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Tongariro River

Tongariro River Pools Ratings

The ratings of the Tongariro River pools shown here are based on feedback from anglers staying at the Tongariro River Motel during 2006.

To see the conditions of the river visit the River Birches Lodge webcam on the Birches Pool

Scoring

The seven categories were scored as follows:

Category	Description	Out of
Access	3 indicates good car and foot access; 0 indicates poor access.	3
Difficulty	Reported difficulties getting the fly to the fish or finding the lie.	2
Setting	Scored for natural beauty and pure enjoyment	3
Reliability	Indicates reliability as a top producing pool all year round.	9
Snags	No likelihood of snags scores 1; if known for snag(s) score 0.	1
Wading	If waders are not needed, score 1; if difficult to wade then 0.	1
Pressure	If a pool is too popular and regularly crowded, score 0	1
Total	The closer to 20, the better overall rating the pool received.	20

Pool	Access	Difficulty	Setting	Reliability	Snags	Wading	Pressure	Total
Marks out of	(3)	(2)	(3)	(9)	(1)	(1)	(1)	(20)
Fence Pool	1	1	3	5	0	0	1	11
Sand Pool	1	1	3	4	1	0	1	11
Blue Pool	3	1	3	5	1	0	1	14
Boulder Pool	0	1	3	4	1	0	1	10
Big Bend Pool	1	2	3	5	1	1	1	14
Cliff Pool	1	1	3	3	1	0	1	10
Boulder Reach-LHS	1	2	3	8	1	0	0	15
Boulder Reach-RHS	0	2	3	7	1	0	1	14
Poutu	0	1	3	4	1	0	1	10
Waddells	0	1	3	3	1	0	1	9
Red Hut	2	2	3	4	1	1	0	13
Shag Hut	1	2	3	5	1	0	1	13
Duchess	1	1	3	4	1	0	1	11
Silly	0	2	3	4	1	0	1	11
Upper Birches	1	2	3	6	1	0	1	14
Lower Birches-LHS	1	2	3	5	1	0	1	13
Lower Birches-RHS	0	2	3	5	1	0	1	12
Barlows-RHS	0	2	3	4	1	0	1	11
Cattle Rustlers	0	2	3	7	1	0	1	14
Stag-LHS	3	2	3	3	1	0	1	13
Stag-RHS	0	2	3	5	0	0	1	11
Cicada (under cliff)	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	12
Admirals	0	2	3	6	1	0	1	13
Kamahi	1	2	3	5	1	0	1	13
Neverfail	0	1	3	5	1	0	1	11
Hydro	3	2	2	7	1	0	0	15
Breakfast	3	2	3	6	1	1	0	16
Major Jones	2	2	3	8	1	0	0	16
Judges	3	2	1	6	1	1	1	15
Lonely	0	1	2	3	1	0	1	8
Bridge	3	2	1	5	1	1	1	14
Lower Bridge-LHS	3	2	1	9	1	1	0	17
Lower Bridge-RHS	3	0	1	8	1	1	0	14
Swirl	3	1	1	4	1	0	1	11
Honeypot 2	2	2	1	6	0	0	1	12
Plank - LHS	0	2	1	6	1	0	0	10
Plank - RHS	2	0	1	5	1	1	0	10
Bain	3	2	1	4	1	0	1	12
Log	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	9
Reed	0	2	1	6	0	0	1	10
Jones	0	2	1	5	0	0	1	9
Bends	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	9
Delatours	0	1	0	5	0	0	1	7

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