Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 27 May 2023

Well, the sun almost made an appearance this morning, but the clouds have well and truly set in this afternoon and the chance of receiving some rain feels likely. Mixed reports on the river today with some people reporting good...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

May 27, 2023

Thursday 25th of May 2023

Tongariro River Flow: 38.6m3/sec Weather: Sunny! Good afternoon from the team at Sporting Life - Turangi! It's nothing but a fine day for the Central Plateau seeing river and lake anglers buzzin' to get their boat or waders into the...

Shop Staff

May 25, 2023

Wednesday 24th of May 2023

Tongariro River Flow: 41.2m3/sec Weather: Sunny 🌞 Enjoy it! Another beautiful day ahead for Turangi with the sunshine piercing through the shop windows so there's no need for the heater this morning! Passing the Tauranga-Taupo anglers carpark I could see...

Shop Staff

May 24, 2023

Tuesday 23rd of May 2023

Weather: Mostly sunny! Tongariro River Flow: 45.1m3/sec The wet weather has eased off seeing a beautiful sky over the glorious Tongariro which is fishing well this morning according to customers who popped in for a chat and a fly box...

Shop Staff

May 23, 2023

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Saturday 20th of May 2023

After a night of rain showers it was a surprise to see the Tongariro and Tauranga Taupo rivers in a reasonably fishable state but after some heavy downpours through the morning that finally hit the upper reaches the Tongariro in...

Neil Cunnington

May 20, 2023

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Wednesday 17th may 2023

It feels like we've seen more sunshine in the last few days than we did the entire summer. Having said that the temperatures are certainly cooler as we woke to 0 Degrees Celsius and a light frost this morning. The...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

May 17, 2023