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Hello all Fishing report The north-west of Tasmania—big rivers, no pressure Part II The fishing for the next month Fishing tips In Season Tasmania – the book Booking availabilities

▲TopHello all

Summer is officially here, so are the mayfly, caddis and terrestrials. Sight-fishing is the name of the game, and dry flies the tactics — two common themes that will remain through to the end of the season in late April.

▲TopFishing report

The last month has seen more than 95% of the fish caught, taken on a dry fly. For me, this is great, as it enables everybody to experience the thrill that comes with sight-fishing.

The start of the month was difficult due to the big low pressure system that lashed south-eastern Australia. Whilst we didn’t cop the rain and wind, we did have an unusual and prolonged easterly pattern that stifled the fishing somewhat.

By the second week of November the fishing started to come good again, with Bruno and Sia making there second trip back to Tassie, just two weeks after their first! This gave them the opportunity to fish a big freestone river in the north-west, complete with native waratah in bloom above gin-clear water. We followed it up the next day with a rafting / sight fishing session on the top weir of Brumbys Creek. Here their trip culminated in polaroiding a 3lb trout cruising the flooded margins. The fish ate three different flies, but won in the end—the one that got away, so to speak.

Grant, my first ever client at RiverFly Lodge, made his third trip back to Tassie’s rivers, this time with his mate Adrian.

The fishing was awesome. We spent three days fishing dry flies— one day on a freestone river, one on a meadow stream, and one rafting Brumbys Creek. I couldn’t pick a favourite day, but Adrian catching his first fish on a dry would definitely be a personal highlight for me, along with polaroiding a flats-cruising trout as it snaffled Grants’ Glister Brush fly.

It’s a great time to make the 1 hour flight from the mainland, where I can pick you up from the airport and have you fishing within two hours of leaving the city behind. Simply drop me an E-mail at dhackett@tassie.net.au to make a booking

▲TopThe north-west of Tasmania—big rivers, no pressure Part II

In the last newsletter I let the readers in on a new river venue in the north-west. As an update, we have now confirmed the presence of a healthy rainbow trout population, representing one in every ten fish caught. They offer a great contrast to the brown trout, hyper-actively smashing dry flies in the fastwater.

Also featuring rainbow trout is a small section of the upper St Patricks River of late. This is a remnant population of wild trout that seem to have a 1 in 20 or 30 fish presence amongst the headwaters. You won’t find a prettier fish than these red-striped, green-flanked wild rainbows.

▲TopThe fishing for the next month

Mayflies, beetles, caddis and polaroiding. The hoppers aren’t far away either!

It’s all good, so book a few days now.

▲TopFishing tips

Fish the shallow water! I had some overseas clients last month that had trouble fishing the shallow pocket water—they just couldn’t get their head around the fact that fish might live there. The thing is, the small black spinner mayfly that love many of our streams, also love crawling out on semi-submerged rocks to hatch. So, the ‘food’ is in the shallows by preference, and the trout follow suit. Always fish the shallows in Tasmanian waters—you will be surprised at the results whether you fish rivers or lakes. .

▲TopIn Season Tasmania – the book

My new book, In Season Tasmania, was officially launched a fortnight ago, and has been received very well—so well that the we are already looking at doing a re-print, and have a waiting list for any limited editions that might become available. We also just received our first review ever, in the summer edition of FlyLife magazine, out now. If you are interested in getting a copy of the book, feel free to drop me a note orders@inseasonflyfishing.com.au

▲TopBooking availabilities

E-mail dhackett@tassie.net.au to make an enquiry That’s all for now. Have a safe and enjoyable Christmas.

Thanks, Daniel Hackett
RiverFly Tasmania

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