Good hook up after some determined stalking.

Peter is delighted with this lovely wild brown trout. It was likely the last good damsel hatch for the season, but come late November they will be back again!

Phil, inaugural winner of the annual Pro Angler/Red Tag Tassie competition, now makes Tasmania a regular event. This was his best tour so far with many wild browns and rainbows to hand.

A nice rainbow came from a backhand crosswind presentation of a mayfly emerger. Dual rigs, feeders on emergers and polaroided successes, doesn’t get much better!

First 30 minutes on day 1 and Neil had this nice wild brown trout to hand (on the Blue Damsel no less). As you see a nice stream trout, and Neil says “well that’s the pressure off Roger, monkey off back, and we can relax now!” or words to that effect.

Last 30mins of day 2 — this is the closest we got to a second one! Quality fish missed, dropped, watching feet instead of fly, etc, etc, we all know the comments.

Saving grace was that Neil mastered the Red Tag ‘flick retrieve’ and didn’t lose a single fly in two days!

Steve wanted to learn more about stream craft, and three days on four different rivers and creeks helped him fulfil his ambition.

Day one saw the first catch of the trip on an emerger fly

Day two: Going well, with plenty of ‘hopper action

Day Three: Yet another water and more success

Ernst (ex-Singapore) is delighted with this top 23" wild brown on his lightweight Tasmanian made cane rod. First for the season on the Pink Bum ’hopper.

Small cane also handled the tight conditions on day one.

Leigh, from Victoria, was keen to come to grips with stream/river fly fishing. He fished three different rivers over three days, and caught fish on each.

Big grin says it all.

By early morning on day two he was doing it all on the #3wt. Dry fly upstream sighted, hooked and netted

… and releasing

John lands some top fish:

Good hook up on small water

Nice wild brown released

Great Rainbow – taken on Aire series #2wt

Robert and Peter (regular Father & Son ‘red taggers) get good nymphing results.

Robert hooks up a nice rainbow

Peter controls a very good rainbow on his cane rod

Both caught on the unweighted nymph in tough conditions.