Flood Fishing
Mersey River recovery – tailers
After the biggest Mersey River flood on record, it was with great excitement that in excess of twenty tailing trout were found during a weekend recon mission along the banks. Finning and tailing for earthworms, the wild browns were in excellent condition, and at times there were enough working the margins that they were swimming into each…
Read MoreTasmania’s big wet – the current rundown!
Big news for Tasmanian fly fishers, and for Tasmania’s waterways: a big wet has just tracked down eastern Australia, arriving in Tasmania with some massive rainfall totals. Rainfall totals include more than 220mm in the headwaters of the Mersey, Meander and South Esk rivers, generating major flood levels. The North Esk is already at an all-time…
Read MoreTasmanian fly fishing and earthworm feeders
Another trout to The Earthworm fly (available from In Season Fly Fishing www.inseasonflyfishing.com). Only a week to go before the mayfly start! See you on the water, fishing the hatches!
Read MoreFlood 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…
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