Tassie holiday voucher program – for mainlanders!

Tourism Tasmania has partenred with select Tasmanian tour and accommodation providers to provide our friends on the mainland with $300 travel vouchers. RiverFly 1864 is one of the featured operators, so if you are from WA, SA or QLD and planning a trip before December 15th, apply for your voucher now! The ballot opens today,…

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Mates rates for locals supporting locals – 30% OFF

If you’re keen to experience Tasmania’s best fly fishing, and want to support local business, we are offering our popular 30% off ‘mates rates’for locals again in 2021. Beginners are welcome, and for the more experienced anglers, we’ll guide you to the best sight fishing found on the island. You’ll be helping to support Tasmanian…

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Excess guiding stock for sale – spring clearout

Excess new and used guiding stock for sale (spring clearout!): Rio Gold 6wt floating flyline – as new, no box, used a couple of times only. $85.00 Rio Euro Nymph flyline (suits #2-5), used twice only, $40 Secondhand original Lamson Guru 3 fly reel. Fully machined and anodises. Only used in freshwater, few blemishes but…

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2020 / 2021 RiverFly Season report

The 2021 Tasmanian fly fishing season dominated by La Nina weather patterns: higher than average rainfall, great flows and chubby fish, all influenced by easterly flows from Christmas onwards. The catch-22 of the easterly flows was completely unpredictable hatches. One day would be great for mayfly spinners, other days were dead as doornail, and we…

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