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A cool morning with light drizzle, what a top day to head of for a spin session, yes you guessed it I was on my way to the Meander River again to have another spin session in the fast water. When I arrived (7;35am) the drizzle had gone but it was still quite cool with heavy cloud cover which made it near impossible to see the river bottom. On heavy overcast days the cloud cover acts like a mirror on the water and polarised sunglasses don't work either, they're okay in close to the river bank with the cover of foliage but that's as far as it goes. Any way I started the morning off using a copper #00 Aglia Mouche Noire and picked up a small brown mid stream in the first five minutes, just the start I was wanted. The river was down a little since my last trip here six days ago which was good as it meant the trout should be well spread out across the river.

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Meander River

Published: 13 February 2020

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Read more: Rain puts a dampener on the trout fishing

Calm humid conditions today that were ideal for trout fishing saw me head up to Weegena to chase the trout in the fast waters of the Mersey River. I wasn't in a rush to get there seeing it was overcast and humid, it was 8:10 am when I arrived at Weegena. From where I parked the car I had a fifteen minute walk to the fast water I was going to fish, on the way I bypassed a long wide slow flowing stretch of river that had a lot of trout surface feeding in it. There were black spinners hovering above the water surface that had quite a few trout fired up as they were leaping from the river trying to grab a few.

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Mersey River

Published: 03 February 2020

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Read more: Trout scarce in Mersey fast water

What is Safety Watch?

Safety Watch is a new service for Tas Maritime Radio members based on the ETAR System that we have been trialling.

If you use Safety Watch you will tell us when you expect to arrive at your destination or return to your starting point and then call us as you arrive or return.

If you are:

more than 20 minutes overdue: we will start to call you using radio and your mobile phone number.
more than 1 hour overdue: we will contact Tasmania Police who will then take whatever steps they feel necessary, possibly including mounting a search for your vessel.

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies

Published: 29 January 2020

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Read more: Tas Maritime Radio News 31 January 2020

There is a new and exciting project being undertaken within the Walls of Jerusalem National Park. This project will improve the visitor experience while helping to protect the high conservation values of this amazing area.

Attached is a Stakeholder announcement flyer which contains a link to Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service “Have your say” website. Here you can read all relevant project background documents.

You can provide feedback through the website if you wish.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Johansson

Ranger

>Flyer attached here

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies

Published: 24 January 2020

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Please read the attached flyer re some maintenance work on Tarraleah no 1 canal starting early February.

Flyer attached here

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: IFS, DPIPWE, MAST and Peak Bodies

Published: 24 January 2020

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Finally the weather arrived that I've been wanting for quite some time now, a day with light drizzle and very humid conditions were here at last. Even though I was up at 5:00 am I was a little slow of the mark before heading off to the Meander River. By the time I put a dozen heat patches on the old body & loosened up it was 6:10 am when I was in the '' Trout Stalker 2 '' and on my way to the river.

Today my plan was to head to the fast water runs, one of the toughest stretches of water one can fish in the upper reaches of the river. It's a very long rocky fast water that tests the best of any river fisher, a fast water full of very slippery rocks/boulders that has sent many trout fisho's home much earlier than they would have liked. As tough as it is on the body the upper Meander River fast water is at the top of my favorites list to chase brown trout. I was in the river by 7:05 am and found it was running a little higher than I preferred, this meant it was going to be that much harder work fishing my way upstream.

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Meander River

Published: 21 January 2020

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Read more: Fast water trout go for gold

Many thanks once again to all those that competed in our event, especially those that travelled from the big island to compete.

Also a special thanks to those that offered their boats for use during the competition, it was very much appreciated.

The final results are attached.

Fish Stats :

Total Fish Caught : 195

Woods Lake : 95 Biggest fish – Garth Jackson 57.6cm, Di Richards 57.3cm, Tom Jarman 56.9cm

Arthurs Lake : 100 Biggest fish – Tom Jarman 55.5cm, Karen Brooks 52.0cm, Casey Pfeiffer 52.0cm

Woods Lake Average Fish Length : 35.8cm

Arthurs Lake Average Fish Length : 37.9cm

Click here for a PDF of the full results

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Fishing Competitions

Published: 21 January 2020

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Seeing as it's a new year and I haven't wet a line since the 24th December I thought it was time to go and have a session in a river this morning. I left home at first light and on the way I saw a fiery sunrise, one that was bright orange due to the air being filled with smoke from bush fires here in Tasmania as well as the mainland bush fires.

Here I was heading off chasing trout in a river when there are people battling to save homes as well as their lives, it really makes one think how lucky many of us are. My thoughts go out to all of those people as well as the volunteers who have and are still being effected by those horrific bush fires around Australia. I arrived at the Meander River just before 6:30am in what was a beautiful cool morning, the river was running clear and at an ideal wading height, all I needed was the trout to be here and in an aggressive mood.

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Meander River

Published: 14 January 2020

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Read more: The Bug gets the first trout for 2020

Winning photo Tasmania Trout Fishing Photo by Shaun Chooper "Keep em wet" taken at Lake Fergus

The IFS Trout Fishing Photography Competition is back for 2019-20.

We want your best Tasmanian trout fishing photos. Enter photos of fishing families, anglers, scenery and, of course, trout.

1st Place: $500, 2nd Place: 1 x pair Neoprene waders (Fly 'n Dry), 3rd and 4th Place: 10 x Lures (Hueys Lures).

Entries is free and will be accepted up until 5pm on Tuesday 5 May 2020.

Conditions apply - see entry form

Written by Stephen Smith - Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Category: Events

Published: 11 January 2020

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Read more: Trout Fishing Photography Competition 2019-20 Update