Flies catch more fly-fishers than fish. One of the things I try to promote is the importance of limiting most if not all of your fly box to just those flies that you are confident work for you, you understand what they can be used to represent, and you know how to fish.
The old adage ” when the weather is good for fishing it’s bad for fishermen” definitely was conjured up to represent the way things happen down here in the Snowy Mountains. If your coming down for a fish don’t forget to bring plenty of layers of clothing and of course if your fishing from a boat make sure that everybody wear and knows how to use their PFD. The fishing however can be fantastic at this time of the year … my last 3 outing produced 37 very good fish.
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.
