Glenbow Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 I managed to squeeze in a couple of days of fishing in Tasmania before coming home. It was a bit daunting with not much direction, but a few magazine articles helped. I headed off from Hobart into the Central Highlands area for some Tassie lake fishing. I scoped out a couple of lakes and decided to try my luck at Arthur Lake. I rigged-up a 3 fly combo and went to work. After a bit of time & very little action I started turning over rocks to see what was on the menu. I noticed a large amount of small green scuds under the rocks, so I immediately tied on a green scud on the bottom of the rig (3rd fly) and started working the weed bed around 10ft down. As luck would have it, I got into a few browns almost right away! I had only about 1.5 hours of fishing before the torrential rain & howling wind took over & I left with 3 browns to hand, and a complete soaker. After stopping in at the local gas station/convenience store (that's all there is out there), I was asking about the fishing of late in the area to which the guy replied 'terrible - nobody's been catching more than 1 for the last week'. I could hardly believe it! I somehow managed to out-fish damn near everyone that had stopped in to that store in the last week in only an hour and 1/2! I felt really good about that, that I managed to find my way up to some water & get into a few fish and actually end up doing quite well all things considered. I have no doubt that it was mostly dumb luck, I just felt lucky to have both the dumb & the luck with me that day. The place I am fishing I saw a platypus swim by and my jaw almost fell off, it is such a rare thing to see. Too bad we hadn't got the camera ready in time as he dived away when he saw us but I guess I got the memory of it. There are some monster fish in Tassie as you will see from some pics that I saw at the local hotel bar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladystrange Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 great pics. sounds like the trip was a lot of fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigbadbrent Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 check ur emails glenbow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 sick report dude and good on ya for matchin the "hatch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyangler Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 The variation in brown trout spots always amazes me. Thanks for all the photos of your adventure down under. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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