Fishing Report
Big fish and dry flies – Tasmanian fishing report
The past week has been a ripper time for hitting the rivers and streams. We’ve seen all species of riverine mayfly starting to hatch – big red spinners on Brumbys, Leven and Mersey, big and small black spinners on the South Esk, Meander and Mersey, and even early morning caenids. Fish size has also been the talk…
Read MoreFly fishing Tasmania – whitebait feeders!
On a whim I ran away from all commitments in search of fun, adventure and the river. I found all this, settled in only to stumble across one of those rare events that takes your breath away. The river was different. It was calm, its surface unbroken – not a fish nor an insect in sight. Yet there was a sense…
Read MoreFly fishing Tasmania – searching for tailers
Tailing trout, or tailers’ as we like to call them, are the number one target for September. They can be bloody hard – spooky, head in the weeds, and fickle, but they make up for it by the visual nature of the fishing. Swirls, tails, and fins all giving away the position of these shallow water…
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Read MoreFat Macquarie River brown trout
A fat 1.5lber from the Lower Mac. The fishing has been hard on the Lower Mac, with few fish showing, but the quality of the fish has made up for it. We are expecting the hoppers to come on quite well in the next week, after the current hot and dry spell. The Meander already…
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