Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Saturday 15th February 2025

Weather: Warm, sunny and a light breeze, highs of 25°C Tongariro River Flow: 20.6 cumecs (m³/s) The fishing has been red hot the past week, with a light flow increase earlier in the week after the thunderstorms. We are seeing...

Rosie Bennett

February 15, 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

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December 2nd 2024

Tongariro River: 27.1 Flow (m3/sec) Weather: 22 C Partially Sunny If you've been keeping up with our recent blogs, you’ll know about some of the top-performing flies. If not, here’s a quick update on what’s been working lately! The hot flies for...

Noah Shapiro

December 2, 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 7th of November

Tongariro River Flow : 28.3 m3/sec Weather: Hot but Overcast⛅ The Tongariro has been fishing well lately, with many rainbows getting into anglers' nets. Most success has come from nymphing, with small naturals such as hare and copper sz:16-14 and...

Noah Shapiro

November 7, 2024

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Sunday 25th August 2024

Weather: Cloudy with rain forecast from tonight onwards for the rest of the week. Tongariro River Flow: 29.3 cumecs (m3/sec) The local rivers are still fishing excellently with reports of plenty of prime conditioned silver hens being landed following the spike...

Rosie Bennett

August 25, 2024