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Alec is a well experienced fly fisher
for salt water species such as
bonefish and rates polaroiding for
wild brown trout over shallow sandy margins in the same league.

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Kat enjoys a lot of fishing in WA,
mainly in saltwater, and is delighted
to land her first ever wild Tasmanian
brown trout at Arthur’s Lake. In early February, fishing amongst the shade
of the trees on a hot bright day
will often bring great results.

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Stuart pleased as punch with a
Penstock brown trout around 4lbs
that sipped down a small dry fly
right in against the shoreline in
4 inches depth of water. The fish
tore off to the middle of the lake
and took some work to
eventually land.

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Mickey refined her casting skills along the main flow of Brumbys Creek
and landed her first wild brown trout. Bob fished up to a backwater to find
a good fish showing occasionally and very subtle. We waited for an
opportune moment and lay the fly out in ambush. Suddenly it was gone
and a few minutes later Bob landed and released this fine
Brumbys Creek brown trout.

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Never having fly fished before,
Greg spent 2 days with us. We
sampled both rivers and lakes
while we worked on the basic skills.
We found fish feeding on
grasshoppers on the Meander
River, caught and released several
brown trout using a size 14 Royal
Wolf. Some of these were in tricky
spots, others out in the open water.

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David had the gear and some
casting lessons and was keen to
master the art of catching a trout
on the dry fly. A little time spent
on stream craft and approach had
David placing some well controlled
casts at rising fish. Not too long and
David landed his first wild river brown trout on the St Patricks River. And
then another and another…

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Tom’s guided fishing tour was a
surprise birthday gift. He and friend
John came to learn more about
loch style and dry fly techniques.
This is Tom with a fine brown
trout from Woods Lake.  

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John caught and released a number
of fine brown and rainbow trout in a
series of wind lanes. The fish were
feeding well for periods on chironomids however it was an emerger mayfly
pattern that caught their attention.

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Tony and Mario covered the water well and to their delight came up with
these outstanding rainbow and brown trout at Four Springs in September.
Fish like these do not come to the net easily but are a
great reward for those who persist.

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James was working on improving his
dry fly skills and polaroiding the river.
This fine brown trout was cruising
about in Brumbys Creek during
low water level and mistook a deer
hair emerger for a grasshopper.

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Another fine example of Tasmania's wild brown trout in food-rich environments. Simon had fun with a few rainbows and this nice brown using dun emergers.

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By late November the weed in
Four Springs Lake was getting very
thick, yet we found a few corridors in
the weed where fish were working out
in the open. David timed the lift on this fine brown taking his royal hairwing coachman and managed to apply
enough side strain regularly to
steer the fish away from
the thick weed beds.

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During the absense of any major
dun hatch, with hardly a fish showing,
we opted for the bead head nymph over the weed beds, which resulted in two nice brownies. Peter kept in touch with the
nymph nicely as he twitched it along,
and responded quickly to the take.

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Stewart takes a great delight in the dry fly, and we worked on some bow
and arrow casting to get into some tight places. On bright hot days a lot of fish
will be moving freely in the shade. Here Stewart caught and released two browns
on the dry in quick succession by covering the water well, especially getting the
fly close to structure like logs and the bankside vegetation.

Four Springs in September with the
onset of the first few duns hatching.
Bright calm spells brought the spinner
out and we polaroided and chased
weighty browns around the margins.
This one sipped down Ron's red
spinner softly on the edge
of a small windlane.

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Tim enjoyed sight fishing to wild river browns on the St Patrick's with small grasshopper imitations. Tim covered sippers in the shade and polaroided
fish in the open sunny sections and
was able to bring a few fish to hand.

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Reliable even in the toughest of conditions, Arthur's Lake produces
the first ever trout for David. This
brownie took a well placed cast
in amongst the sticks.

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Late season, and in tough conditions,
Bill and Nicole spent a couple of days chasing our wild trout and by the end
of the weekend they had landed many nice fish. This excellent brownie is
Nicole's first ever experience of
a fish on the end of a line.

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Between Christmas and new year,
warm breezy conditions put a number
of beetles on Great Lake, and coupled
with a nice cloud cover, lead to good surface activity. Harry and Jim twitched large hopper style dry flies to land
a number of fine, hard fighting
brown and rainbow trout.

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Just prior to Christmas John
enjoyed the mayfly activity on
Penstock, with a number of modest
to reasonable rainbows and this
typical fine brown trout.

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Late summer on Arthur's Lake, Vicki
was determined not to let the tough
windy conditions get the better of
her, and landed a couple of well
marked browns on the dry fly.

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Enjoying several days fishing Tassie's rivers and lakes, Jon was particularly pleased with this lovely Western Lakes brown. In tough light with windy conditions, this beauty took a
parachute hackle red spiner.

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An accomplished wet fly fisherman,
John wanted to develop his dry fly
skills, which he did, landing a
number of browns, including this
fine trout, using one of our favourite
flies, the Tups Indispensable.

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In bright conditions, Fergus watched
this Great Lake brownie leisurely come
up to chomp down a large foam beetle imitation, timed the hook-up beautifully and here is the happy result.

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Once again, Brumbys saves the day! Starting the day in the highlands at Penstock, the wind started whipping sheets of water through the air, so
we came down to check out some protected spots on the northern
lowland rivers. This nice brownie
was polaroided and after a tricky
cast it came up to sip Gary's
small orange beetle imitation.

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Penstock Lagoon, the jewel of the highlands, was enjoyable for Julian,
who was out from the UK to sample Tasmania's wild trout with his Dad, Mike. Here's Julian with one of a few that were taking emerging duns in a light ripple.

