Sporting Life Fishing Report

Lake Edge Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout Smelt Tongariro river Turangi Winter Fishing

Sunday 31st March 2024

Another cracker of a day here in sunny Turangi and the wind is on our side today with less gusts than we have had over the busy Easter weekend. There should be a good evening rise this evening as the...

Shop Staff

March 31, 2024

Brown trout Lake Fishing night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Tongariro river wet lining Wooly Buggers

Saturday 23rd March 2024

A rainy day today here in Turangi and the Tongariro continues to stay low and clear for now, flowing at 27 cumecs with some good reports today from people wetlining, swinging some of our favourite in-store woolly buggers and landing...

Shop Staff

March 23, 2024

Boat fishing Brown trout flyfishing Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing Saltwater flyfishing sportinglife Turangi summer Tongariro river Turangi

Monday 12th Febuary 2024

It has been a stunning but uncharacteristically cold day in Turangi for the middle of February. Yesterday's breeze has dropped away and there isn't a cloud in the sky. The day has warmed into the late teens this afternoon but...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

February 12, 2024

Brown trout dry fly flyfishing Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing sportinglife Turangi summer Tongariro river trophy fish Turangi wet lining Wooly Buggers

Monday 22nd of January 2024

After a mixed bag of weather over the weekend we have kicked off a new week with a scorcher of a day complete with bright blue skies and only a very slight breeze. The Tongariro was carrying a fair amount...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

January 22, 2024

Boat fishing Brown trout dry fly flyfishing Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing sportinglife Turangi

Monday 18th December 2023

It is a cloudy but calm morning in Turangi today, we received some passing showers in the wee hours of early morning but not enough to make any significant increase in river flows as the Tongariro is sitting at 24.2m3/sec...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 18, 2023

Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout sportinglife Turangi summer Tongariro river Turangi wet lining

Saturday 16th December 2023

After a warm and sunny Friday afternoon we have been greeted with an overcast Saturday morning, but the high cloud is expected to burn off later this afternoon. The Westerly breeze has certainly dropped off compared to earlier in the...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 16, 2023