Sporting Life Fishing Report

Tuesday 4th August 2026

Weather: 5.3° Showers, with snow flurries to 300 metres, becoming isolated in the evening. Elsewhere, partly cloudy becoming fine in the evening. Frost developing at night. Southerlies. River Flow: 22.2 Cumecs (m³/s) We are now a few days into August, and...

 Niamh Ward
 

Wednesday 29th July 2026

Weather: 9.0° Fine with areas of severe morning frost or fog. Some late evening cloud. Light winds. River Flow: 22.7 Cumecs (m³/s) We've certainly been feeling the cold over the past few days as the southerlies have swept through. Late last...

 Niamh Ward
 

Thursday 23rd July 2026

Weather: 10.4° Areas of morning frost or fog, otherwise mainly fine. Cloud increasing in the afternoon. Light winds, northwesterlies developing in the evening. River Flow: 21.3 Cumecs (m³/s)  The mornings have continued to follow the same pattern we've seen over the past few weeks, with frosty starts...

 Niamh Ward
 

Friday 17th July 2026

Weather: 9.1° Mainly fine, some cloud developing evening. Southwesterlies. River Flow: 21.9 Cumecs (m³/s) A relatively mild start to the day, with the sun making an early appearance and sticking around for most of it. There was still a chilly...

 Niamh Ward
 

Wednesday 15th July 2026

Weather: 14.3° Mostly cloudy with isolated showers. Light winds. River Flow: 22.3 Cumecs (m³/s) We had a fantastic Matariki weekend, with a significant increase in anglers and foot traffic around Turangi. The night market was a great success by the...

 Niamh Ward
 

Friday 10th July 2026

Weather: 10.5° Partly cloudy. Southerlies. River Flow: 23.5 Cumecs (m³/s) It's been buzzing around town today with the Matariki weekend kicking off. Local volunteers did a fantastic job decorating the town yesterday afternoon in preparation for tonight's night market in the...

 Niamh Ward