Trout

These articles are predominately related to fishing for trout.

Shrek- Chatto’s Fiona

A similar fly is also known as a "Bloody Mary" but I use the name 'Fiona' (Shrek's lady) as this fly is the same fly as the Shrek just different colored materials. Both are basically Woolly Buggers by design and just as the emerald green is a great option in the Shrek the red works well in combination with the black tail of the Fiona.

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What trout eat – Snowy Mountains of NSW and Victoria

This is a general guide to what the food sources for trout is in the harsh alpine snow regions of Nsw and Victoria.

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Fly fishing options – Snowy Mountains of NSW and Victoria

The snowed in high country of NSW and Victoria are amongst the harshest habits for trout in Australia. Some of the lake such as Guthega Pondage in NSW and Rocky Valley in Victoria even partially freeze over some years.

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What trout eat – Central Victoria

Food sources for trout are certainly more diverse and abundant in the more temperate regions of Victoria. That of course has to be balanced off against higher temperature water and of course the risk of drought.

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What trout eat – sub alpine NSW and Victoria

These are of course that band of rivers and lakes that are below the winter permanent normal snow line and generally between 700 meters and 1200 meters above sea level but still subject to the harshness of alpine climates.

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Fly fishing options – sub-alpine NSW and Victoria

These are of course that band of rivers and lakes that are below the winter permanent normal snow line and generally between 700 meters and 1200 meters above sea level but still subject to the harshness of alpine climates.

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Freshwater crustaceans

Yabbies, shrimp, snails, scud and daphnia are perhaps the most dominant of crustaceans that fresh water fish feed on.

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Playing & netting fish

It's one thing getting hits when fly fishing but its a completely different thing actually landing it. Playing and netting fish are two aspects of fly fishing that get less attention than they deserve. This post just glosses the surface but it may help.

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Czech nymphs

The uncased caddis have quite a few similarities. They often adopt a curved fetal position and when they are free swimming they are more elongated still with a curved back but with a lifted head. The have short tail like filaments, have bodies of around seven or eight segments that may have abdominal gills at each segment, have darker heads with two or three segments and have 3 or more sets of legs below the head or toward the front of the grub.

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Fly fishing options – Central Victoria

This is brief summary of trout a ctivity in the non alpine areas of Victoria.

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