New season, post drought and cormorants. What have we learnt?

Tthe fly fishing in Tasmania is getting more consistent on stable weather days, and we are starting to have consistent and large hatches. Atleast two rivers are featuring hatches with mixed species of mayfly, combining with caddis and early damselflies which has been brilliant

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Upstream presentation or across stream presentation? Lessons from Pennsylvania

So I’m currently in Pennsylvania, USA (on a Fulbright Scholarship), surrounded by a heap of famous streams. Most of them start as limestone springs, and flow over shingle beds along the tight forested valleys of the Apalachian Mountains. Local streams include Spring Creek (next to our house, and the location of America’s first catch and…

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Summer fly fishing Tasmania report

Summer has been great on the rivers, with excellent flows and warm temperatures. We’ve experienced our first hopper falls of the season, more than a month earlier than normal, and currently have damsels, hoppers and mayflies on the menu. Best flies have been the 1864 Blue Damsel, and size 14 Scruffies. Cormorants have been hitting…

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Entry level waders – Orvis Clearwater 2023 review

Orvis Clearwater waders This season i replaces a handful of guest waders, as i do each season. After going through the usual considerations of Simms, Patagonia and Orvis, I went for the latter in the Orvis Clearwater. We’ve had great value out of previous Orvis waders, surviving wear and tear better than any of the…

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