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Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard
He is not a fly fisher.  The National Gallery of Victoria is currently having an exhibition of his works.  Well worth a look.  The extra bonus for ...

Parachute Adams

Parachute Adams
The original Adam's goes back about 100 years to the East Coast of America.    This is another version of Leonard Halladay's original fly.         ...

Time Waits for no Man or Woman

Time Waits for no Man or Woman
The 2022-2023 trout season was a blinder after the Covid no travel ban.  We had two trips to the South Island.    The first trip pre Xmas and the o...

Just a hint

Just a hint
Driving along a country road with a river near by, and being observant, can have its rewards.   Black shapes skittering across the road. Crickets! ...

Hopper Heaven

Hopper Heaven
The perfect day in February is called Hopper Heaven Day.   It"s a sunny, windy, southerly, low water and gin clear conditions.  Camo and I had a 20...

The End Result

The End Result
The Department of Doing Nothing now has the classic example of the result of doing nothing.  The Breakaway Bridge on the Goulburn River.  

The Department of doing nothing

The Department of doing nothing
As several months have gone by and the departments of doing nothing have done nothing.  We have to ask who is this department?   Is it Goulburn Mur...

Is envy a good or bad thing

Is envy a good or bad thing
Well I think it's a good thing.    It can make you look back at your photo Files.  This all comes about by mates putting up NZ photos now in Januar...

Summer fishing on small rivers

Summer fishing on small rivers
The Summer fishing prior to Christmas on the small rivers in Victoria was below average with high or dirty water being the major problem.   I have ...

Can You Hear It Calling?

Can You Hear It Calling?
The mystic land of the long white cloud.   Our fishing licences, including all Back Country areas, just arrived in the post and we will be over the...

Opportunities arrive

Opportunities arrive
Early Spring fly fishing is bit of a challenge both for river and lakes.   La Nina has kicked in again in 2022 with rain events just about daily it...

Red Tag Fly Fishers Club

Red Tag Fly Fishers Club
Red Tag Fly Fishers Club is 100 years old this year 2022 and they very kindly asked me to do a talk on the ins and outs of my pet river, The Goulbu...