Imagine, you’ve just bought a couple of fancy new lures. When the day finally arrives to go fishing you jump out of the car and make your way down to the river, bristling with anticipation. After ripping open the small box you tie one of the new lures, and fling it out into the water. There is a tug on…
Month: March 2015
Fishing alone
Soft light filters through the mist and trees. I pull up to my chosen spot. I hop out of the car and take it all in. Its good to be here. After a few minutes I start setting up. I chose a fly. The car door clicks and I make my way to the river. I make my first cast,…
The generalist: a fly fishing manifesto
Some fly fishermen specialise. They focus on one species. They learn every subtlety in behaviour. They develop an deep almost spiritual understanding with their quarry of choice. They become truly excellent fly fishers. For most fly fishermen (but not all), the quarry of choice are trout. This makes sense. If god exists, trout were designed by him/her to give pleasure…
Tuross tournament testing but rewards with trophy fish
Last weekend the 4th annual Tuross head flathead and bream tournament was held on the NSW south coast. 258 anglers, including Flick & Fly’s own Lee and Graz, enjoyed good conditions, a full moon and favourable tides with plenty of water moving in and out of the lake each day. The competition was strictly catch-and-release and fish could only be…
Fishing pocket waters
As water cascades over rocks and boulders, dozens of little, almost separate pools lay before you. They vary in size. Some are no bigger than a kitchen sink, some bathtub sized, some the size of a blow up swimming pool. Each one if different. Water cascades into some, forming a mini water fall at the head of the pool. In others…
In praise of a good net man
I am a notoriously bad net man. I am way to excitable. I rush in and take the first opportunity without much thought… Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, sometimes it ends in disaster. In short, when you catch a trophy, get someone else to net it or cross your fingers and hope the gods are on your side. Luckily…