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Taranaki
Reel Life April 2024 - Taranaki
Winter fishing in Taranaki While the fishing main season almost at an end, as waters close over winter for trout spawning, there is still plenty of Taranaki water open all year…
- Taranaki
- 26/04/2024
Reel Life March 2024 - Taranaki
All rivers and streams currently remain at their summer low flow levels. There has been the occasional minor to moderate fresh, but flows have quickly returned to base levels.
- Taranaki
- 21/03/2024
Reel Life February 2024 - Taranaki
Taranaki ringplain Many ringplain streams had a much-needed but minor fresh on Sunday morning 25th February which freshened them up and reduced water temperatures back into the range preferred by trout.…
- Taranaki
- 26/02/2024
Reel Life January 2024
Above Right: Jack Ogden with an early January 2024 ringplain brown.
- Taranaki
- 19/01/2024
Reel Life December 2023
Taranaki ringplain All streams and rivers are trending down towards their summer low flows and while there is some rain forecast for Christmas, it’s unlikely to have much effect on river…
- Taranaki
- 21/12/2023
Reel Life November 2023
Above Right: Jack Ogden with a nice early season ringplain rainbow.
- Taranaki
- 23/11/2023
Reel Life October 2023
Above right: A prime early season ringplain rainbow (Photo Jack Ogden).
- Taranaki
- 19/10/2023
Reel Life September 2023
While there is one fresh to go before opening day (likely on 24th September), the last four months have been drier than average and there were no damaging winter floods.
- Taranaki
- 18/09/2023
Reel Life April 2023
Above Right: Collecting some nice rainbows from the Tongariro National Trout hatchery for the Sattler’s dam release.
- Taranaki
- 19/04/2023
Reel Life March 2023
Already a month into autumn and it is definitely starting to feel like it some mornings.
- Taranaki
- 15/03/2023