Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Sunday 28th May 2023

We have woken up to a light drizzle in Turangi this morning. The Tongariro is flowing clear and currently sitting at 35.6m3/sec. We are expecting more rain tomorrow which should give the river a little top up but if the...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

May 28, 2023

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Wednesday 17th may 2023

It feels like we've seen more sunshine in the last few days than we did the entire summer. Having said that the temperatures are certainly cooler as we woke to 0 Degrees Celsius and a light frost this morning. The...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

May 17, 2023

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Wednesday 19th April 2023

It was a mostly sunny morning here in Turangi with grey cloud creeping in this afternoon. Maintenance on the Poutu is still set to continue up until the 28th of this month which has kept the Tongariro flowing at 52.3m3/sec...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

April 19, 2023

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Tuesday 4th April 2023

It's has been cracking day today with mostly clear skies and a cooling breeze, a great example of a Central Plateau autumn day. Our mornings have been a little colder now and the town trees are starting to turn from green...

Neil Cunnington

April 4, 2023

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Thursday 22nd December 2022

Sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain!!!!! when will it end?! Yesterday saw a bright blue skied day here in Turangi and the fishing on the Tongariro was on the up with people reporting good numbers of recovering rainbows and the...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 22, 2022

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Saturday 3rd December 2022

The sun has continued to shine over Turangi and we are off to a cracking start to our weekend. The Tongariro is sitting at 32.9 m3/sec and is flowing clear. As expected, dry dropper has been very productive in the...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 3, 2022