Fly fishing Tasmania – February

February may be the best month of the season, with ‘hoppers and mayflies on the rivers, and stable weather patterns in the wilderness lakes. It’s a great time to visit if sight fishing is your thing! The best flies – black spinners, hoppers and the Black and Peacock Spider.

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Fly fishing on the rivers – hatches, hatches and more hatches!

The fly fishing on our Tasmanian rivers is really cranking along. Fat fish are the rewards of a record wet spring, and the mayfly are out, the willow grubs are falling, and baby hoppers are getting twitchy. The next few weeks are going to be brilliant! Here’s a nearly 2lb trout on its way to the net, caught after three fly…

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Fly fishing Tasmania – the past fortnight

In between rain storms over the past fortnight, we’ve been having some great polaroiding in the Western Lakes, and even better fishing on a few select stretches of rivers. The mayfly nymphs are on the move on the rivers, whilst stick caddis, stonefly and gum beetles were on the lakes. With low winds and warm…

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