Brumbys Creek Weir One – Tasmanian fly fishing mecca

Everyone asks, ‘where’s your favourite place to fly fish?’. It’s a hard question to answer, and a few places come to mind: the Western Lakes wilderness fishery, the South Esk River flowing at 130 mg/day, or Weir One at Brumbys Creek during high flows. These are all brilliant options, and at the top of my list. But its…

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The red spinners are out at Brumbys Creek!

Jon with a chunky 3 1/4 lb wild brown trout from Brumbys Creek. This fish, and seven others for the day, fell to a well presented Pheasant Tail Red Spinner . The fish at Brumbys this season have been the fattest and healthiest I have seen in ten years. With high and clear water already running,…

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In Search of the Giant Stonefly

These massive bugs are found right across a huge range of Tasmania’s clear, cool waters, including tributaries of the St Patricks and North Esk rivers, the Meander, Mersey, Liffey and Leven rivers,

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