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Tongariro River below Poutu Intake 2021 Recreational Releases :

Flows of 30 cubic metres per second for 6 hours will be released from Poutu Intake into the Tongariro River between 9am and 3pm on the following dates:

* Saturday 20th February 2021

* Saturday10th April 2021

* Saturday 25th September 2021


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Email : tongarirofishing@icloud.com

mikeandgailhughes@xtra.co.nz

Mobile: 021 023 85008
A quick guide for Mayfly.
Thu 6th May, 2010


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The mayfly comes under the order Ephemeroptera which translates as “short lived”. They are one of the oldest of the flying insects and mayfly fossils date back millions of years. The reference books tell us there are now around forty species identified in eight families here in New Zealand and although this list is still incomplete many of them are found nowhere else in the world. Once hatched from the egg they are known as nymphs and live on the bottom of the river bed usually for about a year before they begin the transformation into an adult mayfly. The nymphal stage is divided into fou ...
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