Nick Reygaart has just been in touch to tell me his show is set to go for this winter. For those of you unfamiliar with Nick and his company Gin Clear, they make some great flyfishing films. In fact the latest instalment, Hatch, narrated by Greg French, is one of the finest flyfishing films I’ve seen. Besides making their own films, Gin [...]
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Rise Film Festival
Posted in events, flyfishing on May 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Tailers and Midge Feeders
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, lake fishing, Uncategorized, Victorian fishing on May 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With winter almost here, tailing trout and midge (chironomid) feeders are presently providing the feature fishing here at Millbrook. It’s great fun, but not easy – the fish are very short-sighted as they grub for scud and snails in the weed, or hunt for the prolific midge pupa on cloudy light wind days. Still, fast pin-point accurate casts with a [...]
May Days
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, lake fishing, Victorian fishing on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve fished the central Victorian lakes since the late 1970’s so it’s no surprise that they’ve been an important part of my flyfishing life. Many of my fishing friendships were built on these waters, while much of what I know about lake fishing was discovered and tested out there. Cairn Curran 10 years ago. During [...]
Autumn Swallows
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, Uncategorized, Victorian fishing on May 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
It’s taken a while, but I finally managed to catch up with Christopher Bassano for the first time since I caught that monster brown with him last September. This time it was my turn to play guide. With our good friend Max, in late April we headed to the streams, starting on the King River [...]
Grub’s Up
Posted in flyfishing on January 19, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the week after Christmas, my brother Mark and I managed a trip away to the upper Murray system. After two wet years the ‘big’ rivers such as the Indi and the mighty Murray itself were flowing strongly, with plenty of trout and plenty of hatches – especially a mad half hour each evening when [...]
A little clip about Fishing Sense
Posted in books, fishing Australia, flyfishing on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I shot this at Lake Fyans recently when we had a few minutes between the midges stopping and the beetles starting! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dbSGYPL1K8
ABC Podcast with Scott Levi
Posted in books, events, fishing Australia, flyfishing, Victorian fishing on August 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I had another enjoyable interview with NSW presenter and keen flyfisher Scott Levi. This time Scott asked me to read an excerpt from Fishing Sense. I chose a passage with a little lesson about micro-presentation, set on the Steavenson River just over the Great Divide from Melbourne. You can listen to the podcast [...]
From Great Lake to Grampians
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, Tasmanian flyfishing on August 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In case anyone thinks I have a knack for nailing good weather on fishing trips, my new book Fishing Sense should dispel that idea, not to mention my last few trips. The first of these was on the last day of July when I fished the Great Lake. There’s something slightly mad about fishing this lake [...]
New Book – Fishing Sense
Posted in books, fishing Australia, flyfishing, New Zealand, Tasmanian flyfishing, Victorian fishing on July 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
My new book Fishing Sense has arrived and should be finding its way out to stores over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be signing copies at Petrachs Bookshop, Launceston Tasmania on Friday 29 July, and at Aussie Angler, Greensborough Victoria on 13 August.
The Return of the King
Posted in fishing Australia, flyfishing, Uncategorized, Victorian fishing on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What an incredible few months of fishing we’ve had in Victoria. There are now dozens of lakes in the west that are fishing very well, at least some of which, like Hepburn and Tullaroop, that were little more than puddles this time last year. It isn’t only the lakes that are thriving. One welcome return to the [...]



