To truly take hold, sometimes one has to let go. It’s quite an amazing feeling really, and likely changes with every angler who commits the act. For some, the act of fishing itself is driven by the need to provide, to gather perhaps. I for one, don’t eat trout so I’m bound to release them.…
We are just a month into Autumn and within a couple of weeks, the Tasmanian landscape has quickly turned from various shades of brown to much more visually appealing greens. The days are getting shorter and we lose daylight savings this weekend. Deciduous trees are turning and the nights are chilling to a point where…
Over the past few months, I have been fortunate enough to have been involved in some project work with The Australian Fly Fishing Museum. It is located in an old shepherds cottage on the grounds of the historic Clarendon Estate at Nile, Tasmania. It was opened in May 2013 by Mrs. Tamie Fraser AO and…
With fishing, comes instinct. A deep-seeded drive to hunt, stalk and achieve. What was once out of necessity for the human race is now pure desire, for many. Along with this drive comes a fascination with the unknown and a yearning to explore deeper than you have ever been, perhaps where no man hath trodden.…
Releasing one back into the wild…
A captivating trailer that gives you a small insight into the controversial dam debate in the Unites States. Stopping environmental flows and preventing the upstream spawn, but providing power and holding back decimating floods. Has the damage been done or can it be undone?
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…
Anzac Day has a powerful meaning for many people, for many reasons. I remember years ago when we were kids, standing around the cenotaph in my Naval Cadet attire trying not to pass out while ironically, my brother passed out next to me. I kept my cool and zoned in on some old bird in…
While I don’t fish it too often, I try to venture to Penstock Lagoon at least once a season. It’s steeped in fly fishing tradtion with superb mayfly hatches and is a designated ‘Fly Only’ waterway. There has been some recent concern raised by Inland Fisheries Service regarding the increase of anglers and the increase of…
iheartthefly 