Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 30th August 2025

Weather: Overcast this morning with light rain on and off for most of the day, highs of 11°C. Tongariro River Flow: 26.6 cumecs (m³/s) With rain forecast for this week, the river should see a fresh flush of flow and...

Rosie Bennett

August 30, 2025

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Thursday 21st of November 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 31.8m3/sec Weather: Overcast with showers throughout the day. The past few days have been fantastic for anglers on the Tongariro and Tauranga-Taupo Rivers! A slight rise in water flow yesterday brought in a fresh wave of spawning...

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November 21, 2024

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Friday 1st of November 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 29.5m3/sec Weather: Sunny 🌞 The last couple of days fishing has been supreme for most anglers fishing the Tongariro River with great weather and plenty of fish around! Nymphing has been quite successful fishing with tiny hare...

Hayley Hunt

November 1, 2024

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Wednesday 23rd of October 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 59.7m3/sec Weather: Sunny ⛅ The Tongariro river flow seems to have risen this morning with many anglers coming in and saying there is some colour to the river and look to have some great fishing when the...

Hayley Hunt

October 23, 2024

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Sunday 20th October 2024

Weather: Sunny and reaching 19C with expected warm weather to continue through the week. Tongariro River Flow: 29.8 cumecs (m³/s) This spell of sunshine will be warming the waters and increasing insect activity, especially for the evening rises which is what we...

Rosie Bennett

October 20, 2024

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Monday 14th of October 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 34.9m3/sec Weather: Cloudy ⛅ Over the last week there has been some amazing fishing! I myself have been out quite a bit on the Tongariro river fishing both upper river and lower river and been getting into...

Hayley Hunt

October 14, 2024