A few years ago, Muz Wilson gave me some of his Emu Woolly Buggers to try. They worked, and as happens with successful flies owned by flyfishers who forget to re-order, their numbers were soon depleted. Eventually I was down to one survivor – a large green one that had caught trout from Lake Jindabyne [...]
Archive for June, 2009
LUCKY FLY?
Posted in fishing Australia, flies, flyfishing, lake fishing, Victorian fishing, writing, tagged Australian flyfishing, fishing, Fishing Season, flies, flyfishing, lake season fishing, Millbrook Lakes, season, southern hemisphere, Victoria on June 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
STREAMS CLOSE, BUT PLENTY HAPPENING ON THE LAKES
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, tagged Alps, Australian flyfishing, Fishing Season, flyfishing, lake season fishing, Philip Weigall, season, Snowy Mountains, southern hemisphere, Victoria, writing on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Winter is truly here in south-eastern Australia, with another half-metre snowfall across the Snowy Mountains and the Victorian Alps to follow on from the blizzard in late April. I managed a mid-May trip to the Mitta River system for one last crack at the mountain streams. It was great fun, with plenty of fish caught [...]
MILLBROOK LAKES WINTER UPDATE
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Australian flyfishing, Fishing Season, flyfishing, lake season fishing, Millbrook Lakes, Philip Weigall, season, southern hemisphere, Victoria on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
After a summer most Victorians would have been better off without, the weather at Millbrook Lakes seems to have swung the other way and we’re now in the midst of a much colder than average June, with snow and heavy frosts already. Water temperatures on the lakes have dropped into single figures and fishing opportunities [...]
June 11, 2009
Posted in flyfishing, tagged about me, biography, fishing, Fishing Season, flyfishing, Philip Weigall, writing on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are many other reasons why flyfishing sips people in as surely as a mayfly caught in the vortex of a rise, but in any event I am one of them. My first coherent childhood memory involves catching a fish as a 3 year old, right down to the smells of eel-slime, the riverside silt and tea-tree.
New book coming out August, 2009 – Fishing Season
Posted in books, Fishing Season, flyfishing, writing, tagged downloads, Exisle Publishing, Fishing Season, flyfishing, free stuff, Philip Weigall, writing on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
To download a preview chapter of my new book Fishing Season (rrp$34.99, August, Exisle Publishing) click here (2.5mb). Please ignore the ‘Out of Stock’ message on the website - the book just hasn’t arrived from the printers yet!
Fishing Sense
Available from www.exislepublishing.com.au
Fishing Season
Available from www.exislepublishing.com.au
Milbrook Lakes
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Flyfisher
Flyfisher is a relevant, sophisticated and cutting edge flyfishing magazine targeting the dedicated and highly committed fly fisher. http://www.afn.com.au/flyfisher/
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