Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 3rd May 2025

Weather: Highs of 15°C, a light 12km breeze with gusts up to 30kph Tongariro River Flow: 26.8 cumecs (m³/s) All methods of fishing are on for this weekend with the elevated flows compared to our autumn season so far. Euro...

Rosie Bennett

May 3, 2025

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Saturday 26th April 2025

Weather: Overcast and drizzly with highs of 13°C Tongariro River Flow: With a recreational release today, the river is currently at 43 cucmecs (m3/sec). Genesis info: Flows of 30 cubic metres per second for 6 hours will be released from...

Rosie Bennett

April 26, 2025

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Saturday 19th April 2025

Weather: Good rain at last! Cloudy with periods of rain, heavy at times. Fresh northerlies, easing this afternoon. Tongariro River Flow: 24.4 cumecs (m³/s) We have seen a small spike in river flow with flows expected to increase slightly as...

Rosie Bennett

April 19, 2025

Boat fishing Brown trout flyfishing Jigging Lacemoth Lake Fishing night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Smelt sportinglife Turangi Tongariro river Turangi

Tuesday 18th Of March

Tongariro River Flow: 21.0(m3/sec) Weather: Isolated showers, turning to widespread and heavy rain for a while this afternoon. Clearing this evening as northerlies strengthen and turn westerly. Finally, some rain is incoming. Hopefully this brings the rivers up (at least...

Shop Staff

March 18, 2025

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Sunday 26th January 2025

Weather: 18°C with heavy rain forecast for this afternoon into tomorrow, light NE winds of 9km/h with gusts of 20km/h arriving with the weather front coming in. Tongariro River Flow: 22.5 cumecs (m³/s) The rain may be here for a...

Rosie Bennett

January 26, 2025

Boat fishing Brown trout dry fly flyfishing Jigging Lake Fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Sage Sales! Smelt Stonefly Tongariro river

Friday 10th January 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 24.7m3/sec Weather: Sunny with wind throughout the day. Fishing conditions have taken an exciting turn over the past couple of weeks, making now the perfect time to hit the water! Evening dry fly fishing is delivering fantastic...

Hayley Hunt

January 10, 2025