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New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Issue 1249, 26 March 1914, Page 30

To say that the upper reaches of the Wanganui River —in fact, the whole river—are now teeming with magnificent trout is no mere figure of speech. Numbers are caught from the decks of the house boat and from motor canoes and row boats kept at the bouse boat for the convenience of visiting fishers. A gentleman staying at the house boat last week states that the size and the large number of trout was surprising. Visitors sit in the evening in their deck chairs and watch the trout rising and jumping, similar to schools of porpoises, but, of course, smaller in size. The opinion of Mr. Wodley Prouse and others who annually visit Lake Taupo, and have fished on the Wanganui, is that the Wanganui, already so famed for its scenic attractions, will, when known better, become one of the finest trout streams in the world. In the House Boat-Tau-marunui section of the river service the boats on the up-trip are stopped frequently and trout caught by both crew and passengers.