Contrary to popular belief sandfly bites are not associated with laying eggs. They are in fact bites associated with feeding. The fact that almost immediately they start to itch and the itching increases is related to the fact that during the feeding process they urinate and the bites become infected.
How you organise fly boxes is important as it can make a big difference to how much you enjoy your fishing outings. This question and answer explains my approach.
Scientists at CSIRO have wrapped up almost a decade of testing to prove the bug kills only the so-called “rabbit of the river” clogging the Murray Darling Basin, The Weekly Times reports. Applications to introduce the virus in Australia are now being submitted while an unlikely alliance between industry and environmental groups, including the National Irrigators Council and Australian Conservation Foundation, support the measure.
These reels are beasts and have an impressive capacity of backing. I have gone for 70lb braid for backing and so that the backing is not the weak point in my system and even then 300 meters of backing fits easily. The reel also has a drag that locks up and needs 13lb of direct force to give line and then it does it ever so smoothly … OMG..
On Monday this week I fished a deep snag in the Boyne River and made contact with a big barra that came out of the snag and took my fly. Unfortunately the 24lb fluorocarbon leader wasn’t up to the shock and as the fish took of in panic the fly and the leader parted … … Read more
In 2015 Australia will be the host country for the 10th Oceania Fly Fishing Championships. I’ll be there representing Australia as a member of the green team. Go to the FFA web site for information on the Ociania’s and of course follow the event on the FFA Facebook page. If you have any gems of … Read more
Over the last 48 hours you may have seen quite a lot of activity on http://www.fishonfly.com.au. I just wanted to bring you up to date and let you know that www.troutflies.com.au has been WITHOUT CONSENT using our site as a source of fly information. This was brought to our attention when wording from several of … Read more
NSW national parks are now no smoking areas. The smoking ban applies to almost all areas throughout NSW national parks and reserves, including picnic areas, camp-grounds, accommodations, beaches, lookouts, walking tracks, and on national park roads. The ban doesn’t apply to some commercial lease or licence areas, or to private residences located within a park. … Read more
As it turned out my beat on the Bundarra didn’t give up 1 fish in any of the 5 sessions. Despite that disaster because I managed fish in the next 3 sessions (Rocky Valley, Kiewa River then Rocky Valley again) I was running 12th on Saturday night with only one session to go and that was on the Mitta Mitta.
Generally at this time of year there is an expectation that the midge would be starting to move and that there would be plenty of fish feeding on them and mayflies nymphs in Jocks, Cobrerbald, Coppermine and Wainui bays. Well on my latest visit I saw no evidence of that so I had to go … Read more
