Winter is approaching. Hatches, willingly rising trout and wet wading are fading memories. The rivers close in a week or two to give the trout some space while they get frisky. The estuaries are probably still fishing well (if only I had been fishing them a little more regularly), but will slow down soon. The kingfish bite will slow up…
Month: May 2013
App review – Flylife flies
Just a quick post to review a free app, ‘Flylife Flies’. Released by the well-respected flylife magazine group, the app is available for free download through the app store. I downloaded the app expecting fly tying recipes, but the app is basically a game where you have to name the fly that appears on the screen. Despite being a bit…
Shop review – The Alpine Angler, Cooma
I stopped in here recently en route to a flyfishing trip in the mountains. On entering, I was impressed by the uncluttered layout and light and airy space. I was greeted by two lovely chaps, clearly devout fly fishermen, and asked what I was after. I was on a mission to get some cheap waders, and found some $80 models…
Tackle review: Scott A4 four weight fly rod
Well, I’ve almost had my Scott A4 four weight (854/4) for a year now and I have grown incredibly attached to her so this wont be the most objective review out there. She was my first “real” rod after the “learning rod“, so its no surprise the two of us have become close. That and she has done a great…
I finally bought a net…
When I started fly fishing a little over a year ago, a net was really just a hypothetical need. It wasn’t like I was catching fish, so why lug around half a kilo of extra weight? How times have changed. While I’ve continually put off the actual purchase of said net, as the year has progressed, the lack of a net has become a…
Fishing mojo
As Hamish mentioned in the post ‘A few days trout fishing around Khancoban‘, I had a pretty tough time as far as the fishing was concerned. Don’t get me wrong – it was an amazing weekend spent camping with great mates in beautiful country, but I was confronted with the question: is it wrong to feel disappointed when your fishing…
Its all about attitude…
When it comes to catching fish, how important is attitude? On the Daly, we illustrated what a poor attitude (in that case mainly circumstantial), can do to ones chances. We fished pretty hard, but after the raft of trials and tribulations we had to go through, by the second day I’m pretty sure not one of us would have said we…