A short film on the East Ranga

Jim Murray and Pete Rippin discuss the future of Salmon fishing and the role of hatcheries.

The 2025 season on the East Ranga has been, by most metrics, a reasonably good one.

East Ranga in the Times

20 June saw the opening of the 2025 East Ranga season with 8 fish landed.

OK so we now look to have a decent spell of weather ahead. The river is in good shape and fishing 7-11 August was good

The weather. The weather!!!! It has been raining non-stop since the last week of July and the river has been largely in terrible condition.

What a party! The past five days have produced some excellent fishing, with just over 200 salmon landed

We were blessed with a real mix or rods from well travelled Atlantic Salmon fisherman, super patient Steelheaders and total beginners.

The opening on East Ranga can occasionally be very good but often it’s tough fishing. Yesterday was a good start.