Posts Tagged ‘Western Lakes’
RiverFly Tasmania fly fishing report – Autumn 2010
Wild Tasmanian hopper feeder Gone Fishing… It’s been three months since our last fishing report, but with good reason: we’ve spent more than 50 days on the rivers since our last note, guiding through pre-Christmas red and black spinner falls, summer hopper hatches and the beginning of the autumn mayflies, and spent another 30…
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The river fish are well and truly on the hoppers now, with the our WMD Hopper proving deadly. It’s been a freaky fortnight on the rivers, with more than 13 three-pound trout coming to hand, all polaroided, and all on the WMD hopper.
We’ve also been busy with Western Lakes Campouts, with the usual mix of blue sky days, and cracked up cloudy days providing both polaroiding days and mayfly days. January was an extremely dry month on the Central Plateau (19mm of rain compared to the average 120mm), so the best waters to head to have been deepwater lakes where drop-off edges are proving very productive for cruising trout averaging 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds.
Read MoreWestern Lakes Fly Fishing – pic of the day
The Western Lakes trout are on fire, with flats-cruising brown trout averaging between one and two pounds heavier than normal, due to the great winter and spring flooding.
Read MoreWild Tasmanian Trout – Fly fishing picture of the day
Tasmania’s wild fisheries are on fire – caddis dominate the wilderness streams, the giant stoneflies of January are about to appear, and Western Lakes trout swim around like fat -lambs, benefitting from the huge spring rains.
Read MoreRiverFly Tasmania fly fishing report – September 2009
If you’d like to book some time fly fishing the spring mayfly hatches with RiverFly Tasmania, send us an enquiry now. We have spaces available in October for the start of the hatches, and very limited spaces in November and December.
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