Well the backend of the season has been up and down a bit but overall quite rewarding for some. Six beginners took on our March ‘Learn to Fly Fish’ Workshop at Herne, Lachlan, Michael, Trey & Corey, and Bettina and Elisa. By the end of the day they had all picked up the basics of … Continue reading Season ending
Author: Allan
The big catch up …
Well, fellow Red Taggers, firstly, I apologise for the long time between updates on what has been happening here since Christmas, but sometimes life gets in the way, as they say. So then, how have things been? The second half of this season has been quite good in the main with fish being taken in … Continue reading The big catch up …
Tassie Challenge
Long-standing clients of Red Tag Trout Tours are Peter and Elizabeth, who come out twice a year and enjoy challenging themselves and each other on Tassie’s rivers and lakes. Day 1 saw them fishing at one of their favourite spots, Currawong Lakes, and this time the prize went to Elizabeth, who caught a couple of … Continue reading Tassie Challenge
Fine fishing
Recently, I had the pleasure of fishing with Roy and Gail, (seen above) long-time anglers with Red Tag. Over three and a half days, they fished Currawong Lakes and the Macquarie River with some success, despite blustery winds and a few memorable tales of fish that got away. On the first day, a very windy … Continue reading Fine fishing
A Guiding Life
Hi Everyone, the ‘Red Tag Story’ up until July 2023 as seen through the eyes of the founder, Roger Butler, prior to my acquisition.The following is the Introductory Page and Front Cover of Roger’s Memoirs covering the first 27 years of Red Tag Trout Tours fly guiding service. Introduction After almost three decades of running … Continue reading A Guiding Life
Spring update
Lake Crescent brown trout Meanwhile in Tasmania Inland Fisheries has just released its Spring Outlook. It makes for optimistic reading.
Rivers run through it
Red Tag Trout Tours has been featured in The Australian in an article by Anabel Dean Somebody is out there waiting for your hatching nymph,” says Ray Curran, eyes riveted on the tiny pink tuft drifting on a millpond. We’re standing waist-deep in waders in Tasmania’s Macquarie River on the kind of drowsy, insect-droning day … Continue reading Rivers run through it
Good weather & fine fish
I had Guy over two days in April, so we ventured to two very different spots on two different rivers. Both proved to be very successful for a range of reasons, with both fish to hand and the lovely places we went to. On Day 1, the weather presented perfectly, and the flow was really … Continue reading Good weather & fine fish
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