Trout
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These articles are predominately related to fishing for trout.
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{{+1}}Olive damsel bugger{{-1}}
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Keep an eye for swallows dipping on the water feeding on midge. That's a sure sign that there will also be damsel nymphs around and then of course further up the food chain there are likely to be trout feeding on both the midge and the damsel nymphs. This is the time to start thinking about fishing either damsel buggers or olive woolly buggers.{{end}}
Last Updated: July 25, 2012
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{{+1}}Plume{{-1}}
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This is an incredible fly for delicate presentations to mayfly feeders ... the waters of the Korka had mayfly hatching but I was having trouble in finding a fly that didn’t spook them. Remembering that browns were behaving in a similar way in the training session I mentioned above I swapped over to the plume and ultimately did pretty well for the session coming in 10th out of 28 competitors.{{end}}
Categories: Dry flies, Flies, My "trout" dry fly box
Tags: #fishonfly, Dry flies, Mayflies 
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{{+1}}Oxygen in water … effect on fish{{-1}}
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The amount of dissolved oxygen in water can have a significant effect on fish activity and well being and consequently from a fishing point of view its useful to understand why and when there may be more or less oxygen in water.{{end}}
{{+1}}Royal coachman wet – Chatto’s version{{-1}}
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One of the first wet flies tied was the coachman and that consisted of just a black body and a a set of white hackle slip wings. Over time flies have evolved and one path the coachman took was the substitution of a "royal" body for the simple black body. Many versions have been tied since and this one works for me.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly boxTags: #fishonfly, flyfishing, lake, loch, Loch style wet flies, Wet flies No Comments »
{{+1}}Brown woolly bugger{{-1}}
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This is my favourite. I have absolute confidence in this fly and it's my default point fly in fly fishing competitions. That of course doesn't mean that I don't fish other woolly buggers or woolly bugger variations with specific applications in particular fisheries but it does mean that if the buggers that should work (eg a Magoo in Purrumbete or a Tassi bugger in Arthurs lake) isn't working then I will always give my brown bugger a swim.{{end}}
{{+1}}Mallard and claret – Chatto’s soft hackle version{{-1}}
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One of the first loch flies I was introduced was a mallard and claret tied in a traditional way with a pair of feather slip wings. I thought it was the bees knees as a bob fly and used it any time when mayflies were around. For me this is a vastly superior fly and as well as being a great substitute for a traditionally tied mallard and claret also works well on mayfly feeders taking pre emergers.{{end}}
{{+1}}Seasons of Lake Jindabyne{{-1}}
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I have been keeping a data base record of my fishing outings now for around 15years. When you do a search say on November, December and January for Lake Jindabyne its interesting to see the similarities for that period of time over the years. There is obviously some skewing of the results because as you know , your favourite flies, change over time and of course you tend to fish your favourite flies.{{end}}
{{+1}}Eucumbene damsel – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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This is my favourite damsel fly imitation and ticks all the boxes. It is quite representational of an emerging damsel with its overall form and function and has a neat little hot spot in the form of the red eyes. It's a great fly to fish at any time when there are midge or damsels around as most importantly the trout love it.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Foam and poly flies, Loch flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: lake, Lake nymphs No Comments »
{{+1}}Tadpoles and small fish{{-1}}
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In Tasmania a large percentage of the "Whitebait" taken is of the Galaxiid and Smelt families. Whitebait are similar in appearance to Galaxiid and populate coastal waters particularly around Tasmania. they run up streams and rivers to spawn and their spawn runs often cross the spawn runs of both Galaxiid and Smelt as they move to sea to spawn.{{end}}