Autumn is a great time to fish in Tasmania. This year water levels and Hydro electric strategies are causing some challenges, but there are still some good fish to be caught
Read MoreThe dry fly season is well and truly under way in Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Check out the three insect groups that are tending to dominate fly selection at the moment.
Read MoreWet fly fishing might not be a perfect science of “matching the hatch” but you can still be strategic in the way you tackle your early season attempts.
Read MoreTrying to learn how to fly fish on your own is a very noble ambition, but the first sensible step in your fly fishing career could well be a day spent with a professional guide. Read more to see why.
Read MoreDay 2 of the 2023-24 Tasmanian trout fishing season saw me heading for a session on Little Pine Lagoon.
Read MoreDay one of the 2023-24 Tasmanian trout fishing season saw me venture out onto Penstock Lagoon to see how much the fish have forgotten about fishermen and flies!
Read MoreThe Great Lake in Tasmania is one of the major spawning lakes. While the majority of fish will be found running up the Liawenee Canal, there are also small feeder streams where the fish can be spotted.
Read MoreThe Tasmanian 2022-23 Fly fishing season is done and dusted. It’s been an interesting one, with plenty of highlights.
Read MoreA great day with Jo and Stepve Starling - fishing ambassadors from Fishotopia
Read MoreMuch of your Tasmanian fly fishing experience relates to the spawning activities that take place around the Great Lake in the Central Highlands.
Read MoreFor those of you thinking that 2022-23 might be the season in which you have a go at fly fishing, or if you want to renew your interest in fly fishing, our Introductory Fly Fishing Days might be just the ticket!
Read MoreKeep up to date with COVID restrictions in Tasmania and how the Highland Fly is dealing with it.
Read MoreA brief evening session on Bruiser’s Lagoon.
Read MoreThe 21-22 Season starts on Saturday 8 August and runs through until the end of April 2022. Here’s what’s in store.
Read MoreYesterday was a public holiday in the south of Tasmania. It is a time when family and friends get together, and, for me, it was a time to join a mate and some of his friends on a saltwater fishing charter out of Eaglehawk Neck, the iconic home of Tasmania’s tuna fishing.
Read MoreThe opening of the 20-21 fishing season in Tasmania has been a special time, given the influence of Covid. Covid is a dreadful word that didn’t even exist this time last year but which has become perhaps the most used word world-wide.
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