Tragedy on the River. Sadly,a local man drowned in the Tongariro river near the Major Jones bridge in March. A Rahui was in place until Monday, 27th of March. River Flows The river has been flowing at double the normal flow rate. From Monday 6 March through to 28 April work was being undertaken […]
Advocate 23/1
2023 – This year’s blogs will cover the issues that are of most concern to the Advocates. To quote Zane Grey “To capture the fish is not all of the fishing.” Fishing is but one aspect of a catchment and there are fishing reports that cover this more regularly than I propose to do this […]
Advocate 22/9
Introduction The paper tells me that a long, hot, dry summer awaits us. 2022 has seen an interesting change in the weather. The start of the year saw a prolonged dry spell and saw the lake level drop. When the rain did come it lingered and then there was a succession of floods. The winter […]
Advocate 22/8
A wet autumn. Climate change or a different weather sequence, it has been a different autumn to what is expected. As a local the -5C frost was out of character though we have had frost in December, a light dusting of snow on Christmas Day, 1974 and the need to light the fire on […]