Eivind's World

45 minutes from my lodge was Tapao airport and when I arrives I wasn’t sure if it was right or not… If it was the right airport it must have been the smallest airport I have been to;) Here the plane is arriving: Leaving Tapao, just over the lake

Today I just took it easy and explored the Tongariro river nearby my lodge. I went downsream 40-50 meters when a big trout took my small nymph. A hard fight later and I managed to “net it”. This picture I took by myself using timer on the camera and it didn’t come out very good. [...]

Today is my last day in the the back country of New Zealand and I wanted to try the night fishing in Tongariro. I had tried 2 days ago but was attacked by the mosquitos and had to surrender early. I went to the local sport shop here and bought “Bushman Plus” that should do [...]

This picture is taken a few seconds after I hooked the fish that Ken spotted. When we saw it near land we guessed it was around 4 kilo!! And a 4 kilo trout is VERY strong when you only use a #5 rod!! Here I am trying to run down the river: After 15-20 minutes [...]

Today Ken Drummond picked me up in the morning and drove me to a river just south of Turangi. It was a beautiful river and it was knowned to host some strong fighting rainbows:) After a short while I hooked a very strong rainbow taking off downstream in high speed. After 15-20 minutes I managed [...]

I woke up at 6:30am today to take my first shower in 3 days and to take one quick trip to the river before driving to Tapao. Here is the river I fished in. The biggest I got was a 900gram rainbow. After fishing for 3 hours I went back to the car and drove [...]

I booked me in at Creel Lodge in Turangi next to the world famous Tongariro river back in Shanghai. I was surprised when I saw the hut. It was a 60m2, 2 bedroom apartment!! And located on the bank of the best trout river in the world…!! Here is my cabin and my car: Here [...]

I went to upper Whirinaki River to explore it. It was round 1 hour drive to get up to the mountains. Here I found a spot and parked my car: It was very difficult to walk along the river, it was “bush” everywhere and I got lots of scratches from the bushes. I had to [...]

When you stay at Lake Aniwhenua there are only one Country Cafe in nearby (just 4km away). And here I went every morning for a sanwitch breakfast and a sanwitch to go for lunch. The place closed 19:00 in the evening so I normally would come in at 18:45 after a day fishing to get [...]

In the evening I had a 6 pack of local beer and watched 3 episodes of Prison Break:):)