Fly fishing through cormorants and drought – fly fishing Tasmania

As the 23/24 Tasmanian fly fishing season wraps up, there’s no doubt that cormorants combined with drought conditions were the talk of the town. After twenty-odd seasons guiding, including my fourth cormorant / drought combo, here are some observations from my experience, and a bit of science from overseas. Schooling fish are the giveaway. It’s…

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Fly Fishing Tasmania Hatch Chart – March 9, 2019

Ranging from highs of 8 degrees to 39 degrees in the past fortnight, the weather is dictating the fishing day-by-day. The dull and overcast days have brought on great tailing and mayfly, while the bright and hot days have resulted in mega-hopper days, or completely underwhelming days, depending on where you are! Here’s the latest hatch…

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Mid-season rundown from RiverFly 1864

The season so far… Spring and early summer river fishing has been very dynamic. River levels were extremely reactive to rainfall (rising quickly), which meant taking each day as it comes from a fishing-planning perspective. With the extra flows and floods, the average fish size in the Mersey and Meander was bigger than previous seasons,…

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