremely
co-operative.

There are good reports from some anglers at the lake, one party there
for a week recently landed 72 fish, not bad in my book.

Remember the didymo threat. Clean dry and treat

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