Christmas Island fly fishing gear rundown

Fishing the outer-island flats - Korean wreck. Daniel Hackett

Christmas Island Fly Fishing Gear Any of you who follow our RiverFly Tasmania blog would know that I’ve recently returned from a great trip to Christmas Island, chasing bonefish. But finding information on what gear what to take on our recent trip was really hard. So with the benefit of experience, we’ve created a post…

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Sea trout camp – October 2013, only one spot left

With only eight weeks or so to go, I’m getting really excited about our sea trout campout. Departing in late October 2013, we are basing ourselves in one of the least explored sea trout fisheries in Tasmania, for the three day, two night trip. Mixing rafting with wading, we’ll be following the whitebait runs up and…

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Kiritimati (Christmas Island) bonefishing report

During early June, myself and a group of Tasmanian fly fishers headed off for the famed saltwater destination, Kiritimati aka Christmas Island. Worth noting is that this is not the Australian Christmas island; this Christmas Island was another one of Captain Cook’s innovatively named pacific islands, located 3000km’s or so south of Hawaii. With flights…

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Christmas Island bonefish

I’ve just arrived back from Christmas Island (Kiritimati), and thought I’d post a quick teaser. I’ll post a short slideshow on this blog later in the week, along with a rundown of the best flies and gear over on our RiverFly blog. Man these fish were strong, breaking 16lb fluoro with ease… It was bloody…

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