Sporting Life Fishing Report

Brown trout Delta dry fly Egg Flies flyfishing Lake Edge Lake Fishing night fishing nymphing Patagonia Rainbow Trout

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

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

Lake Fishing New Zealand nymphing Rainbow Trout Smelt sportinglife Turangi Spring Fishing Stonefly Tongariro river Turangi wet lining

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

Booby Flies Brown trout dry fly flyfishing Lake Edge Lake Fishing New Zealand night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Sage Smelt spey sportinglife Turangi Tongariro river Turangi wet lining Winter Fishing

Saturday 14th September 2024

Weather: Raining with heavy rain due from this afternoon into the night. Tongariro River Flow: 38.1 cumecs (m3/sec) (fluctuations expected with rain on and off) It's certainly an exciting time to be in the Central Plateau!! Our still water - Lake Rotoaira...

Rosie Bennett

September 14, 2024

Boat fishing Booby Flies Delta Lake Edge Lake Fishing New Zealand Rainbow Trout Smelt Tongariro river Turangi wet lining Winter Fishing

Saturday 27th Of April 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 26.8m3/sec Another beautiful day in sunny Turangi with the weather forecast nice, clear and sunny for the next few days with some cold starts! Back to the future...Rebecca Anderson featured on the Sporting Life fishing report back...

Shop Staff

April 27, 2024

Brown trout Lake Fishing McLeans Nets Rainbow Trout Tongariro river Turangi

Sunday 7th April 2024

Happy Weekend team! We hope you have been out enjoying the sunshine and to all the boaties on the lake jigging, trolling & harling. We have had reports that the jigging has been happening around 35 - 40m deep and...

Shop Staff

April 7, 2024