Suddenly my line tightened. Snagged? The fish pulled and headed downwards. I said to Steve I didn’t think it was big. I worked the fish towards the surface. It was bigger than I first thought. Steve peered at the fish, the fish peered back, turned and headed down. I said to myself, that fish is thinking “not that Chatterton bloke again, I’m out of here!” By this time Steve had hold of the landing net, that’s optimism for you!
Large populations of dark olive Yabbies of the Cherax Genus have developed in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene. Many anglers suggest that the Yabby has been responsible for changing the feeding habits of trout in the lakes as the populations of Yabbies have increased. In fact in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene you seldom catch a trout with a full stomach when the contents doesn’t include yabbies.
There are only really two types of flies dry flies and wet flies. A wet fly is any fly that is designed to be fished below the surface of the water. Dry flies fit into a number of logical categories.
There are only really two types of flies dry flies and wet flies. A dry fly is any fly that is designed to be fished on or in the surface film of the water. Dry flies can however be divided into a number of logical categories.
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As a result of fishing in competitions I have got used to measuring fish that I catch rather than weighing them. It’s quick and simple and of course puts little extra stress on the fish so that is all good. The process of course does have its short comings in that you don’t know how much the fish weighted. Well that’s no longer the case because I have adopted a mathematical process called a ‘power low equation to allow me to calculate the weight of fish from just one or two measurements.
This is the first river fishing technique that I was introduced to and is probably the most widely used technique used by recreational fly fishers in Australia and New Zealand and the UK.
There is a reason why up stream fishing is probably the most widely used technique used by fly fishers in Australia and New Zealand and the UK – it works.
“French leader” or often called “French Roll Casting” came to my attention in 2009 through the competition sports fly fishing scene. At that stage I was president of Fly Fish Australia and also had the honour on being on one of its international representative teams. This technique was all the buzz and to those that had the opportunity to embrace it the technique was fantastic in the right water.
Whilst in the broad terms these techniques are really quite similar to each other there are subtle points of difference that distinguish each of these forms of river fly fishing techniques. The points of difference are mainly in the leader set up and focus on leader lengths and the use of different flies and materials incorporated into the leader as indicators. I think of all these techniques all as “short line nymphing techniques” and adjust my leader set up, fly selection, drift and the direction I am moving in as I encounter different types of water.
