Photos of Tongariro River town pools illustrate how quickly it recovers. The usual flow is in the mid 20’s but peaked at 274 overnight but was retreating back down to about 80 cumecs at the time of our morning lap.

Two anglers were seen – one in the shallows of Judges Pool TRB and one in the Breakfast Pool TLB where the angler reports he had released one midstream…

There are some sneaky spots to go to when the river is angry and dirty like this, but if we posted them on social media they would get too crowded. Ask Jason at Creel…