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A Nice Dry Fly Caught HB Rainbow   photo John Lumsden
Reel Life March 2026 - Hawke's Bay

As at 23 March all of our Hawkes bay rivers were looking in great condition – although many of the smaller ones could probably do with a bit of top…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 23/03/2026
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A happy Junior with a nice Rainbow.
Reel Life February 2026 - Hawke's Bay

As expected we received a good dump of rain around the middle of January which gave most of the rivers a really good flush out with some sites back nearer…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 20/02/2026
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Reel Life January 2026 - Hawke's Bay

It’s been great to see lots of anglers out fishing over the holiday season, with a noticeable increase in both, the number of visitors to the region from within New…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 20/01/2026
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Reel Life December 2025 - Hawke's Bay

It’s been great to see lots of anglers out and about, although the long run of very hot, 30 degrees plus days have made fishing challenging at times with many…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 12/12/2025
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Reel Life November 2025 - Hawke's Bay

Well, it has been an interesting start to the 2025 Hawkes Bay Trout fishing season with some lovely calm, warm Hawkes Bay days, some howling westerly days and a few…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 20/11/2025
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Reel Life October 2025 - Hawke's Bay

The 2025 Hawkes Bay Trout fishing season started on 1 October, with a nice bright day but unfortunately lots of strong gusty westerly winds, with some rivers very low and…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 21/10/2025
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A great conditioned young rainbow Photo Glenn Morgan
Reel Life September 2025 - Hawke's Bay

With many of our smaller rivers and the tributaries of our larger rivers due to open for trout fishing on 1 October, the countdown is well and truly on, for…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 19/09/2025
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Drift Dive Crew in the Ngaruroro
Reel Life April 2025 - Hawke's bay

The incredible run of dry weather finally come to an end on some rivers that rise in the west, when they got a brief but heavy dump of rain on…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 17/04/2025
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Reel Life March 2025 - Hawke's Bay

The incredible run of great weather has finally come to an end in Northern parts of the Bay, in Central Hawke’s Bay although they had some rain, it wasn’t enough…

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 21/03/2025
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A 3.3 kg HB rainbow . photo John Lumsden
Reel Life February 2025 - Hawke's Bay

The incredible run of great river fishing weather has continued!

  • Hawkes Bay
  • 20/02/2025
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