Sporting Life Fishing Report

Brown trout Egg Flies globugs night fishing Rainbow Trout Sage Slushy Tongariro river Turangi wet lining Winter Winter Fishing

Saturday 17th August 2024

Weather: Overcast & raining at last! Tongariro River Flow: 26.4 cumecs (m³/s) Some great reports coming in today as we write this from anglers landing good numbers of fabulous conditioned fish both yesterday afternoon and early this morning. The lower light...

Rosie Bennett

August 17, 2024

Lake Edge night fishing Rainbow Trout spey Tongariro river wet lining Winter Fishing Wooly Buggers

Friday 3rd May 2024

Tongariro River Flow: A low and clear 26.2m3/sec Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy with light winds Woolly buggers seem to be on the agenda for the team the last couple days and swinging on the Tongariro has been proving a good...

Alex Hastie

May 3, 2024

Booby Flies Brown trout fly tying flyfishing globugs Lake Edge night fishing Rainbow Trout Sage Tongariro river Turangi Winter Winter Fishing

Saturday 20th April 2024

Tongariro River Flow: 26.1 cumecs Weather: Cloudy and heavy rain forecast for the day Last night I headed out to target stream mouth fishing after work which has been one of my favourite ways to fish the region over the...

Shop Staff

April 20, 2024

New Zealand night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Sage Smelt Stonefly Tongariro river Turangi

Friday 5th April 2024

Good morning Turangi! We have a beautiful sunny weekend ahead of us with a drop of rain predicted this evening for a few hours. The Tongariro is flowing at 26.3 cumecs at the moment, with a predicted flow of around...

Shop Staff

April 5, 2024

Brown trout Lake Fishing night fishing nymphing Rainbow Trout Tongariro river wet lining Wooly Buggers

Saturday 23rd March 2024

A rainy day today here in Turangi and the Tongariro continues to stay low and clear for now, flowing at 27 cumecs with some good reports today from people wetlining, swinging some of our favourite in-store woolly buggers and landing...

Shop Staff

March 23, 2024

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Friday 1st March 2024

Summer has officially been and gone, but the first day of Autumn has greeted as with a beautiful clear sky and only a light breeze. The Tongariro is sitting at 25.0m3/sec and crystal clear. The stream mouths entering Lake Taupo...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

March 1, 2024