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Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20422, 12 February 1938, Page 20 (Supplement)

visiting anglers, the Mangapeehi Is not unlike (he W.r.miLa, which has pre , viousiv ;.een deal., witu in these notes, and is about the same size there, averaging In Avidlh from half to Jireequaners of a e lain. Flowing througl bush country tn its upper waters, the banks of the stream are scrub-ciau in many places, but the water is wade-

able and the problem of access to it is not usually difficult. Like most of the streams in that, part of the province, the Mangapeehi is a stoney bedded stream and fast, rips and ex relfent pools alternate throughout >ts course aboA'e KcpaK-i. The average takeable fish this season is about but. specimens of 3slb are not un common. It is a fine fly stream and the following dry and wet patterns are favoured by local anglers:—Dry: Kakahi Queen. Hare's Ear. Pope’s j Nondescript, Wickham’s Fancy. Cocb - y-bondhu. Wet: Hare’s Ear, Redtipped Governor. Silver Sedge. Accommodation is to be had at Kopaki, from Avhich there are roads leading both up and down stream, and also to other fishing waters. Lands fronting the stream are for the most part privately-owned and permission to fish should be asked.