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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.
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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