Fishing stories, Freshwater, Reviews, Stuff we've learnt, Trout

Fanatik soft plastics: product review (plus a few photos from a recent high country mission)

One nice thing about having a fishing blog is that, from time to time, we are sent a bit of gear to review. We have always been completely honest about this, which I think is great in terms of maintaining a sense of independence and objectivity. It allows us to be really critical of certain things, while others may be…

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Fly & Tenkara, Freshwater, Stuff we've learnt, Think like a fish- fishing techniques, Trout

Will there be an evening rise? Listen to the birds.

I was talking to Brett recently and he made an interesting observation. If you want to know if there is going to be a good evening rise, listen to the birds. Brett lives out in Creswick, meaning he is lucky enough to live close to some of Victorias best trout lakes. Hepburn, Newlynns, Deans. Great Victorian trout fisheries. It also…

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Fly & Tenkara, Freshwater, Trout

Should you fish the Eucumbene spawn run?

Fishing the Eucumbene spawn run is a pretty controversial topic amongst some. Its referred to disparagingly as “unsporting”, “shooting fish in a barrel”, “not fly fishing” and “disrespectful”. Fair enough I suppose, chucking around a couple of glo bugs and four split shot isn’t everyones cup of tea. For the rest of us though, should we be fishing the run…

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Fishing stories, Freshwater, Trout

Secret creek

It’s great when a hunch, some anecdotal evidence and a bit of research pay off: I recently found a ‘secret creek’. I’m not really sure what makes it secret; perhaps the reason that no one has heard of it, there is no evidence anyone fishes it, and that there is very little evidence that it would contain trout. It’s situated…

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Fly & Tenkara, Freshwater, Trout

Get down to the local

Last week I went exploring. I love fishing new waters. There is something very rewarding about having to figure out a whole lot of stuff all at once. Sometimes things work out, sometimes they don’t. It hardly matters. Fishing new waters is about variety, adventure and all that other stuff that makes fly fishing such a great sport. When fishing…

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