Rainbow trout
Excellent
Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Tyenna River Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Tyenna between Westerway and Maydena: a large, fast, boulder-strewn trout stream on the road to Mount Field, with the Bureau’s gauge at Newbury Road.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Level
0.43 m
Air / High
9 °C / 18 °C
Wind
E 5 km/h
Sources: Bureau of Meteorology gauge 499.1, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Tyenna River is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. The gauge reads 0.43 m, holding steady. Today brings clear skies, wind E around 5 km/h, falling pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 18 °C. Water sits around 13 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Excellent
Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:20 PM-1:20 AM, 11:48 AM-1:48 PM, 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. Similar at 19 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Tasmania requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$29.00. Tasmania fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing rainbow trout here? Check the size and bag limits with IFS Tasmania before you keep anything; the Rainbow trout page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Tyenna River today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:47), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM; minor 4:46 AM-5:46 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
Water and weather
Live readings from Bureau of Meteorology station 499.1 (TYENNA RIVER AT NEWBURY ROAD).
River level, last 30 days
Bureau of Meteorology Water Data Online, station 499.1. Latest reading 2026-11-08 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp9 °C
High / Low18 °C / 7 °C
WindE 5 km/h, gusts 19 km/h
Pressure1020.2 hPa, falling
Sky / Rain7% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:47 / 20:06
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Tyenna River
Today is the pick of the week on Tyenna River, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:20 PM-1:20 AM and 11:48 AM-1:48 PM
- Minor period
- 4:46 AM-5:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:47 to 20:06
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 10 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Tyenna River: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Rainbow trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 3 May 2027. Most waters open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April; designated rainbow trout waters run from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-23.
The stocked lakes of the Snowy Mountains, the Victorian highlands and the Tasmanian central plateau. Closed seasons apply on the rivers: check the state rules. Prime. Shore fishing along the edges with bait, spinners and flies, and the rivers if the season is open.
Brown trout
Streams from October to June in NSW and from September to June in Victoria; lakes open all year; Tasmania from the first Saturday of August
Open now Closes 3 May 2027. Most waters open from the first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April; designated rainbow trout waters run from the Saturday nearest 1 October to the Sunday nearest 31 May. Rule as read from Inland Fisheries Service Tasmania on 2026-09-23.
The wild trout of the highland rivers and Tasmania's lakes. Spawns in autumn, hence the closed rivers through winter in NSW and Victoria. Prime. Nymphs and streamers on the rivers, and the lake edges on the overcast days.
When to come: the Tyenna River calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Rainbow trout
Brown trout
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 13 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataSun, Nov 8
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 16 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 11 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 14 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Tasmanian Inland Angling Licence, from A$29.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by IFS Tasmania and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Tasmania licence page before you keep anything.
Access
The Tasmanian inland angling licence is required from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page lists the 2026-27 fees.
About this water
Tyenna River is a river in Tasmania, Australia, covered from the Tasmania reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Tyenna River: the full guide
The reach
The Tyenna flows past Maydena and Westerway on its way to the Derwent, about 20 km north-west of New Norfolk. The Inland Fisheries Service describes it as a large fast-water stream with big, boulder-strewn runs that can be very slippery, and with long stretches of overgrown bank where wading improves access. About 1.5 km of the river runs through Mount Field National Park. The Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Newbury Road, station 499.1, supplies the level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown trout dominate and the river is managed as a wild fishery, but the IFS notes it also has a reputation as a rainbow trout river, with large numbers of small to medium fish of both species and a number of trophy fish each season. The Tyenna follows the brown trout season, first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card.
Where to fish it
Most access points lie between Westerway and Maydena, and the IFS names Westerway, Mount Field National Park and Maydena as the areas suited to fishing from the bank; elsewhere, wade. Inside the national park the river is reserved for artificial lures and flies, and a parks pass must be displayed. Take extreme care on the rocks. Upstream nymphing is the IFS’s preferred method when trout are not rising, and small hardbodied lures, Celtas and soft plastics are the lure choices it names.
Reading the report
Heavy rain in the south-west catchment can raise and colour the river, but the IFS says it clears quickly. Summer and autumn, when levels are low, are its preferred months, especially for wading. The water temperature shown is a modelled estimate, cool for most of the season.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence is required from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page lists the 2026-27 fees. Bait is banned in the national park section, where only lures and flies may be used. The IFS river page and the Inland Fishing Code are linked here.
Common questions
Is the Tyenna good for fly fishing?
It can be: the IFS reports good hatches on warm afternoons, and summer and autumn low water makes wading easier.
Can I use bait on the Tyenna?
Not in the roughly 1.5 km inside Mount Field National Park, where only lures and flies are allowed; elsewhere the IFS lists worms and grasshoppers among productive baits, subject to the Inland Fishing Code.
Is fishing good at Tyenna River right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Storage and river readings
- Bureau of Meteorology, Water Data Online, station 499.1 — TYENNA RIVER AT NEWBURY ROAD
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.