Fly Fishing
RiverFly Tasmania winter fishing report and new book release
Winter 2010 Tasmanian fishing report, as well as new fly tying booklet ‘Fly Cards’ by Daniel Hackett and new limited edition Western Lakes artwork from In Season Fly Fishing and Clifford How.
Read MoreWild Tasmanian rainbow trout waters
Yesterday saw the end of the 2009-2010 brown trout season, but the rainbow trout season is still open. Waters such as the Weld and upper Mersey rivers offer great fishing and beautiful surrounds during May.
Read MoreEnd of season guiding specials & the RiverFly Tasmania webshop
We are running a mayfly season guiding special for bookings of two or more days: our normal rates are $375 ea pp (for two anglers), however our multiple day bookings for between 9 April and 23rd of April are on special for $300pp, 0r $525 for a single angler (down from $620). Enquire here for availability…
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.
Read MoreRiverFly Tasmania fly fishing report – Autumn 2010
Wild Tasmanian hopper feeder Gone Fishing… It’s been three months since our last fishing report, but with good reason: we’ve spent more than 50 days on the rivers since our last note, guiding through pre-Christmas red and black spinner falls, summer hopper hatches and the beginning of the autumn mayflies, and spent another 30…
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