Trout fishing tips
A few things I have learned worth sharing. Practical lure, fly and technique guides for the Snowy Mountains and Tasmania, whether you fish with me or not.
Trout Lures - Tassie Devils, Rapala and Loftys
A few proven lures will out-fish a full tackle box every time. After forty-odd years chasing trout on the Snowy lakes and over in Tasmania, I keep coming back to the same handful: Tassie Devils, Rapala hardbodies and Loftys.
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Lure Casting for Trout
Casting lures is one of the most active, rewarding ways to chase trout. Light gear, a bit of water-reading and a few different retrieves will put you onto fish from the bank or the boat.
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Midge Fishing for Trout
Midge fishing tests your patience and your eyes, and it's some of the most absorbing flyfishing on the highland lakes. Get it right and you'll fool fish that are locked onto tiny insects and ignoring everything else.
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Mudeye Flyfishing for Trout
Mudeye fishing is one of the most exciting ways to take a trout on fly, and it happens after the sun goes down on warm summer evenings. If you've never felt a good brown grab a mudeye pattern in the dark, you're in for something.
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Flyfishing Hoppers for Trout
Come summer, grasshoppers are everywhere in the high country, and the wind blows them onto the water where big trout are waiting. Hopper fishing is dry-fly fishing at its most fun, and it can bring the better browns up out of hiding.
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Reading about it is one thing. Come out for a guided day and I will teach you hands-on, with all the gear supplied.