THERMAL REGIONS

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6546, 20 November 1924, Page 5

THERMAL REGIONS

AND BACK BEYOND SPLENDID TROUT FISHING ON LAKE TAUPO WELLINGTON PARTY’S SUCCESS In the course of an interview with a “Times” reporter, Mr Frank Dyer gave some interesting particulars of his recent visit to the thermal region of the North Island. The party, consisting of three rods, went up mainly for trout fishing in the Taupo district. SPLENDID SPORT “We were camped on the Tongariro river, about six miles up from Tokaanu,” stated Mr Dyer. “Although it was very early in the season, the fishing was exceptionally good and the fish for the time of year were in excellent condition. For the three rods for a week’s fishing the total bag was 66 fish, the average weight of which was about eight pounds, the best fish being 10J pounds. The first part of the trip was rather wet, with occasional thunderstorms, but later on it fined up, and we had a very pleasant time. \ The road from Rotorua down to Tokaanu is exceptionally good at the present time. The prospects for the season are distinctly promising, and I am of the opinion that in February and March some very heavy fish will be killed in the Taupo district. “A party of anglers at Waitahanui, on the road from Tokaanu to Taupo, reported that, although they were not getting a very large number of fish, the quality of them was very fine. The best fish killed, up to the time that we passed, weighed 12 pounds. ROTORUA HOTELS BOOKED WELL AHEAD , “I was informed at Rotorua that the prospects for the tourist season are very good, most of the principal hotels being fully booked up for months to come. The Sanatorium Gardens, at Rotorua, are looking very well indeed just at present, the roses particularly making a splendid show. WHITE CRANE AT OHINEMUTU “A white crane has taken up its residence close to Ohinemutu, and is a great source of interest to the residents and visitors to Rotorua. It has been there about seven months now, and has become so tame that it goes close to the Maori whares and is fed by the natives. It is a most beautiful bird. I was told where I would find it, and went down and had a look at it. The thermal activity at both Rotorua and Taupo is much about the same as usual.”