Hints & Tips

How to catch a trout Trout behaviour, trout food, fly selection Find the food and you will find the trout. Is the wind pushing food along shorelines and out to points, or into corners and against the shore? Are the birds collecting insects in the air or off the water? Is it calm and warm, or windy and cool? In what combinations are these things happening? These observations will usually give you a hint about where the feeding trout are! For instance, in a still water situation, trout generally feed in the direction that the wind is coming from. [...]

Lakes - casting, stream craft, & fly fishing Fishing from the shoreline of a lake, we need to read the conditions. Lake level, wind direction, weed growth, insect activity, evidence of fish present, tails, rises, etc. Some shore lines have vegetation and sometimes you are actually on the shoreline and kneeling down... shrubs, long grass, rocks, etc. need to be considered. If you venture out into the water the same obstructions may apply as well as the unseen, i.e. potholes, submerged logs. Cover the fish you see according to what you observe. If you don't see anything you would go [...]

Rivers - casting, stream craft, and fly fishing Fly fishing rivers starts off on opening day at the beginning of August in the lowlands around Cressy. In mild conditions there is always a chance of a fish on the dry, especially in the smaller streams. Other well known waters around Cressy, such as Brumbys Creek, fishing will be collecting snail and depending on water levels, there can be some good tailing and mooching activity. In years when we have floods the Macquarie River has many backwaters and ditches where the trout can be found patrolling, collecting worms and grubs. A [...]