Rainbow trout
Slow
Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Tyenna River Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Tyenna near Maydena: a small, rich trout stream on the road to Mount Field, with the Bureau’s gauge at Newbury Road.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Level
0.50 m
Air / High
10 °C / 19 °C
Wind
W 8 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 winter rhythm: deep, slow and around the middle of the day. The gauge reads 0.50 m, easing 0.07 over the week. Today brings cloud cover, wind W around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 19 °C. Water sits around 8 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Brown trout
Slow
The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
Tie on: Bait on the bottom, running sinker · Heavy blade, deep · Slow-rolled swimbait · Live bait, deepest hole. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Cooler at 11 °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 (05:57), sunset (18:12), the moon and today's score. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% 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 2026-09-24 08:00.
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp10 °C
High / Low19 °C / 10 °C
WindW 8 km/h, gusts 27 km/h
Pressure1023.6 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain100% cloud, 100%
Sunrise / Sunset05:57 / 18:12
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~8 °C est.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Tyenna River
The best day on Tyenna River this week looks like Sunday 27 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Sunday, 27 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:57 to 18:12
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 100%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
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
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. Winter lakes: bait on the bottom in the deeper bays through the middle of the day, or polaroiding the shallows on the bright days in Tasmania.
Brown trout
Open season from October to June in NSW and Victoria; Tasmania from 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. The lake fishery: bait or slow lures in the deeper bays; the rivers are closed in NSW and Victoria.
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
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 8 °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 dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at slow. High of 19 °C, wind to 8 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 17 °C, wind to 10 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Rainbow trout led the card at fair. High of 13 °C, wind to 13 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 from the Inland Fisheries Service applies from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page has 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 runs from the slopes of Mount Field through Maydena and Westerway to join the Derwent near Bushy Park, a small, clear, rich stream over gravel and weed through farmland and forest with the Gordon River Road beside it, the crossings and the reserves. It is one of the state’s best small trout streams and the fish are fat on its insect life; the Bureau of Meteorology’s gauge at Newbury Road supplies the river level and the 30-day chart on this page.
Species and seasons
Brown trout are wild and are the fishery, in the runs and the pools on the fly above all, with the hatches of spring and summer and the grasshoppers of late summer; rainbow trout are wild in the upper reaches; and the river follows the brown trout season the Inland Fisheries Service publishes, first Saturday of August to the Sunday nearest 30 April, computed on the species card. The stream is small and the fish are wary.
Where to fish it
The crossings and the reserves along the Gordon River Road give access from Westerway up to Maydena, the Anglers Access Program marks the points, and the river is a wader’s water fished upstream with a dry fly or a nymph; the pools under the willows hold the bigger fish. Mount Field National Park is the day’s other reason to come.
Reading the report
The chart shows a small mountain stream that rises fast after rain on Mount Field and falls back within days; a fresh colours the river and a low, clear river makes the fish wary. The water temperature estimate, labelled as one, is cool for most of the season; the valley shelters the water; pressure and sky fill the score, and a dull, still day is the hatch day.
Licence, access and rules
The Tasmanian inland angling licence from the Inland Fisheries Service applies from age 14, one rod or two; our Tasmania licence page has the 2026-27 fees. The crossings, the reserves and the Anglers Access points are public; the Inland Fishing Code is in the sources.
Common questions
Is the Tyenna good for fly fishing?
Among the best small streams in the state: rich, clear water with spring and summer hatches and late-summer grasshoppers, fished upstream with a dry fly or a nymph.
Do I need a licence on the Tyenna?
Yes, from age 14: the Tasmanian inland angling licence, one rod or two.
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: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
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
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
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.