Reel Life

Taranaki

TRL1Feb2020. Carlos Vale with a 72cm brown trout he caught spinning with a gold rapala.
Reel Life February 2020

River and stream flows have remained low in February with flows sitting just below the average annual low flow.

  • Taranaki
  • 4/02/2020
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RLT1Jan2020. Ian Stuart with an awesome January ringplain brown 1
Taranaki Reel Life January 2020

All rivers and streams are at their summer low flow, which is providing anglers with a great opportunity to spot trout on their feeding lies in shallow riffles and pocket…

  • Taranaki
  • 20/01/2020
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RLT1Jan2020. Ian Stuart with an awesome January ringplain brown 1
Taranaki Reel Life January 2020

All rivers and streams are at their summer low flow, which is providing anglers with a great opportunity to spot trout on their feeding lies in shallow riffles and pocket…

  • Taranaki
  • 20/01/2020
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Taranaki Reel Life December 2019

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  • Taranaki
  • 18/12/2019
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TRL1Nov19. An early season ringplain brown photo Michael Bakker
Taranaki Reel Life November 2019

Rivers remain in good condition for anglingAfter a warm and settled early November, the westerly rains have returned and there have been regular freshes to maintain stream baseflows and ensure…

  • Taranaki
  • 20/11/2019
  • Richie Cosgrove
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TRL1 October 19. South Taranaki brown caught released on the first weekend of the 2019 season photo Gerard Karalus
Taranaki Reel Life October 2019

Early season success despite the weatherA succession of westerly fronts have produced several minor freshes since opening day, but in between times ringplain streams have been very fishable and some…

  • Taranaki
  • 21/10/2019
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TRL1Sept19. A nicely coloured ringplain brown from last season. Photo Michael Bakker.
Taranaki Reel Life September 2019

Good early season fishing expectedTaranaki Fish & Game staff are tipping local trout streams to be in good condition when the new fishing season opens next week on Tuesday October…

  • Taranaki
  • 23/09/2019
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TRL1Aug19. Carlos Cardoso do Vale with a nice ringplain winter season ringplain brown.
Taranaki Reel Life August 2019

Productive early spring fishing expectedRegular freshes have kept base flows relatively high, but Taranaki ringplain rivers and streams are clearing very quickly after rain and the winter fishing reaches have…

  • Taranaki
  • 20/08/2019
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TRL1April20. A nice Lake Mangamahoe brown trout Photo Charles Frere.
Taranaki Reel Life April 2019

Waterways in great shape for spawning troutThree freshes in the last three weeks have cleared out the accumulated algal growth and sediment from streams and restored base flows - so…

  • Taranaki
  • 30/04/2019
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TRL2March19. The result of a recent after work fish. Photo Michael Bakker.
Taranaki Reel Life March 2019

‘Great angling’ ahead There’s been only a couple of very minor freshes since our last edition of Reel Life and flows have quickly dropped back to their summer lows.

  • Taranaki
  • 29/03/2019
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