Fly fishing Tasmanian lakes

[cc118]

Hi Fishraiders,

Spent the Christmas with family and friends in Hobart, and will be heading up to Strahan for a couple of nights to do some sightseeing. I managed to squeeze a day lake fishing so far. Here are some of the highlights of the trip.

I picked up a few browns in the morning.

The browns don’t fight cleanly. This one decided to wrap itself around some weed, messing up my leader.

Another beautifully marked brown for the camera.

Loving that bend on my new 5wt as a big rainbow goes for a run

Another big rainbow. This one weighed in at 11lbs. It took the fly almost immediately as it hit the water, and made a couple of big runs which nearly took me to my backing.

Release a big rainbow to fight another day.

This was the largest brown caught on the day. I have to get the photos off the other camera

Best Caddis

[Jew Stalker]

Awesome form Caddis! I am seriously envious. I would love to have one of those on the end of my 5wt. Which lake were you fishing? I am going to have to make the effort and get down there sometime for a few of those beauties.

Luc.

[paul.kenny]

Great fishing Caddis and thanks for sharing. Great that you could convince the family to allow you to wet a line during your sightseeing holiday.

cheers PK