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Fly fishing

Canterbury

Live conditions, weather, snowpack, and stocking for 7 rivers and creeks and 2 lakes across 3 regions.

Rivers
7
Lakes
2
Regions
3
Steelhead & salmon: rivers with runs, and when each run is in5 salmon rivers →

Mackenzie Country and Waitaki

3 rivers

Ahuriri River

Prime

Mackenzie Hydro Canals

Good

Waitaki River

483 m³/s

Prime

Mid Canterbury

2 rivers

Rakaia River

251 m³/s

Good

Rangitata River

127 m³/s

Poor

North Canterbury

2 rivers

Hurunui River

71 m³/s

Poor

Waimakariri River

105 m³/s

Good

Lakes

2 lakes

Lake Benmore

13 km/h wind

Prime

Lake Coleridge

26 km/h wind

Good