Dry Fly Fishing
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…
Read MoreThe 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,…
Read MoreFly Fishing Tasmania March Mini-Report
February saw the arrival of the hoppers to the rivers of the Northern Midlands, in particular the South Esk, Lake, lower Macquarie and Meander rivers.
Read MoreGuided fly fishing on Tasmania’s rivers: grasshopper time.
Fly fishing on Tasmania’s rivers: grasshopper time.
Read MoreIn 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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