Peter enjoying the streamcraft session with John looking on.

After that the weather (mainly wind) had a hand in heading up to Currawong for day two where first up John is delighted with this big nymph chasing rainbow (est 5lbs+).

Then Peter is onto a top conditioned fish, again on the unweighted brown nymph.

Daniel from Germany thought Tasmania would be a good place to learn to fly fish and he wasn’t far wrong.

Within an hour or so of picking up a fly rod for the first time here he is into his first trout.

Later on this quality wild brown comes to hand, taken feeding just off the reed bed.

Paul, foreground, has some early success while John is working on another fish in the distance.

The action results in a nice rainbow for Paul.

John was not to be denied his moment in the sun when his first ever trout on the fly was this excellent conditioned rainbow. (IMGP1515)

To get seven mates into fly fishing and onto fish could have been a big call, however with Adam’s help at Currawong Lakes, enthusiaism plus some rapidly-gained skills helped all the boys get fish to hand with a total of 30+ to the fly and some 15 to hand.

Mind you at times some were more into it than others, then again, any vantage point may help the polaroiding!

This healthy rainbow is heading back after giving a good account of itself.

A nice bit of team work to get another rainbow to the net.

Picked up Kate and Dale from the Priory at Bothwell and headed off to Currawong for their introduction to fly fishing.

A typical spring day in Tassie, ‘if you don’t like the weather … a hang on 30 minutes and we’ll change it’ type of day which couldn’t deter or dampen spirits as you can see.

For starters, above, despite the rain, Dale has a beaming smile with due cause with this beauty to the net. His first on the fly.

Then a little later, both the day (no wind or rain) and Kate are smiling warmly with her first to hand.

Wife Di gave Andrew, and son Aaron a great surprise when she secretly arranged a two-day overnight workshop with Red Tag Trout for the boys.

Day one was the stillwater starter and day two the rivers and streams intro session.

First up Andrew, above, sets the pace with this action. which turns out to be a fantastic rainbow touching 6lbs and taking hin into the backing twice! Not bad for a first up fish!

Not to be outdone by Dad, Aaron, below, gets up close and introduces himself to this nice fish.

Then to top off the workshop on day two he is a very happy camper having sighted, stalked and got this river wild brown trout, below, to the net on a very tricky pool outlet that any experienced angler would have been pleased with.

Well done Aaron – a very promising fly fishing future ahead.

This was the second nice fish to hand for his first day on the fly for Joe’s introduction to fly fishing at Currawong Lakes.

Particularly pleasing to Joe as he sighted the feeding rainbow, stalked it, presented the unweighted nymph on target, hooked and landed it. Good one Joe!

From left, Don, Bev, Shar and Irv head of to do battle with some top nick and aggressive Currawong trout.

Above: Athough only her first day on the fly, Shar was first on also with this very nice rainbow, while Irv admires it from close by.

Above: Next up, Don gets this lovely wild brown to hand.