Yes, believe it or not, this is mid winter (July 2 to be exact) in Tasmania – sunny sky, little wind and good fly-fishing workshop conditions.

I won’t kid you it is sun-bathing weather at this time of year, but with sound clothing choices and determination to ‘have a go’, learning to fly fish in Tasmania any time of year can be both rewarding and good fun.

Gordon wanted to learn the gentle art of fly-fishing over two days at the start of July.

Day one covered gear variations and necessities, casting techniques, fly presentation, basic knots, introduction to fly tying (a Red Tag of course) and a bit of time on the theory of trout behaviour, then on day Two some serious trout stalking, sighted feeder fishing and as you can see catching!

This fish, was sighted by Gordon fossicking near the little tuft of reeds in the bay behind the swirl, he popped an unweighted black nymph near its nose and the rest is history as they say.