Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 21st March

Weather: Highs of 21C today with low wind and beautiful sunshine! Perfect for sight fishing today! Tongariro River Flow: 23.8 cumecs (m³/s) The Tongariro is flowing low and clear, and as March marches on, the brown trout have arrived in...

Rosie Bennett

March 21, 2026

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Saturday 20th December 2025

Weather: 16°C Mostly overcast today with periods of rain. Tongariro River Flow: 26 cumecs (m3) The slightly cooler weather has hit Turangi in the past few days and will continue through the Christmas period with some sunny days in-between. This...

Rosie Bennett

December 20, 2025

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Tuesday 23rd Of September

Tongariro River Flow: 37.9(m3/sec) Weather: Scattered rain, becoming widespread and possibly heavy around midday. Northerlies. It's another overcast, rainy day in Turangi today. Reports have been few and far between. But the people who have been getting out, are still...

Hamish Parker

September 23, 2025