Daily Report

Turangi – residential bliss?

This morning’s photos of Taupahi Road in beautiful fine summer weather serve a dual purpose. Their first role is to illustrate again how blissful our Turangi residential setting is. This is a typical scene of Noah on a morning walk – or ride – to pat the horses. (They gave me the warm fuzzies…) That […]

Tongariro River Recreational Releases this weekend

2025 Tongariro Release Dates! 15 & 16th Feb*26 & 27th Apr20 & 21st Sept Saturday releases are Poutū (A10) and Sunday releases are Rangipō (A14). Tongariro River anglers are only concerned with the Poutu release on Saturday. Usually the flow will increase by about 100%. Sunday from Rangipo release is for mad canoeists. *For February […]

TRM’s standards reviewed…

I hope the letter below from a Canadian inmate is self-explanatory. This is posted as a warning to other inmates how sneaky SWMBO has been – using guests to improve the standards of smoked trout cuisine at TRM for over twenty years. Each entry is judged on three key evaluation criteria: Execution, Appearance and Taste. […]

A different perspective…

During these warmer summer months, a little United Nations of anglers habitually stay at TRM to fish the wide variety of backcountry rivers within an easy day’s journey. During February they have been from USA, UK, Australia, etc. Most of them know each other from previous visits. These are serious fishos. Their annual fishing holiday […]