Trout fishing in Taupo

Lake Taupo, on New Zealand’s North Island is surrounded by a network of streams inhabited by healthy populations of Rainbow and Brown Trout. Once they get into the lake trout can get really big, so this is a trophy fly fisherman’s paradise. Part of the Tongariro National Park, which makes for a spectacular mountainous backdrop, people wanting to fish in the Taupo region can wade and fly in streams or rivers, charter a fishing boat on the lake or venture onto stretches of river only accessible by raft.