Fly Fishing
South Esk River Draft Management Plan – Have your say now
if the plan goes through, the South Esk River will die a death of a thousand cuts, and there will be no river fishery left to access. The future of the river is in our hands – will you speak out, or let it die through a lack of action? The deadline for written representations is 11 December 2009.
Read MoreWild Tasmanian trout – fly fishing pic of the day
RiverFly guide Patrick Horan with 4lbs of wild mayfly-feeding trout: today’s location scouting was certainly a success, with three other trout around 3lbs landed during an early morning caenid mayfly hatch.
Read MoreWild Tasmanian trout picture of the day – Mayfly hook-up
setting the hook on another Tasmania mayfly feeder. Spring has sprung, the mayfly are on, and the fisheries are firing.
Read MoreNew Tasmanian fly fishing dvd – ‘The Window’
New Tasmanian fly fishing dvd – ‘The Window’
Read MoreWild Tasmanian Trout – fly fishing ‘pic of the day’
A 3lb wild Tasmanian brown trout, caught by first timer Jeremy Whelan on the Macquarie River. After five years of bad drought, the Macquarie River is on its way back to health: frogs are everywhere, the river is still flowing over its banks, and fat trout are eating the first of the red spinner mayfly hatches. It’s all good!
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