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Hawke's Bay

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Hawke's Bay Reel Life September 2018

The new season is only moments away and no doubt you are all just like us and can't wait for it to begin.

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 27/09/2018
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Hawke's Bay Reel Life August 2018

Nice fish if you caught the ‘windows'Winter fishing has been up and down in Hawke's Bay the last couple of months. Top right: Trout don't come a lot better.

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 30/08/2018
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Reel Life May 2018

We’ve got a simple message as May rolls into June and the start of winter…there is still some terrific fishing out there! The temperatures may be falling but in many parts…

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 23/05/2018
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Hawke's Bay Reel Life April 2018

Ngaruroro River holding ‘well conditioned' troutApril has been a mixed month so far with some wet and windy weather mixed in with some warm and settled periods.

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 30/04/2018
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Hawke's Bay Reel Life March 2018

Trout in local rivers in 'top shape'March was a relatively wet month for the region with some quite localised flooding early in the month affecting the Esk and Tutaekuri catchments…

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 27/03/2018
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Hawke's Bay Reel Life February 2018

Ngaruroro River yeilds ‘solid rainbows'The first half of February has been relatively wet with a return to some cooler temperatures.

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 27/02/2018
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Hawke's Bay Reel Life January 2018

Tutaekuri turns up ‘hard fighting’ rainbowsThe busy holiday period between Christmas and New Year saw air temperatures drop to single digits overnight with some unseasonably cold and wet weather descending…

  • Hawke's Bay
  • 30/01/2018
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