I might be many things; a passionate lure fisherman, an aspiring photographer, a lover of the outdoors, a conservationist, but I’m not a fly fisherman. Before the opening of this year’s trout season I can name you exactly 3 times I have been fly fishing. 1) When I strayed into a privately owned trout farm in Tasmania about 10 years…
Tag: dry fly
New seasons.
We arrived in dribs and drabs from all over the south east of Australia. Canberra, Woolongong, Melbourne. Myself, Nick and Brett arrived first. Lee arrived not long after and we set up camp. Soon we were sipping on mid strength beers, soaking in the anticipation of what was to come. As dark arrived we set in by the campfire, revelling…
When you cant match the hatch, throw them something juicy: the story of the dry bugger
The story of the dry bugger began on the opening day of last NSW trout season. Myself and Perrin had headed out to a stream to hopefully christen the season opener with a few trout. After a relatively fruitless morning, Perrin spotted a decent trout. He was gracious enough to give me first shot. I slowly and meticulously stalked to…
Too much hatch
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…
“Emergency” dry flies- three of my favourites
As you slowly wade up the river a trout rises. You take a guess at what the trout is eating, tie on a fly you think might work and make the cast. You get a decent drift but the trout ignores your offering. It rises again. The process is repeated and you change patterns. You cast again. Once again the…
Its time to start keeping a fishing diary
Last season I started playing around with adding rubber tails and legs onto a bunch of my favourite nymphs and dry fly patterns. The rationale was it would add a bit of extra movement and “life” to the flies and that, at times that may make a difference. Testing went well, I caught lots of fish on those flies. The…
Fishing southland (New Zealand) on a budget
by Andrew Collings It was a cold night in front of the telly and for no apparent reason my partner Lyndsay was more engrossed in the TV than anything I had to say for myself. It was one of those moments where the response to “I’m leaving you for the woman next door” would probably be a disinterested “that’s nice”. …
“Melbourne” fly fishing report- pic heavy
Escaping the heat With the weather forecast predicting that Melbourne would go up into the 40s last weekend, Ceri and I decided to escape the heat and head for the mountains. We grabbed the dog after work and drove the 1 hour and 40 minutes to one of our favourite little dog friendly campsites. Brett and Merinda joined us that…