One angler was fishing the Tongariro River ~200 meters upstream from the Herekiekie Street Rockpile, when the photo above was taken at 10 am this morning.
The photo at right shows the gravel and rock dam formed last week to limit water flowing into the area formerly known as the Stones Pool...some water is leaking under the rock dam, which looks similar to the rock dam formed ~10 years ago.
The photo below shows most of the water re-channeled into the center of the Stones Pool.
I fished again Saturday evening with a small woolly bugger on a wetline, without wading, for no bites.
One other angler was seen nymphing, for no known bites.

Another 'recreational release' of water into the Tongariro is scheduled for Saturday 11 February 2012.

superfly.co.nz now has 420 patterns of trout flies tied on Kamasan, Mustad, and Tiemco hooks.
The
Silicone Smelt,
Loves Lure,
Baby Mouse, and
Zonker Mouse
were added on 11 January, and the
Silicone Smelt
were sold out when local anglers saw them, and bought them all.