Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Monday 30th January 2023

The heavy rain has subsided for the time being, but the Tongariro river has been fluctuating in flow this morning currently sitting at 80m3/sec as I write this. I don't think we'll be seeing too much dry fly fishing in...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

January 30, 2023

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Tuesday 3rd of January 2023

Happy New Year Tongariro River Flow: 28.2m3/sec Weather: Overcast ⛅ It's a mild overcast day in Turangi and the weather folks suggest more rain is on the way, so stay tuned for more info. There's been some challenging river...

Theresa Beilby

January 3, 2023

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Tuesday the 27th of December 2022

Tuesday the 27th of December 2022 Neil and AB took the Pontoon boats out from Tokaanu Wharf for the day on another post Christmas scorcher with the sun blazing down there is a whole new buzz about town for both...

Shop Staff

December 27, 2022

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Monday the 26th of December 2022

Monday the 26th of December 2022It was a banger in Turangi today with the sun out in force for boxing day and looking like a number of days of sunshine ahead. The shop was pumping with anglers getting their fix...

Shop Staff

December 26, 2022

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Sunday 18th December 2022

Surprise, surprise it's raining in Turangi! The Tongariro has spiked to 140m3/sec and is running brown however fishing the river isn't a complete waste of time as we have received reports of a few brown trout lurking in the dirty...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 18, 2022

Boat fishing Booby Flies Delta dry fly flyfishing Lake Fishing New Zealand Rainbow Trout Tongariro river Turangi wet lining Wooly Buggers

Friday 16th of December 2022

Tongariro River Flow: 49.5m3/sec Weather: Rain/sunshine, VERY Humid. With the rivers dropping and rising as the rain continues to fall, most of us in the shop have been spending time on the smaller lakes and of course Lake...

Neil Cunnington

December 16, 2022