Its that time of year again. The leaves are turning brown, orange, yellow and every colour in-between, the water is cooling down, the fish are not looking up as regularly and I’m dusting off my streamer box. Autumn isn’t just pretty, it is a great time to throw some meat around. While people generally associate streamer fishing with larger waterways…
Tag: small stream
The importance of stealth- Melbourne trip report with musings.
A few weekends ago me and Nick spent an afternoon fishing a clear, low, pocket water creek. The Low gin clear water made the fish incredibly spooky. Spotting fish was pretty much impossible given the boulders and rocks that dotted the stream bed. It would be very easy to fish that little creek for an afternoon and not see any…
“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…
Weekend trouting…
As time faded away from me at my housemates going away party, I started to get a little anxious about whether I would actually wake up to my alarm at 415 the next morning, which was only 5 hours away. It had already been a pretty hectic weekend. A dinner party on Friday with friends we hadn’t seen for a…