Sight Fishing for Early Season Browns | Lake Fly Fishing Tasmania | TFA #58

It's August which means the 2022-23 Brown Trout Season has begun! It can be a hard time of the year to catch fish, but in this episode I manage to find a few chunky browns willing to take a fly. Sight fishing for cruising trout in the flooded lake margins can be frustrating and rewarding.
This lake and many others around Tasmania will continue to improve in the months ahead as fish hone in on frogs in the flooded margins before mayflies start getting the trout looking up.

[@doody73]

Great Video mate.

[@garyburgess4464]

👍👍

[@oldsmugglerflyfishing]

You are so lucky that can go fishing in August... We have to wait until November the 1st for trout season in Patagonia...

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

3 month closed season here in Tassie. Patagonia is truly a dream destination for me, scenery and fishing looks unreal!

[@lindsayblair5581]

Great video again legend

[@paddlefishtasmania4839]

Cracking video mate, some prime conditions and even better fish.

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

Sometimes the wind stops and the sun comes out at the same time! But not often haha

[@johnshand6176]

Much appreciated advice! Thanks.

[@richardbrown9344]

Nice video mate...Ive been catching a few sea runners in the local rivers using lures...Decent size to...up in the NW.

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

Thanks Richard glad you enjoyed it. I've never put enough time into sea runners, I really should this season since I live in the nw too

[@wayneberry8703]

G’day mate, great video…. Heading out myself to my local lake very soon to try and score a couple of trout on lures? Will see how it goes. Thanks for inspiring me lol.

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

Glad you enjoyed it Wayne, hopefully the trout are in a friendly mood for you!

[@johnshand6176]

Well done!. I'm visiting Tasmania in December for my son's wedding and a week of Trout fishing so great to follow your channel. What sort of wets are you using in front of your nymphs? I tie a lot of flies for many Kiwi fishermen and want to be prepared for the Tasi adventure. Kind Regards from NZ.

[@sopheven]

They’ll be looking up by December. Your favourite kiwi flies will all work in sz 12-18. Tassie fish and rivers are smaller, that’s about the only difference

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

I mainly use matukas or zulus as the wet, it seems to be important to have a flash of red on the wet. But it's true that come December, you might not use wets. Definitely pack nymphs, pheasant tail with a bit of flash to it works, generally bead head but if you're fishing shallow lake edges it's nice to have them unweighted. Otherwise dries, duns, small possum emergers, orange and black spinners, beetle patterns and of course standard generalist dries. Feel free to message me if you want any location advice!

[@accidzx1726]

nice vid mate, where in tassie is thhis

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

Hey mate, about 45 minutes from Burnie. These tactics should work in any lake that has shallow margins though

[@janlampert5688]

I googled Oregon lake. No result. There are Orion lakes?

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

I think I accidentally sent you on a wild goose chase there... There are no trout in Orion lakes either. This lake is in the north west about 45 minutes from Burnie.

[@reecewalker6938]

what lake?

[@TasmanianFishingAdventures]

This one is off the beaten track near Waratah, NW Tas