Bream are a challenging fly fishing target, particularly when you first start chasing them, but with perseverance you’ll discover how rewarding a sportsfish they can be. I began chasing bream with a six weight a year and a half ago. Mostly from my canoe in the coastal lakes and estuaries along the east coast of... Continue Reading →
All anglers have a home water. A special place full of fishing memories. A place where the water and the fish and the wildlife are familiar to them. A place where they feel at home. My home water is Lake Macquarie. Lake Macquarie is big – really big. Big enough to be the largest saltwater... Continue Reading →
The most memorable fish are often the ones you had no intention of catching. To prepare for a couple of days fly fishing on the NSW Central Coast, I took great pleasure in tying a selection of flies for bream fishing. From small shrimp imitations to prawns, tied in olives and browns, with black eyes... Continue Reading →
Narrabeen Lake (also known as Narrabeen Lagoon) is a coastal lagoon located on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. The lake has a reasonable population of bream, flathead, whiting and mullet. It also produces healthy number of donuts – for me anyway, when I have a fly rod in my hand. So it was with an element of... Continue Reading →
Port Stephens, less than three hours north of Sydney, is a rewarding spot for fly fishermen happy to wade the flats and fish breakwalls during the cooler months. Catching my first luderick on fly was a priority for this trip. They're a favourite of mine and I've spent 30 happy years pursuing them from the... Continue Reading →
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