Sporting Life Fishing Report

Brown trout fly tying flyfishing Guideline Lake Fishing night fishing sportinglife Turangi Tongariro river Turangi

Monday 14th November 2022

The weather over the last couple weeks has been very changeable here in Turangi, with rain one minute and bright blue skies the next. It looks like we are due for more of the same up until the weather breaks...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

November 14, 2022

Boat fishing Brown trout dry fly New Zealand Rainbow Trout sportinglife Turangi Tongariro river Turangi

8th of November 2022

Tongariro River Flow: 25.3 m3/sec Weather Conditions: Mostly Cloudy It's currently a warm 19°C day in Turangi and Neil is currently having a ball on the dry dropper with the usual suspects: the Category 3 Woomfah in black, with a Hare...

Theresa Beilby

November 8, 2022

Brown trout dry fly flyfishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout Sage Tongariro river Turangi wet lining

Friday 4th November 2022

It has been a stunning day here in Turangi with bright blue skies. The temperatures are on the rise and from our customers reports it sounds like the fishing has been picking up leading into the weekend with dry dropper...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

November 4, 2022

Ahrex Hooks Brown trout fly tying flyfishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout sportinglife Turangi Turangi wet lining

Sunday 30th October 2022

The rain is with us again with some heavy showers belting down on the roof through the night. There is a touch of humidity with this system and the lawns and gardens are filling out with new growth. Must be time...

Neil Cunnington

October 30, 2022

Brown trout dry fly flyfishing night fishing Rainbow Trout

Saturday 29th October

Once again, the clouds are looming in Turangi and the forecast suggest we are due for a decent dumping of rain in the next 24 hours. We have had a couple quiet days in the shop lately which found me...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

October 29, 2022

Brown trout Euro Nymphing flyfishing globugs nymphing Rainbow Trout Tongariro river Turangi Winter Winter Fishing

Tuesday 28th June 2022

It has been a chaotic few days for the team at Sporting Life and Turangi in general with the first Matariki holiday weekend! There was some fantastic fish caught all over the show and loads of very happy anglers through...

Connor Andrew

June 28, 2022