Koranga River Trout Fishing

The Koranga Joins with the Kahunui stream to form the Waioeka. There is a huge spawning run from the Waioeka that comes up this river in late autumn and winter. Many of these trout are still around for opening day. There is also a good population of resident trout to fish to over the summer. Most of the trout in this river are between 3 and 6 pounds but there are definitely some larger ones around. Both nymphing and downstream wet fly fishing are very effective. The wet fly tends to work better when there is a bit of colour in the water. Dry flies come into their own during the summer months.

Access is either by parking at the end of Redpaths Rd and following the Waioeka up to Koranga Forks or driving into the headwaters on Moanui Rd. There is good fishing from Moanui road end all the way down to the Waioeka river. Upstream from Moanui road end there is several hours worth of fishing before access starts to get quite difficult.