Bream from a kayakCraig Vertigan loves chasing all sorts from his ‘yak, but one of his favourites is Tassie’s bream. Take some tips from him, get your ‘yak and go looking. |
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Yak Fishing Kit - How to keep safe and warm on a Tassie YakJohn Pollard
Kayaks have boomed in Tasmania—especially over the last year, but with our fickle weather we do need to keep comfortable in a variety of conditions. John Pollard looks at what you need. |
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Autumn on the Lakes
Joe Riley looks at the tail end of the trout season and encourages anglers to make the best of it. You can be sure he will.
As daylight savings comes to pass and the days grow cooler through autumn, winter approaches and the brown trout season draws to a close. All is not despair though as there are still fish to be caught, even the prospect of specimen dry fly fishing in the highland lakes on the warmer days. It’s the last surge to make the most out of a season which has been challenged by water draw downs, blustery weather and controversy over one of the world’s finest brown trout lakes coming under threat from irrigation schemes. |
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Cherry Popping Mega fontinalisChris Reygaert on capturing one of the world’s most beautiful trout. The world record for a brook trout is just over 10 pounds and anything from the wild at three pound or more is a real trophy. So maybe you should take a trip and try for one of these fabulous fish.
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Jan’s FliesJan Spencer
Nearly every fly fisher has to, at some time, use a heavy line and large sinking flies. Nobody more than I likes to fish dry fly or semi dry, but this does not always catch fish and when it’s all said and done that’s what we fish for—to catch fish.
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Trout Bums Tassie StyleGavin Hicks turns Trout Bum, film extra, and assistant in producing The Source - a film by Gin Clear.
I never thought one of my regular visits to Big Fin in East Devonport for a chat with Leroy would end in such a great week’s fishing. But that is exactly what happened towards the end of 2008.
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Chasing RecordsCraig Rist is one of our regular writers. He has a burning desire to capture a World Record, but for the time being he is looking at Australian Records as a way forward. The following account is generally about Australian GFAA records.
Two fish that have potential as World Record captures in Tasmania are mako shark and southern bluefin tuna.
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Bluefin time againJohn Orchard takes a look at the lures you need to catch one of the toughest fish around - and without doubt the most highly regarded fish for sashimi in the world.
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Somewhere completely differentShane Flude
The heading sounds like something from a Monty Python sketch, but Shane Flude teaches us here about the joys of fishing and exploring. Or maybe that should be exploring and fishing. Nevertheless, sometimes, probably more often than you perhaps do, you should put some boots and a pack on and walk to the fishing. Walking is one of the easiest and healthiest things to do. So take a tip and take a trip by foot with Shane and discover new water. |
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