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With a scattering of beetles and a
number of inspections by the sharks
of Great Lake, it was a tough session
with the fish proving difficult to hook.
Mark was certainly happy when his persistence paid off and he landed
this strong fighting 3lb brown,
which took a hopper pattern.

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On a blue sky day, Scott, a newcomer
to fly fishing, quickly learned how to
use polaroids to see trout cruising
the Western Lakes. Scott's dry fly presentation was sipped down
by this nice brownie.

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Wakao and Yuki, having never
held a fishing rod, enjoyed some
fly fishing lessons as well as lure
fishing. In tough bright, calm
conditions they landed fish. Here,
Wakao enjoys this gorgeous early summer day on the Macquarie.

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Remote Western Lakes, in cloudy conditions with patches of blue,
Steve manages a determined cast
into a fairly stiff breeze to this
polaroided mayfly feeder. A leisurely
sip, a good pause before lifting the
rod and the hook is set!

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Keen to catch a Tassie trout, Terry and Chris had a lot of fun with both fly and
live bait, bringing a number of fine Arthur's Lake brownies to the boat.

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The wind dropped and the red spinner danced over the glass, occassionally landing. Many browns moved in,
sipping down the stragglers.
Chuck's delicate presentations
resulted in numerous hook-ups.

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Learning how to fly fish was great fun
and very productive for Duncan and
Ben. The weather was great, conditions great and the sight fishing excellent.
A good number of fish were landed.

Freshened by rain, the river trout
became very lively. Bob landed
many, including this lovely 2lb brown
on a grasshopper pattern. Not bad
for a beginner to fly fishing!

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Once again grasshoppers are the
order of the day on a northern
lowland river. Harry quite easily
places the fly in just the right spot
over and over. Harry proudly shows
off one of several caught on this
exciting blue sky late season day.

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Very late season and lowland streams
still yield good numbers of feisty browns
to those keen enough to be out and
about and Ziggy was certainly keen!

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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.

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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.

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

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After many visits to Tasmania
and lots of good trout, this is
one of Peter's best browns on
the dry for a while. Out on
Great Lake chasing the sharks
in less than average conditions,
this strong fish took some
coaxing to bring in.

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In such drab conditions, wild
Tasmanian brown 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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After some rough weather throughout
the morning, Felipe and Silvana were enjoying lunch on an island, the duns started popping off, so we leapt back
into the boat and landed fish
after fish after fish!

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After the main hatch, while still
on the lookout for the succulant
mayfly nymphs of Arthur's Lake,
this prime brown falls prey to
Bill's well presented fly.

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This beautifully marked hen came
up to sip Jim's red spinner immitation
during a calmer period of the day and
put on a spectacular acrobatic show.

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Early on in the day, in the absence of
any mayfly activity, in about a metre
and a half of water Dean drew this
jack brown to the surface with
a grasshopper immitation.

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Between showers, windshifts
and a little heavy rain, a gorgeous brownie like this will keep you smiling!
A few sporadic waves of duns south
off the Cowpaddock, Luke managed
to nail a few with accurate
casts using an emerger.

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Even when on his honeymoon,
a man will find time to go fishing!
Rob had a lot of experience with
the fly on many different species,
yet the trout was new to him.
We found a few very close in
amongst the sticks. The
polaroiding was magnificent
and a red tag did the trick!

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Once again polaroiding in amongst
the tight stuff! An experienced lake fisherman, Simon perfects his
streamcraft during a 'river'
experience. Accurate casting
over shallow water brings
this brownie to hand.

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In windy conditions, finding a
calm area that has structure,
such as trees, and good weed
beds can make all the difference.
One of Liam's first trout, and the
only help he needed to bring it in
was a grown-up wielding a net!

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At very low water levels the trout are
at their most wary. They will show
when the food turns itself on, i.e.
during a stonefly hatch. Ilsa holds
a fine Brumbys Creek brown,
found over skinny weedbeds
collecting stonefly nymphs.

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Junji did well at the very tail end of
the season to land two good fish in succession on Great Lake.

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A rivers man, who's experience
includes a line class world record (Chinnook Salmon), Phil was
impressed with the quality and
the power of our wild Tasmanian
brown trout. This one in particular
took a grasshopper in grand style!

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Reliable! Arthurs Lake and some
specific loch style techniques. Before
the hatch gets underway, the nymphs
are agitated over the weedbed. Chris fished a beadhead in the right
place and hung onto this one!

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Duns, determination and
staying in touch with the fly - a
successful formula, and the result
for Don was a number of hookups
in quick succession!

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Later in the day as the hatch wanes,
fish will still show to the odd dun.
Anthony uses a keen eye and a
quick cast to nail this one.

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When you find a bunch of these
rainbows working in the windlanes
of Great Lake, this is a typical result.
This one almost straightened Wally's hook.

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Our beloved Brumbys!
During the full heat of the day, often
the shade and a magic little fly will
do the trick. Brian discovers the
Tups Indispensable!

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Early season and a cool day.
Persistence with a bead-head nymph
over the weed beds at Arthur's
landed John this fine brown trout.

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Those Burbury rainbows....just let 'em run! In over 70ft of water out in the open they will take plenty of line. Nick fooled this one with a small nymph in a windlane.

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Barry persisted out into the deeper
water with a soft plastic twitched over
the weed beds. This strong brownie
took the lure quite softly and once
hooked tore off at a rate of knots.

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Early season, David was able to get
his soft plastic right in amongst the
sticks along the shoreline. David's
good action to the lure and
aggressive action by the fish
resulted in a number of hook ups.

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