Derwent River – upper
As you can see from the photo above this can be a big fast flowing river … it has plenty of challenges but they are matched by plenty of fish.
Trout
Arthurs Lake
Perhaps the most iconic lake in Tasmania and for many the most iconic lake in Australia. From a fly fishers aspect Arthurs Lake is one of those “must visit” fisheries and to many of us is always on the itinerary when we visit Tasmania.
Tantangara Reservoir
Tantangara is one of my favourite lakes not only because its fishes well most of the time but also because it is harder than most of the lakes in the scheme to access and consequently it doesn’t get as much fishing or boat pressure as some of the other lakes.
Jackall Squirrel
Jackall Squirrel lures are all Hank tuned and consequently they come out of the box already tricked up with hardware suitable for barra. The original 79mm version swim off the cast at around 3 meters and a little deeper on the troll and come in a version including rattles and a silent version. In late … Read more
Lakes – loch style basics
I was introduced to loch style fly fishing when I became involved in competition fly fishing through Fly Fish Australia and i now regard it as one of my preferred fly fishing techniques and certainly a way of targeting fish that I was not previously aware could be caught.
Leaders for trout in lakes & rivers
When it all boils down setting up a loch style or river leader doesn’t have to be as complicated as it’s made out to be. I have set out below how I set up my trout leaders for both social and competition fly fishing and I hope that will provide some incite for you.
Chatto’s articulated slow roller
This is a variation of my very successful articulated swimmer and is my alternative goto fly when targeting barra in the relatively static water of Lake Awoonga and other barra impoundments. It can be fished on any line but my preference is a clear intermediate line. Retrieved with a slow roly poly or a long draw the fly has a nice shoulder role from side to side.
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Silver TBH CDC black sparkle fuzzel bugger
This one of the 4 colours of TBH jig buggers that I carry in my river fly box. It’s a great buggy looking fly that sink well and swims hook point up so less likely to get hooked up on the bottom othan flies that swim hook point down.
Rivers – “Euro Nymphing”
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.