Fishing gear for tassie hike?

[mattmacman]

Hey everyone, I have being roped into my first tassie trip under the proviso that I get too do some fishing, my other hobby, along the way. I can probably acquire a fly rod but id rather stick with my light spin rod and spinning reel. From my limited understanding of trout fishing, trout go for flies but i have no experience with them and other equipment I will need, i want too be going pretty light so advice on what's nesceseray would be great! Cheers.

[ninjapuppet]

The lightest method for trout, is called tickling. very handy skill to have, which I do not possess


A second method I know of is by using the worm every man has.
Simply follow step by step instructions demonstrated in this video below

http://www.epicfail.com/2010/09/24/fishing-fail-2/

A tenkara rod works for me. cant complain

[neilmny]

The Tenkara rods sound like a great idea, a fairly light weight and compact solution.
Others on the forum have them.......some unused apparently..... no names no pack drill (still waiting for a report)

[Onestepmore]

/blush
guilty as charged

Trip planned for Wollondilly river in a month's time, and Snowies at Easter

If in a boat, then lures on a spin rod are widely used. If shore fishing on a lake, you can fish for trout with lures and spin rods fine, and troll with some nymphs (These are the ones that sink, not float), but you'd probably need to add some split shot to make it heavy enough to cast out. Have a second one on a dropper.You should still be able to sight fish along the perimeters of the lake (if it's not raining) by wearing polaroid sunnies, and casting ahead of the way they are swimming, and maybe trolling slowly across their path. Would be hard (impossible?) to cast out a dry fly though on a spin rod (for fly fishing the leader is weighted differently, to allow you to cast out a fly and hook that weighs almost nothing)
I'm sure there is a way - maybe go have a look see on a fishing forum website and ask? My knowledge is only pretty basic.
Not sure you'd fare well in a stream - I picture many tangles and much colourful language
If you can, grab a look at a book called 'Trout Waters' by Greg French - it describes all the individual lakes in Tassie, what fish are there, bag and size limits etc

We recently did some day walks in Tassie over the Christmas period - Freycinet and Mt Field. We also had a couple of days flyfishing, with a private guide. We fished the lakes - mainly Arthurs and Woods with success, despite being very windy - 24 good sized trout over 2 days. Would have been more but I muffed a couple and missed the strike. I'd love to do some more in Tassie, and maybe next time combine hiking and fishing the central or western lakes. We'll fish again next trip to NZ, and have a trip planned to South America next year - walking and fishing.

Hang on, I'll load some pics

[Onestepmore]

Troutfishing in Tassie - yes it was cold even in midsummer. We had sleet that morning and 1 deg c overnight. Arthur's lake

[mattmacman]

Sounds like I will be acquiring a fly rod. I hear I will be needing a fishing license, from my understanding they run about $70?

[north-north-west]

All the trout fishing I've done in Tassie was spinning. Generally worked better in rivers than lakes, but still pretty effective.