Sporting Life Fishing Report

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Monday 10th April 2023

The long easter weekend is drawing to a close and we hope everyone has had their fix of chocolate and hot cross buns. We received a little bit of rain over night in Turangi, but it was not enough to...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

April 10, 2023

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Tuesday 28th March 2023

Tuesday 28th March 2023 It is yet another cloudy overcast day here in Turangi and as the temperature begins to drop, we finally let go of the hopes of the sun-soaked summer we were hoping for and begin to lock...

Neil Cunnington

March 28, 2023

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Monday 13th March 2023

It's a fairly gloomy day in Turangi today with the drizzle having well and truly set in this afternoon. The maintenance on the Poutu canal continues to keep the Tongariro topped up with it currently sitting at 54.7m3/sec. Wet lining...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

March 13, 2023

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Monday 30th January 2023

The heavy rain has subsided for the time being, but the Tongariro river has been fluctuating in flow this morning currently sitting at 80m3/sec as I write this. I don't think we'll be seeing too much dry fly fishing in...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

January 30, 2023

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Tuesday the 27th of December 2022

Tuesday the 27th of December 2022 Neil and AB took the Pontoon boats out from Tokaanu Wharf for the day on another post Christmas scorcher with the sun blazing down there is a whole new buzz about town for both...

Shop Staff

December 27, 2022

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Sunday 18th December 2022

Surprise, surprise it's raining in Turangi! The Tongariro has spiked to 140m3/sec and is running brown however fishing the river isn't a complete waste of time as we have received reports of a few brown trout lurking in the dirty...

Tarn Mack-McEwen

December 18, 2022