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Fly fishing Tasmania weekly report and hatch chart – Sep 14 2015
What a ripper past few days for fly fishing in Tasmania! I was lucky enough to get on to the Derwent River for a few hours on Friday evening and Saturday morning, landing my first sea runner for the season, along with some mullet and Australian salmon. The silver bullet (sea-runner) was harassing juvenile mullet and whitebait,…
Read MoreNew Sage MOD rod, Sage CLICK reel and Aquasoul DVD just added.
For all the gear junkies out there, we’ve just added the new Sage MOD medium-action fly rods to stock, and the new 2016 Sage CLICK large arbour reel. We’ll be testing out the Sage Mod over the next month, and I’ve already bought myself a CLICK reel for my go-to trouting. The new design is…
Read MoreOnly eight days to go till the new Tasmanian fly fishing season
With only eight days to go till the new season, we are already planning for our opening weekend. Customers often ask where we’ll be heading. For me, it will be one of a few favourite granite creeks, which will be flowing clear, and where sight-fishing with nymphs will be the go. Some of these creeks…
Read MoreC and F Designs Fly Boxes and Accessories now available
We are stoked to have received our fist shipment of Japanese C and F DESIGN fly boxes. This is the company that invented the slit-foam fly boxes, with a range that now includes an array of saltwater boxes, waterproof boxes, and my favourite ultralight boxes (full sized boxes from 100 grams!). C and F have also…
Read MoreDamnation – showing this July in Launceston, courtesy of RiverFly 1864 and Patagonia
Simone and Daniel Hackett from RiverFly 1864 are stoked to be bringing Damnation to Launceston, courtesy of Patagonia Australia. Where: Saint John Craft Beer, in the Barrel Room, St John Street Launceston When: Wednesday 17th July, 7pm Cost:$5 cash at the door, all monies raised above $200 will be donated to a local environmental charity. Give aways…
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