Only eight days to go till the new Tasmanian fly fishing season

Secret creek fly fishing Tasmania

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…

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Big fish and dry flies – Tasmanian fishing report

The past week has been a ripper time for hitting the rivers and streams. We’ve seen all species of riverine mayfly starting to hatch – big red spinners on Brumbys, Leven and Mersey, big and small black spinners on the South Esk, Meander and Mersey, and even early morning caenids. Fish size has also been the talk…

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Late season brown trout – fly fishing Tasmania

The main season might be over, but there are still brown and rainbow trout to be had. Matt celebrated the 150th anniversary of trout arriving in Tasmania with this bucking brown from the Lost River. The new low-stretch Rio Perception line was awesome for detecting the subtle pulls and taps, whilst swinging wets down-and-across.

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A few of my favourite things…

It’s autumn, the wind is low, the mayfly are out, and the trout are packing on the calories before winter. If they’re not good enough reasons for fly fishing in Tasmania during April, then here are a few of my own favourite highlights from the past fortnight: Baitfish feeders: As baitfish in the rivers head back to…

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Fly fishing Tasmania – Autumn dry fly fishing

The start of the autumn rains has brought great fishing to our rivers. Ants are falling on the northern rivers, and solid numbers of baetid mayfly are emerging after lunch, after mornings with unbelievably huge caenid hatches (just check out our Facebook page for images of one of these hatches). Western Lakes fish have been tailing…

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