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The Challenges of a Dry Autumn
The Challenges of a Dry Autumn

Autumn is a great time to fish in Tasmania. This year water levels and Hydro electric strategies are causing some challenges, but there are still some good fish to be caught

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Nicholas MayMarch 10, 2024
The Dry Fly Season in Tasmania
The Dry Fly Season in Tasmania

The dry fly season is well and truly under way in Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Check out the three insect groups that are tending to dominate fly selection at the moment.

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Nicholas MayDecember 8, 2023
Early Season Fly Choices for fly fishing Tasmania's Central Highlands’ Lakes
Early Season Fly Choices for fly fishing Tasmania's Central Highlands’ Lakes

Wet fly fishing might not be a perfect science of “matching the hatch” but you can still be strategic in the way you tackle your early season attempts.

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Wet Fly Fishing, Guided Fishing, learn to fly fishNicholas MaySeptember 20, 2023wet fly fishing, wet flies, fly fishing tasmania
Learning to Fly Fish in Tasmania's Central Highlands
Learning to Fly Fish in Tasmania's Central Highlands

Trying to learn how to fly fish on your own is a very noble ambition, but the first sensible step in your fly fishing career could well be a day spent with a professional guide. Read more to see why.

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Guided Fishing, learn to fly fishNicholas MaySeptember 16, 2023learn to fly fish, fly fishing guide tasmania
Day 2 of 2023-24 Tasmanian Fly Fishing Season - Little Pine Lagoon
Day 2 of 2023-24 Tasmanian Fly Fishing Season - Little Pine Lagoon

Day 2 of the 2023-24 Tasmanian trout fishing season saw me heading for a session on Little Pine Lagoon.

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Guided Fishing, Wet Fly FishingNicholas MayAugust 26, 2023central highlands tasmania, fly fishing guide tasmania, Fly fishing guide, learn to fly fish, fly fishing tasmania
Opening Day - 2023-24 Fly Fishing Season, Tasmania
Opening Day - 2023-24 Fly Fishing Season, Tasmania

Day one of the 2023-24 Tasmanian trout fishing season saw me venture out onto Penstock Lagoon to see how much the fish have forgotten about fishermen and flies!

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Nicholas MayAugust 16, 2023tasmanian trout fishing, Fly fishing guide, fly fishing guide tasmania, fly fishing tasmania
Great Lake Spawning - June 2023
Great Lake Spawning - June 2023

The Great Lake in Tasmania is one of the major spawning lakes. While the majority of fish will be found running up the Liawenee Canal, there are also small feeder streams where the fish can be spotted.

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Nicholas MayJune 20, 2023brown trout, spawning trout, great lake tasmania, fly fishing guide tasmania
2022-23 End of Season Wrap
2022-23 End of Season Wrap

The Tasmanian 2022-23 Fly fishing season is done and dusted. It’s been an interesting one, with plenty of highlights.

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Nicholas MayMay 5, 2023Fly fishing guide, Tasmania, discovertasmania, learn to fly fish, tasmanian trout fishing
Fishing with Steve and Jo Starling
Fishing with Steve and Jo Starling

A great day with Jo and Stepve Starling - fishing ambassadors from Fishotopia

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Nicholas MayDecember 7, 2022 Comment
2022-23 Tasmanian Fly Fishing Season - the Importance of The Great Lake
2022-23 Tasmanian Fly Fishing Season - the Importance of The Great Lake

Much of your Tasmanian fly fishing experience relates to the spawning activities that take place around the Great Lake in the Central Highlands.

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Nicholas MayJuly 16, 2022Tasmania, discovertasmania, browntrout, Fly fishing guide
2022-23 Season - Learn to Fly Fish
2022-23 Season - Learn to Fly Fish

For those of you thinking that 2022-23 might be the season in which you have a go at fly fishing, or if you want to renew your interest in fly fishing, our Introductory Fly Fishing Days might be just the ticket!

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Nicholas MayJune 16, 2022
COVID and The Highland Fly
COVID and The Highland Fly

Keep up to date with COVID restrictions in Tasmania and how the Highland Fly is dealing with it.

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Nicholas MayJanuary 1, 2022
Weed Seeking Missiles
Weed Seeking Missiles

A brief evening session on Bruiser’s Lagoon.

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Wet Fly Fishing, Guided FishingNicholas MaySeptember 30, 2021wet fly fishing, Fly fishing guide, Great Lake, Tasmania, Spawning trout
21-22 Season Outlook
21-22 Season Outlook

The 21-22 Season starts on Saturday 8 August and runs through until the end of April 2022. Here’s what’s in store.

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Guided FishingNicholas MayJuly 2, 2021
FLY FISHING GUIDES AND SALTWATER FISHING CHARTERS
FLY FISHING GUIDES AND SALTWATER FISHING CHARTERS

Yesterday was a public holiday in the south of Tasmania. It is a time when family and friends get together, and, for me, it was a time to join a mate and some of his friends on a saltwater fishing charter out of Eaglehawk Neck, the iconic home of Tasmania’s tuna fishing.

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Guided FishingNicholas MayFebruary 9, 2021
The 2020-21 Season Opening and Covid Implications

The opening of the 20-21 fishing season in Tasmania has been a special time, given the influence of Covid. Covid is a dreadful word that didn’t even exist this time last year but which has become perhaps the most used word world-wide.

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CovidNicholas MayAugust 11, 2020
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