Waihou River Trout Fishing

The Waihou river is a spring feed stream that rises from the ground near Tirua in south waikato. There is a huge populaton of small to medium size rainbow trout. For the most part the Waihou flows through farmland and gradually gain colour as it goes, once you get to Te Aroha it is usually dark brown colour.

The section between State Highway 5 and Whites road is a good place to start. This can be easily accessed from the State Highway 5 bridge from where you can fish upstream for hours. The river fishes well using either dry flies or nymphs. The larger trout can be quite spooky due to the water clarity. Because it is spring fed this is a fantastic river to fish when the weather is bad as it will remain clear even when most of the other streams in the area are badly discoloured.