Surf Coast Creek Fishing for Brown Trout!

[@KatPeruLifeInView]

Fantastic video! Excited to see how such a simple little river into the sea yielded such a great result. Your step-by-step exploration up river was very educational. Good stuff, thanks Tom.

[@sebastionbach]

Great vid Tom. So interesting to see how widespread our wild trout are in Victoria. We are lucky to live here and have an almost endless amount of rivers to explore.

[@1968krug]

Well worth travelling to the other side of townTom! Great vid.

[@deankent3228]

Love it Tom, as a Surfcoast local who fishes the Otways every weekend you’ve definitely opened my eyes to check some other options.

[@fowlerfishing7137]

Those silver browns are without doubt Sea Trout. We catch Sea Trout as much as 20 miles up rivers here in Ireland so it's inevitable you'll get them 100 meters from the mouth of a river. Well done mate 👌

[@fowlerfishing7137]

Another way to identify (other than the obvious silver) is their eyes are typically lighter, like a light yellow or light brown rather than the darker shade a river brown would be 👍

[@GaryP747]

It is a special place 👌No stockies in the Otways, all wild self sustaining fish 🙏

[@davidj.6525]

What a beautiful place to fish!

[@flyfishinghuntingprospecto3853]

Fantastic video Tom, I've always wanted to give those rivers a go with fly, use to see some nice size browns in the mouth of the Erskine when swimming as a kid.

[@Cimmeron]

Great video Tom, Thanks for sharing so that we can experience these little gems as well. Cheers!

[@rob3518]

This is definitely one of your best vids, beautiful wild bred Browns 🎣👍🙏

[@geoffhughes527]

That's awesome Tom - Loved watching this!

[@derekcunningham9993]

Great vid. Interesting exploring new places. I would say thet was a sea trout. Have a great christmas

[@rd2957]

Good work Tom. I eyed some of these rivers last year when surfing down that way. Next trip will be rods packed too.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Great fun Tom, so good exploring new water!

[@fredbloggs8362]

That was excellent viewing.

[@VeryOkay]

Very cool- might have to catch the ferry across and have a crack

[@joshualane9675]

Ha, we are staying at Wye river and I have been catching a few in here and have plans to be going to Cumberland soon.

[@davidflyfisher6379]

Great video Tom. That pure silver trout looked like a sea runner to me; it wasn't far from the sea.

[@nicholaskneedeep]

Awesome. More of this thanks.

[@michaelmcbrien1076]

Keep fishing those Otway creeks and you may come across the australian grayling (cucumber fish). Great vid, entertaining and educational, as always.

[@jakewinther]

Incredible

[@mohighmin]

Awesome video mate! Have a holiday house just next to this little creek in Skenes Creek, don’t have a fly rod but maybe I should get out there with some spinners and try to catch a trout!

[@steveclarke1857]

YES! Sea run browns in Victoria!

[@kennethgordon7885]

Great video! Do you think there would be bigger sea runners and white bait there at the right time?

[@rangerwhite5165]

Nice video. River looks fantastic. Out of interest, have you compared the Recon to the Helios?

[@mathewcampbell8479]

That's crazy mate. I had no idea there'd be fish there. Do they run into the sea too?

[@bernie320]

Smythes creek?

[@bernie320]

@@robcandy8319 Wasn’t a guess I know what creek it is . Nobody owns the water Rob least of all you Fisherman do their research and foot slog to find spots most times for no result this has been happening since start of angling and this will never change if think otherwise your living in a dream.

[@scod3908]

@@robcandy8319 Funny thing is fly fisherman will trudge through kilometers of creek stirring up silt, hook dozens of trout they don't intend to keep, spook the fish through the whole creek, support stocking of invasive trout into our waterways destroying the populations of local fish... ...then they'll claim they care about the environment! Taking these trout out of the river is a *good* thing. They should only be in lakes and a limited number of isolated river systems. Between european carp, trout and perch our native species are decimated.

[@anthonycole2195]

Great, more pressure.

[@woowoowoocom]

Usually love your vids. Suddenly not so sure about you publicising my local creeks!! I'm sure you're fully aware that this year in particular, has probably been a 1 in 20 for conditions. Usually, by now the stream levels are dropping and the temps rising. They're delicate little places. Even by the end of this week, the crowds will hit the coast, and drier times are forecast - reckon you might have hit a very sweet moment! Still, great work as usual. You met some chonky little fish there!

[@sopheven]

Clearly identifying the location leads to your city anglers showing up, taking home anything they catch but leaving behind their rubbish. Yeah, good video though

[@mrpoopypants9586]

Wow. So different. What a great thing to get out and do. Would love to see more of this Tom. Cheers PP

[@Jimmy-n6j]

So damn cool Bro! Gotta make a mission west soon! Did you have a crack at the bream too? Merry xmas to you and your loved ones and I look forward to seeing/reading more of your flyfishing adventures in the new year.