Hatch Chart – latest Tasmanian fly fishing conditions

Check out our latest Tasmanian fly fishing hatch chart by clicking on the image below. Up to 500mm of rain has fallen in the past fortnight amongst headwaters, breaking the drought and leaving the rivers in an excellent condition for late summer hoppers, and autumn mayfly. The Western Lakes continue to fish well, as does Great Lake, Little Pine and…

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Fly fishing Tasmania Hatch Chart

Here’s the latest hatch chart. It’s dry in Tasmania, but the wilderness fly fishing lakes are having the best season ever 🙂 Click on the image to enlarge. Have a great summer, Daniel RiverFly 1864

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Hatch Chart – Fly Fishing Tasmania

The big dry has continued in Tasmania, but the fishing has been great. A generally windy week has brought about some excellent terrestrial action on the creeks and rivers of the north-east and Western Tiers, with baby hoppers, thrips and willow grubs all on the menu. This is 100% sightfishing each day, which can’t be…

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Fly fishing Tasmania Hatch Chart Oct 19

  The past fortnight has seen predominantly ripper weather for fly fishing in Tasmania. With El Nino in full swing, things are dry, but we’ve had tonnes of sight fishing. Mayfly are out on quite a few of the rivers, and a single Black Spinner does the trick much of the time. We’ll be heading out…

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Fly fishing Tasmania – the season has sprung!

It’s been a busy month at RiverFly 1864 HQ, after the Tasmania season opening in early August. We’ve all been tying trout flies ready for the new season, with the Gold Humungous, Earthworm, Woolly Caddis and Black and Peacock Spiders all being very popular and effective. Chartreuse has also been a really good colour to use…

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