My very interactive web master Allan has raised the question when does our (Tasmania’s) trout season end? As he explained to me, you know it, it’s your business, but many of your interstate and international clients and site visitors do not!

The current (2007/08) wild brown fishing season ends at midnight on Sunday — 27 April 2008. This means all rivers and streams, which are designated ‘brown trout’ waters and all public lakes noted as same by the Inland Fisheries Service (IFS) close to ALL forms of fishing!

A certain limited number of lakes stay open as Rainbow Waters till June 1 2008 including the West Coast lakes of Mackintosh and Rosebery.

Open all year — a small number (8 in all) of lakes and dams are open to trout fishing all year round.

To keep the passion of the ‘new season opening’ each year, the annual licences expire on July 31 each year and the new (brown trout waters) licences come into effect at midnight on the Saturday nearest the 1st of August each year.

‘Private’ licenced fisheries can open as they determine, so with some of those waters available and the few all-year-round waters open, Red Tag can operate its introductory flyfishing workshops all year round.

For any further information from the Inland Fisheries Servicde re Tasmania’s trout fishery regulations and rules, I recommend you visit their web site.