Sporting Life Fishing Report

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

Brown trout night fishing Rainbow Trout spey Winter Fishing

Thursday 2nd June 2022

Well the flood we have been patiently waiting and wishing for has finally arrived! The river looks very different to what it did last night, with some red hot action after dark before the rain moved in this morning. The...

Connor Andrew

June 2, 2022

Brown trout globugs nymphing Rainbow Trout Winter Fishing

Thursday 19th May 2022

A perfect day for fishing in Turangi today with the river looking absolutely stunning this morning. The small lift in flow coloured the river right up and for those who were keen enough to have a go the rewards were...

Connor Andrew

May 19, 2022

Brown trout nymphing Rainbow Trout

Thursday 21st April 2022

The grey drizzle continues to blanket Turangi as was been the case for most of the day yesterday. We had a stream of happy anglers through the shop who had got amongst some beautiful fresh silver rainbows and the odd...

Connor Andrew

April 21, 2022

Brown trout globugs night fishing

Wednesday 13th of April 2022

Boy, it's windy! 💨 Judging from the weather forecast it appears that Turangi will be the place to spend your Easter weekend, as the worst of the weather is here and passing through! It sure is turbulent out there and...

Theresa Beilby

April 13, 2022

Brown trout night fishing spey trophy fish

Saturday 9th April 2022

The cold snap that came through has certainly chilled things off with a bloody cold night spent on the river yesterday following the first frost of the year! There were a few anglers out on the water with mixed reports...

Connor Andrew

April 9, 2022