Hamish wrote a great little blog about our trout opening weekend here, so I don’t want to repeat anything he said. But the sentimentality might be similar. I had a magic weekend, yet I didn’t catch a fish. In the past, I would have found this somewhat disappointing. I can remember a trip to Nariel and another to Bright for…
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Another quick Monaro flyfishing report
I had another session last weekend on my favourite little Monaro stream. The plan was to fish some of the faster water, which I have tended to neglect in the past. After seeing a few fingerlings in the shallow water on a recent trip, in addition to a fun little session on a shallow, fast flowing river near Bombala recently,…
Quick Monaro flyfishing report
I managed to spend a few hours at one of my favourite trout streams last weekend. I arrived at around 11am and the first thing I noticed was the lack of insect life, apart from the ever-present blowflies. The plan was to christen my Poor Man’s Quad with a nice brownie. I would have loved to tie on a nice…