I am cranky with myself for not taking up Spotters 2018 Fly Fish Australia teams sponsorship offer for the 2018 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships (N. Ireland). I didn’t take it up because I still had my original Spotters and my Spotters that were sponsored to me via Fly Fish Australia for the 2016 Commonwealth Fly … Read more
For the last few years I have used Perdigon flies as replacements for my older style anchor flies and of course there is added bonus, particularly in small sizes that they catch fish themselves whereas my older style anchor flies seldom did.
The bass season is now very close and I’ll be heading off on my first outing for the season which is an outing to Cania Dam later this month. . bass Don’t forget the old British Army adage “Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance” So here’s a few snippets of information that you … Read more
Fantastic event that was well organised and mostly equally well executed. My rotation for the competition was: DENNETT RIVER On day one my departure time for my Dennett session was 7am. Competitors were supposed to be dropped of at their beats with at least 1 hour of time available to set rods up and walk … Read more
Shared post 1 hr Facebook/Australian Team 2018 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships Ireland Stephen Chatterton has been selected to represent Australia in the 2018 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships in Northern Ireland. Chatto (as he prefers to be called) describes himself as “a journeyman fly fisher that has been lucky enough, and honoured, to be selected to … Read more
This is one of the flies that I have tied for an impending trip to N.Ireland to fish in the 2018 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships. My research shows that there can be Autumn hatches of caddis and occasionally olives and midge. Those sort of hatches often occur in relatively shallow water and often the fish … Read more
I tied up a few extra coral and white booby blobs today. I’m hooping that they will work as well in N.Ireland at the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships as they work on rainbows here in Australia. Head off on 24th August.
The first snippet headed “Monaro” provides the first credible incite I have seen that alludes to why trout fishing in the lake has declined in the last 6 years. The second snippet headed “Pumped Hydro” adds to my concerns for the lake. Since the Snowy MKII upgrade was muted I have been expressing my concerns about redfin being introduced to our trout lakes.
NSW Department of Primary Industries Recreational Fisheries Manager, Craig Watson, said that 10,000 Estuary Perch fingerlings were released. “The fish were bred at Narooma Aquaculture and are being released with the assistance of local fishers,” Mr Watson said.
Estuary Perch are found along the eastern seaboard through NSW, into Victoria and South Australia and including Tasmania.
