Fly Shop 1864

Local readers will be stoked to hear that a new fly shop is swinging its doors open tomorrow, 24th August. Many anglers will know that 1864 was the year that trout were successfully into the Southern Hemisphere after several grueling attempts, hence the name I presume. Fly Shop 1864 will provide more options to local…

Rise Fly Fishing Festival

We are lucky enough to once again have Nick Reygaert and his Gin-Clear inspiration coming to the big screen. Rise tours several countries in two continents and showcases some great films from around the globe. One of the feature films this year is Nick’s creation – Hatch (there’s a trailer on this site) I’m as…

Sage Launches New Website…

…and it’s a cracker too! Now featuring a series of brilliant photographs that will no doubt change over time and you can watch featured video clips directly on the site. There is also some updated information on their new rod series – ‘ONE’. Added is a heads-up on their blog, history and social media links.…

The Source Tasmania – An Epic Film

It suddenly dawned on me, that so far on the site I have neglected to give the punters some footage of Tasmania. I could think of no better way to highlight what this cracking trout wonderland has to offer, than to show you a clip of The Source – Tasmania. A film by Gin Clear…

Havin’ a Snook

Loving the look of the latest James Prosek masterpiece, the Snook graphic from Abel Reels. I kind of like it as a Black Bream alternative reel! Limited to 100 pieces I imagine they’ve already been snavelled up? Only one way to find out, check ’em out here

TWOT – The Real Map of Tassie!

The highly anticipated release of Trout Waters of Tasmania (or TWOT as I like to call it!), by Greg French has finally been placed on shelves.  This edition has updated his last version of 2002 with much information. Nine years might not seem like a long time for conditions or locations to change but believe me,…

Inspiring Skies

Australian guru Alex Cherney captures some amazing time lapse footage of night skies across our amazing coast line. Some iconic landscapes make an appearance in this inspiring footage. To see more of his work, click here