Short Stories & Fishing Tales

First time to fly fishing for Wally and he didn't take long to get the hang of the cast. Very happy with this result and a number of others throughout the day on Arthur's Lake, Tasmania.

With a few duns showing from time to time, and the odd rise wide and far apart, Rob lays out a determined cast to one within range. A good slash at the emerger followed by a good hook-up, Rob brings to hand his first wild Tasmanian brown trout.

Gold Rush! Prior to any duns hatching, Phil consistently stays in touch with a bead head nymph and nails this absolutely gorgeous golden Artur's Lake brownie.

In such drab conditions, wild Tasmanian trout will cruise up from the depths with great zest to take a gently twitched grasshopper pattern. With matching zest, James reels in this fine Great Lake hen.

Perfect timing! Adjusting the timing of the hook-up when sight fishing to beetle feeders (which generally require a longer pause before tightening the line) takes some patience and skill. Audrey has both and is nicely rewarded.

Visiting from Canada, Peter showed us his methods which did bring success. Sight fishing to beetle sipping brown trout was a complete surprise. Here is just one of a few that were landed.

Wanting to chase the larger specimens, we headed to Four Springs. After a number of fish had accepted the fly, a good hook-up was the result on the dry fly. After a lengthy battle Kris landed this fine rainbow trout. A memorable day with an abundance of insects.

For the love of the small stream and the joy of the dry fly, Brian took the time to tweak his accuracy in casting and landed a number of feisty St Patrick's River brown trout.

Duns hatching and it starts to drizzle. In the muggy conditions the duns are not able to get away very quickly so a number of fish move in to mop up the fly on the surface. Bob is pretty happy with this fine brown!

Early in the day before the main hatch, Geoff started out well, managing to keep in touch with a bead head over the weed beds, landing a couple of good fish in quick succession.