Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Sunday 17th November 2024

Weather: Sunny today with highs of 18C Tongariro Flow: 40.3 cumecs (m³/s) The Tongariro is back down to a great flow from the 330 cumec heavy flow we saw in the past 48 hours. The water is still coloured nicely,...

Rosie Bennett

November 17, 2024

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Friday November 15th

Tongariro River: 218.5 Flow (m3/sec) Weather: 14C Heavy Rain The Tongariro River has received a lot of rain in the past 24 hours, and the river level has reflected that. Yesterday, the river was around 29 Cubic feet; today, it has...

Noah Shapiro

November 15, 2024

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Thursday November 18th

Tongariro River 28.7 Flow (m3/sec) Weather 14 C Overcast/Rainy Daily Fishing Report The fishing has been good on the Tongariro recently, with solid rainbows hitting the net. Fish are moving throughout the system, with customers reporting catching from the lower reaches below...

Noah Shapiro

November 14, 2024

dry fly flyfishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Tongariro river

Tuesday 12 of November 2024

Tongariro 29.1 Flow (m3/sec) dropping Weather 18 C Partially Sunny The Tongariro river has dropped since Sunday night's large rainfall. We are getting right back into exceptional early summer fishing. Throughout the day, the best method continues to be double nymphing; however, wet...

Noah Shapiro

November 12, 2024

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Sunday 10th of November 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 27.2m3/sec Weather: Overcast ⛅ The fishing has seemed to have picked up over the weekend with lots of great reports of good fishing for most anglers making their way into the shop. Wet lining, nymphing and dry...

Shop Staff

November 10, 2024

Brown trout dry fly Lake Fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Smelt spey summer trophy fish

November 8th 2024

This weekend the river is running at a low and clear @27.7 CU and dropping, Temps are a nice warm climb up 19 deg during the day, water temps at 9.25 deg a really nice zone for invertebrate activity and it's...

Gary Lyttle

November 8, 2024