Fly fishing Tasmania’s Western Lakes is all about polaroiding. Just seconds after this image was taken the brown trout we were looking for appeared under the angler’s rod tip. A quick and accurate presentation on the back cast and the black spinner f...

South Esk – Good spinner action morning caenids (Pheasant Tail Black Spinners) North Esk – Good nymphing good mornings St Pats – Reliable polaroiding and dry fly (baetids / Iron Blue Duns) Meander – Morning caenids daytime spinners (F Fly and Pheasan...

Everyone asks ‘where’s your favourite place to fly fish?’. It’s a hard question to answer and a few places come to mind: the Western Lakes wilderness fishery the South Esk River flowing at 130 mg/day or Weir One at Brumbys Creek during high flows. Th...

The past week has been a ripper time for hitting the rivers and streams. We’ve seen all species of riverine mayfly starting to hatch – big red spinners on Brumbys  Leven and Mersey big and small black spinners on the South Esk Meander and Mersey and...

Check out our latest fly fishing report here http://createsend.com/t/t-51345397EBD9893A   The second week of October traditionally marks the first mayfly hatches of the season. Have a great week! Thanks Dan.