Posts Tagged ‘Western Lakes’
Fly fishing report – Tasmania, February 2015
After a tough, cool-weather January, summer has been back with a boom during February. Lots of warm, humid days have brought out the ants on both rivers and lakes. Hoppers and late afternoon black spinners have been on the Tasmanian rivers, while beetles and mayfly have been firing up the lake fishing. Best down low has been…
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Winter Solstice. 4.30pm, and it’s all but dark in the Tasmanian Western Lakes. Currawongs are flocking in mobs, wallabies and wombats are grazing madly on soon-to-be snow covered grasses, and the resident wedge tailed eagles are cruising the plains. If the hair-encrusted devil turds are anything to go by, the hunting has been good this winter.…
Read MoreTasmanian fly fishing report – the mayfly are on…finally!
With 49 days of rain since August 1, the fishing in Tasmania has been tough to say the least. But with three warm consecutive days, the fishing has come alive! Trout have been nymphing on the freestone rivers, black and red spinners are falling on Brumbys, and there’s been loads of cruisers in the Nineteen Lagoons. Our Black and red spinner variants, Scruffy’s and…
Read MoreRiverFly Wilderness Huts – Western Lakes Tasmania
After 3 1/2 years of hard work and planning, we are excited to announce that we will be opening RiverFly Wilderness Huts in October 2012! RiverFly Wilderness Huts are located adjacent to the famous Western Lakes & Walls of Jerusalem National Park / World Heritage Area. The hut project has been a massive project for…
Read MoreRiverFly Tasmania winter fishing report and new book release
Winter 2010 Tasmanian fishing report, as well as new fly tying booklet ‘Fly Cards’ by Daniel Hackett and new limited edition Western Lakes artwork from In Season Fly Fishing and Clifford How.
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