This post is a work in progress and lists the different species of fish I have landed on fly in Central Queensland. I have had a look through my photos from the last couple of years and added those that I have found but there are still some photo gaps which I’ll add as I find the photos or will re-photo next time I catch the fish and add them at that stage. As I get time I will also add some text about each species and also some fly suggestions.
In this post I describe all the aspect of my current river fishing set up and techniques. The way I set my river fishing gear up and the way I fish has allowed me to hold my own in river sessions in Australia and overseas.
Proceeding through an orderly process as described in this post is a good way of making your fly selection for any trout river.
I have settled on #8 outfits and the following fly lines for when I target estuary species such as bream, flathead, mangrove jack and small trevally and queenfish, as my preferred outfits for bass, saratoga and various perch and as my go to outfits for when I fish to bonefish.
This is a list of flies that I know all work well for Lakes Tantangara, Eucumbene and Jindabyne.
This is a list of flies that I know all work well for the lakes around Miena and Bronte in Central Tasmania. I hope this will help you get more out of your next fly fishing trip to the Central Highlands of Tasmania.
As long as it’s not too windy the ‘fast sink lines for deep sulking or feeding trout’ system described here provides a way that you can present moving flies that may induce a strike to fish that may or may not be actively feeding but are holding in deeper water.
The fly rods that I use when fishing in the tropics for the likes of barramundi, mangrove jack, GT’s, queenfish and tarpon are #10 weight Redington Predator fly rods. At only 8 foot 3 inches long they are relatively short rods that have turned out ideal for tropical fly fishing amongst the snags in rivers and also around the inshore reefs and headlands.
Grunter are members of the javelin fish family and are often by-catches when fly, bait, lure and soft plastic fishers, are targeting barramundi and mangrove jack in Central Queensland waters. They are apparently a great eating fish but my preference remains to treat them as a sport fish and catch them and release them to fight another day.
I guess that almost every competition fly fisher has a preference toward set ups for different fishing situations … this is mine.
