new south wales A Bout With Trout

[Dinodadog]

Trout season opens this weekend and I am off to the New England Ranges to do battle. Sounds like big talk but in fact it's only my third time at trout fishing.

My first trip last year I landed 6 trout 1 was 5lb, 3 was 4lb and 2 was 2lb. My mate who is a 50 year vet of fly fishing banned me from useing spin gear and told me only fly from now on.[spoil sport]

My second trip with a baisic knowledge of the fly, I lost about 10 before I finaly landed my first, oh what a feeling.

Now I am hooked so I better get some use out of this fly gear. By the way there is still an unused 8/9 wt rod reel and 2 extra spools for sale if any body interested.

Fish while you can

Dinodadog

[rayke1938]

Hope you do well.

Take some shrimp and worms that will really upset the purists.

Ray

[Angus]

Good luck mate.

Lookign forward to the report.

We dont get many trout reports on AFO

Angus

[Brian D]

Have a good trip, beginners luck to you, may you outfish the spoil sport.

How long will you be away - just wondering how long NP fish will get a rest.

[jeff f]

trout are just introduced vermin

like carp or tillapia,

they have a better public relations departments is all the difference is

[Aaron H]

Ahh the tranquil art of fly fishing, spent my days growing up with red tags, Elk hair caddis and Royal wulffs floating down the runs of a stream, good luck Dino Is your mate a real purist and fishes dry fly only or is he a realist and fishes nymphs as well?

[Dinodadog]

Aaron I thought he was a real purist but he does fish the dry fly with a nymph about 20cm below it.[don't ask me to name them] ha ha

jeff f good one but I don't think I will tell the mate, he may not take me ha ha

Thanks for the encouragement fellas I better land some fish.

Dino

[Aaron H]

Thats the way I used to fish, the dry acts as a strike indicator, an old club that I used to belong to had a few knobs that used to describe wet fly fishing as lure fishing (hence looked down upon it) Not to mention the crap I used to get for drifting live worms and grasshoppers, the fact we caught 10 fish to there 1 with wet flies (especially on lakes) was always frowned upon :evil: What sort of trout most common in the area rainbows or browns?

[Dinodadog]

Mostly rainbows, the first time I went my mate would fish a pool first with fly and I would bring up the rear and use celtas and small s/baits. Of course I was getting down much deeper and nailing the big ones[wrong not alowed] ha

Dino

[Aaron H]

Nice... don't forget the smoker, smoked trout yum, any wild natives in that area bass, maccas or cod etc?

[Dinodadog]

My mate smoked one for me last time, only I think he smoked it to long as it was horrable,lightly smoked would be nice. I have only fished in a couple of the streams down there and I think they only had introduced trout in them. We pass over some nice looking water on the way there,I feel like a cast at every river and creek.

Dino