All of us have ‘our’ streams; the ones that we fish most often, we cherish, we hide from acquaintances, but we share with friends. After reading this post by Hamish, I was keen to get back out to my favourite stream to see if I could emulate at least half the success he and Perrin had on that evidently magic…
Tag: articulated fly
Late to the party? discovering articulated streamers
Fishing big articulated streamers for trout is a big part of US fly fishing culture. In general fishing big dirty streamers for trout seems to be a visible and vibrant part of American fly fishing culture, complete with die hards who fish very little else. In Australia, streamer fishing, especially with big articulated beasties, doesn’t appear to have quite…
Like shooting fish in a barrel
A couple of weeks ago photos of Brook trout caught in Victoria started popping up all over FB and instagram. Apparently a bunch of brook trout had escaped from a trout farm and people were jumping at the rare opportunity to catch these fish within a couple of hours from Melbourne. This weekend I decided to join the fray. I…