Pic of the Day…
A well-conditioned, mayfly-munching brown trout from Penstock Lagoon in Tasmania’s highlands…
A well-conditioned, mayfly-munching brown trout from Penstock Lagoon in Tasmania’s highlands…
Regardless of where and how you fish, every angler is surely touched by rhythm. It is something one cannot escape. The water on a small stream, cascading down the smallest of descents or a wind-lapped lake shore constantly revealing it’s beat. The hum of the furious hatches while the tree-tops sway in the valley above. Frantic sea-birds in the…
Thoughts of the upcoming trout season spark memories of summer hiking and polaroiding.
Like a ‘bridge’ over bubbled waters!
Some years ago, I attempted to walk along the beach in the firm compacted sand left by the retreating waves wearing only my underpants. The intention was to make myself as light as possible so as to leave no footprints, as if no-one was to know I had ever been there. Passers-by surely felt they had an encounter…
Here’s a little slideshow entree of what the Tasmanian fishing experience can provide to the hungry angler. Clip by Al Simson.
It’s great when you’re at an age that all your mates are getting hitched and holding random bucks events when really, it’s just another chance to get away and do what we love doing while tipping in a hundred beers or so. My mate Chenzo decided to hold a pre-bucks outing in the highlands and…
Brown Trout Spawn…
Post Christmas, we set off for an almost-annual pilgrimage into the Western lakes, this time choosing the Blue Peaks and Chudleigh Lakes as the destination. Myself, Andy and junior bro of the yappin’ clan – Stevie. The alarm needn’t have even flinched – I was up and at ’em prior to the rude awakening. We…
Show me your teeth and I’ll show you mine…