Fly fishing Tasmania, guiding for wild trout

RiverFly Tasmania newsletter and fishing report

Daniel — Wed, 15 May 2013 05:17:06 +0000

Check out the latest RiverFly Tasmania & FlyShop 1864 newsletter by clicking on the image:

Fly fishing Tasmania – Late April brown trout

Daniel — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 02:30:32 +0000

Here’s a pic from the windy and wild weekend – Roy with a great late season brownie from Brumbys Creek.

Roy with a Brumbys Creek brown trout

RiverFly Limited Edition Trips for 2013 & 2014 – sea trout, trophy trout and more

Daniel — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:39:21 +0000

Available now for booking (with some places already filled), are our Limited Edition Trips for 2013 & summer 2014.

What are our RiverFly Limited Edition Trips?

They are trips that we only offer once a season at most, targeting the best seasonal fishing that Tassie has to offer, or catering for a specific group of anglers. Places are strictly limited to four anglers, with two guides.

Through this current range of Limited Edition trips we are offering a three-day Sea Trout camp along a remote estuary, a three-day Generation X wilderness trip, a four-day Trophy Trout Expedition, and a Tasmanian first Women’s Wilderness Huts Trip (hosted by Simone Hackett).

Bookings are first in, first served. Check out the full details here

Fly fishing Tasmania – it’s autumn mayfly time

Daniel — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:05:14 +0000

As this week’s rain breaks one of the driest and hottest March spells on record, we are looking forward to the onset of some great mayfly fishing. In between rainstorms last week we experienced our first solid baetid hatch of the season. Size #18 slate-grey duns trickled out of the riffles, and lined up in the runs, where trout were eager to take our F-Flies and Iron Blue Duns.

See you on the water!

Simone Hackett targets an autumn hotspot.

Hopper feeder – fly fishing Tasmania’s midlands rivers

Daniel — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:22:20 +0000

There are some great hopper feeders to be had on Tasmania’s meadow streams currently, providing you’ve got stable weather. This was just one of six wild browns for the day, all on the Mini-WMD Hopper. Head for the South Esk, Lower Macquarie, Brumbys or Meander.

Drift fishing a remote Tasmanian river, somewhere…

Daniel — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:55:22 +0000

We recently took the time out to raft-fish one of the most remote river valleys in Tasmania. We found some of the largest trees in Tasmania, along with giant freshwater crays and hundreds of eager trout. The end of the trip saw us back around the midlands, fishing to some great hopper feeders, which are now in full-swing.

Fat Macquarie River brown trout

Daniel — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:30:31 +0000

A fat 1.5lber from the Lower Mac. The fishing has been hard on the Lower Mac, with few fish showing, but the quality of the fish has made up for it. We are expecting the hoppers to come on quite well in the next week, after the current hot and dry spell. The Meander already features great hopper fishing, along with hoppers on the lower sections of Brumbys.

Putting the wood to a Western Lakes brownie

Daniel — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 00:56:02 +0000

RiverFly Wilderness Huts angler, Brian, putting the wood to a wild Western Lake brown trout. Nice work!

We’ve launched raft number two!

Daniel — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 03:19:41 +0000

We successfully launched our second raft over the new year, enabling us to raft and sight-fish with groups of four anglers on Brumbys Creek, the Macquarie, South Esk, and wilderness rivers. Designed to draft only 2 inches of water, and light enough to carry, we can drift in places that no other boats can.

Western Lakes vacancy – RiverFly Wilderness Huts 16-18th January

Daniel — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:49:35 +0000

Just a quick note, we have late notice vancies on a RiverFly Wilderness Huts trip to the Western Lakes, on January 16th -18th. Please Email us for details. It’s a great time for black spinner mayfly!

Thanks!