tassie fresh trip

[warrior]

last month went down to tassie to catch up with family and show a great mate and his parents around a bit of the state ,they flew over from canada .met all the crew up in the highlands at one of the hotels in the area,weather was cold and windy normal for this time of year.the lake we were stopping at was bronte lagoon a great little lake with trout to around 4lb both browns and rainbows .fished out around a comp called the eddy wingston memorial and came second the nephew won a nice fly combo for the biggest brown for juniors.we fished the lee shores to land a couple of feisty browns and one beautiful colored rainbow ,we used suspending minnows and eco gear bibless minnows.i introduced my brotherinlaw to these lures a few years back and he has absolutley killed them since.he has fished a couple of local comps amd no one has come close to him. down there they are very one dimentional in there fishing, wont change..the weather turned for the worse so not much fishing was done ,we had a chance to fish a couple of the streams along the west coast side for 2 dropped browns on fly.spent some time in the mining areas looking about and fished strahan beach for some small cocky salmon .great to get back down there but even better to arrive back into hervey bay .

[NAGG]

Great stuff Al ..... always nice to go and do something different - & Tassie is certainly different to HB

nice stream

Chris

[warrior]

in the summer time chris you can stand on that bridge and throw grasshoppers in and watch the trout rise up and take them ,really good to watch

[NAGG]

in the summer time chris you can stand on that bridge and throw grasshoppers in and watch the trout rise up and take them ,really good to watch

I could imagine

one day I'll get down to Tassie ..... & have a go at those trout plus the bream

Chris

[PaulMark]

Nice report Al,awesome scenery,and to think I spent 7yrs in Frankston just across the ditch,and I "NEVER WENT!! IDIOT!! Now the Mrs says, "Tassie would be a nice trip away" DOH! Beautiful looking trout,Your Canadians would have had a ball.I see you're wearing the summer rig lol
Paulo

[warrior]

hey paul that was good only had long johns on and two shirts under that

[bugman]

aaahhh home!

Was born in Queenstown. Many people will tell you that's where my problems start

The run of ocean runners in the Henty River is one of the most frustrating but yet amazing fisheries in the world.

Bronte is a cold and wonderous place. I have a cousin with a shack up that way.

It's funny. I go back to Tassie with an armoury of lures and find myself using Tassie devils and spinners within the first day

I have got the rellies using crankbaits and minnows though.

Glad you have a great trip. I'm heading down for a quick splash and dash in a few weeks.

Brett

[Tropicaltrout]

Yep good old Tas a hidden gem in the world of trout... cant say I miss the weather but I do miss the early morning cast of the fly around the long shore of Bronte, and the weed edges of Tunga....

Nice one Al

[Mike Delisser]

Great report Al, I notice that Martyna won't go anywhere without an esky

[warrior]

didnt notice that mike very good and oh so true