Sporting Life Fishing Report

Saturday 21st March
Boat fishing Brown trout c3 category 3 Delta dry fly dryfly fly tying flyfishing Fresh Run Rainbows Jigging Lacemoth Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout Silver Bars sportinglife Turangi summer Summer fishing Tongariro river Turangi Woolly Bugger

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
 
Saturday 31st January 2026
Brown trout category 3 dry fly dryfly Fishing Gift fly tying flyfishing Lake Edge Lake Fishing Rainbow Trout sportinglife Turangi Stonefly summer Summer fishing Tongariro river trophy fish Turangi

Saturday 31st January 2026

Weather: Pleasant temperatures with intervals of clouds and sunshine. Highs of 26° with light northwesterly winds. River Flow: 45 cumecs (m³/s) RECREATIONAL FLOW FOR THIS WEEKEND  TONGARIRO RIVER WILL BE FLOWING UP TO 60 CUMECS between 8am and 4pm SATURDAY...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Sunday 25th January 2026
Boat fishing Brown trout Caddis category 3 dry fly dryfly flood flyfishing Green Caddis Lacemoth Lake Edge Lake Fishing night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Smelt summer Summer fishing Tongariro river Turangi Woolly Bugger

Sunday 25th January 2026

Weather: 15°C, cloudy and showers for the rest of the day. Tongariro River Flow: 35.4 cumecs (m³/s) We probably don't need to mention the very below average summer weather that has sadly been wrecking havoc on the north island and...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Saturday 17th January 2026
Brown trout category 3 dryfly flyfishing Fresh Run Rainbows Green Caddis Jigging Lake Edge Lake Fishing New Zealand night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout sportinglife Turangi summer Summer fishing Tongariro river

Saturday 17th January 2026

Weather: Highs of 22°C, overcast with a light south easterly breeze, with light gusts. Tongariro River Flow: 27.5 cumecs (m³/s). The river is slightly coloured following the heavy rain two days ago but is clearing nicely and is still very...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Saturday 13th December 2025
Boat fishing Brown trout category 3 Christmas Gift Ideas Christmas gifts dry fly dryfly Fishing Gift fly tying flyfishing Gift Jigging Lake Edge night fishing nymphing Smelt sportinglife Turangi summer Summer fishing Tongariro river

Saturday 13th December 2025

Weather: Sunny, 22° with light winds up to 20kms. Tongariro River Flow: 26.4 cumecs (m³/s) The weather has been beautiful sunshine this week which has woken up the hatching insect life nicely and we have seen some nice topwater activity...

 Rosie Bennett
 
Saturday 6th December 2025
Brown trout dry fly Fishing Gift fly tying flyfishing Jigging New Zealand nymphing Patagonia Rainbow Trout Sage Smelt sportinglife Turangi Spring Fishing summer Summer fishing Tongariro river Turangi Wind

Saturday 6th December 2025

Weather: 23°C and breezy with 20km winds, settling this evening. Tongariro River Flow: 28.9 cumecs Good afternoon from sunny Turangi. The wind here the past week has been persistent, preventing some of us from the lake or river, but for...

 Rosie Bennett