Day two is behind us

What a drive. Taupo to Napier, then down to Palmerston North. On the map, Taupo is the big lake in the center of the island, Napier is on the east coast, and Palmerston North is at the end of the track. Beautiful drive. Finally pulled out the fly rods. (whoopee). These waterfalls are on the Waipunga river, which funny enough, also holds some trout . Out came the rods, but we just saw some small-ish rainbows and never managed to land any. It turns out that my so-called "guide book" for the trip is a little out-of-date. I borrowed some nz trout fishing books to use as an index for the trip, but the one I have for the north island shows the Tukituki River as being closed for the season. Actually it was NOT the case, and the rules have channged in the last 15 years since the book was published. Good fishing there, as large-ish rainbows were rising all along the banks. A quick stop for a fish, and we landed a fat 15-incher. Disclaimer: I might add here that we're using the "Royal We" and if there's any reference to 'us' fishing, that would mean that I fished.

-Josh