Fishing Report
Flood Feeders
Waters to watch over the next three weeks will include the middle and upper Macquarie (if the nearly-filled Tooms Lake spills, the Macquarie River should feature some great flooded-margin fishing), Lake Huntsman and Lake Echo (as it approaches the 4.0m – 5.0m from full level). Of course, the famed Nineteen Lagoons will be on everybodys list to target, once the road gate at Lake Augusta opens.
Read MoreThe big wet – Tassie river levels
A rundown in the aftermath of yesterday’s big wet: Mt Wellington in the south, and Gray in the East both received around 200mm of rainfall in total. The South Esk River is in major flood—to put this in perspective, good flood fishing occurs as the river reaches about 2.4-3.0 metres; the river is expected to exceed…
Read MoreRiverFly Tasmania season opening day 2010/2011 newsletter
Wild fisheries on the rise… Over the past couple of seasons, mates and I have been exploring fisheries that barely see a person. We’ve explored the Mersey and Meander rivers from top to bottom, waded up and down the southern rivers and rainforests, and explored even more of the Western Lakes area. All of these…
Read MoreTasmanian fly fishery rated as the ‘coolest unheralded destination’
News just in is that Phil Monahan, former editor of American Angler magazine and current contributor to Midcurrent.com, just voted Tasmania as ‘the coolest destination that most anglers don’t know about’.
Read MoreTasmanian fly fishing pic of the day – Macquarie River, mayfly time
Autumn is mayfly time on the northern Tasmanian rivers. Moody thunderheads often sit in the distance, as plagues of iron-blue beatids hatch, drifting down the river on foam lines and eddies. It is in these currents that trout hunt their prey, and within these currents that our simple dry flies fool the wild trout.
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