Garry (father of Matthew) had a day out on his own with Red Tag and had a ball. There must be something, as well as the trout, in our water that brings out the best in these Queenslanders.

Not only did Matthew star on a later trip (see Matthew’s Monster below) but here Garry gets a first class wild brown (around the 3lb mark) on the trial Stalker series #2wt Red Tag is testing for Pro Angler!

With some skillful rod work, good tackle and quick thinking Garry finally got this lovely fish to hand — another one on the pink bum ‘hopper.

Very taken with this prototype from Pro Angler and the boys tell me they will have a 6’ 6” or 6’ 9” model in the next season’s range — keep your eys open for them, they are little gems!

Having seen Iain putting his 00 through its paces and assisting by netting it, John soon got into a decent stream fish of his own.

Seen here with the Pro Angler #3wt and some weight on another good wild brown trout.

Iain is patiently waiting to return the net favour as soon as John has his fish under control.

Being a keen and very capable small water flyfisher, Iain brought down a new 00 3pc with him for this trip. Don’t think he was too disappointed with some of these wild brown trout workouts during the tour.

While below, John looks on while the Iain’s rod gets an even bigger trout to tackle.

There are now many types and makes of fly lines on the market. Make sure you understand the use the manufacturer intends of each category of line and its coding, ie, WF is for weight forward, DT is for double tapered, F/S is sinking tip, etc.

The single most important gear set up in fly fishing is that the line # or wt should match the rod # rating you intend using it with.

That is, the ratings are now universal and a #6wt line is manufactured and tested to be most effective with a #6wt rod.