Fly fishing
Submitted by Plastic_freak on Fri, 2008-11-21 08:19
Gday lads, at the end of the year i am heading over to tasmania for a few weeks and a few of my grandfathers mates have offered to take me fly fishing in the highlands of tassie.. as i come from the pilbara all the fly fishing gear i have is all rather heavy,
just wanted to know if anyways was thinking about selling any light fly fishing rods and reels? chasing a small one about a 5-6 weight i think... i wouldnt know cos i have never caught one of these fish befor..
if any of you guys have any tips on targeting these little buggers and wanna share it with me it would be much appreciated
cheers
rainbow
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Date Joined: 03/01/08
Stealth, polaroids & patience !
It can be very frustrating, but to catch a good trout on a dry fly is very rewarding specially if you see him slowly rising from the depths to inspect your fly before engulfing it!
The other side of the coin is when he refuses it but both situations make the heart beat a lot faster.
Ideally you would need time to study the natural insect life there, & see whats hatching, swarming, & just falling into the water so you could tie up artificials to match but those old blokes will have all that figured anyway, no worries.
I found that ant, beetle & grasshopper patterns are good standby anyway & bead eyed nymphs for when the mudeyes & other nymphs are hatching.
Usually the smaller the artificial the better so size 16 for beetles like Red Tag & Cochibondu easily outfish the shop sold size 14 & 12. Royal Coachman, & Greenwells glory are also good old standbys.
Trout have bloody good eyesight & are very aware of vibration through the ground to the water so stay low, & creep along. That way youll get to see plenty of snakes as well :)lol
I`d rather be fishin`!!!