Waipa River Trout Fishing
A fairly long river which flows North from near Otorohanga to Ngaruawahia. Good flyfishing in the upper reaches above Otorohanga. Further downstream the water becomes very silt laden due to farm run off. The best water lies in the vicinity of Toa Bridge which can be reached by driving south east from otorohanga for about 15km. Permission must be sought from the farm houses as the river flows through private property.
The river usually has a shingle bottom and is quite small so can be easily crossed at the tail of each pool. In Autumn a lot of trout move into the river to spawn bringing high numbers of rainbows in the 2-4lb range and browns some of which are very large, sometimes up over 10 pounds. Of course these large browns are very difficult to catch and the best one I've caught from this river was 6 pounds.