JOHN COLES FLY FISHING

CENTRAL TABLELANDS, NSW

Fishing Report Mar 09

January and February have been very hot with little rain falling over the Central Tablelands. Some rivers fair better than others in these conditions.

Areas in the west including the Campbells, Brisbane Valley and Native Dog have all suffered and many stretches of these rivers were dry a few weeks ago.

Good rain fell across much of the district especially around the Lithgow and Blue Mountains in the last week or so. The main dams are all on the rise and should fish well in the coming months.

I  ran a  Beginners Introduction to Fly Fishing course down at  beautiful Wee Jasper, this was the weekend of the terrible fires in Victoria.

We had temperatures 40+ degrees, it was  still an enjoyable weekend just very hot. The river temperatures became very high and not good for trout or fishing. I will be running a similar course there over the Easter break, it should be much cooler then.

I also have courses at Tumut which again fishes well towards the end of the season.

Mid February I ran a Beginners course staying on a beautiful property on the Fish River.

We observed lots of feeding trout and I managed to hook a couple when demonstrating to the class.

I also fished a dam and had a terrific session, I managed 5 fish up to 5lbs and lost a couple of real thumpers, one lept clear of the water and threw the hook.

I will be running some Lake Craft courses in the coming months, these will be held at a private dam stocked with trophy trout. So join me and learn some tactics for catching trout in still waters.

As we now go into Autumn the weather conditions usually stabalize and the fishing

in the Central Tablelands becomes very good. You can often encounter rising fish throughout the day. I have several options for staying up there.

Further afield I leave this week for a trip to NZ , South Island. I will be running a winter trips to fish the famous Tongariro River on the North Island. So register your interest now. I will also be running trips to the South Island starting in November let me know if you are interested in receiving information on these trips

Check out my Web site www.jcflyfishing.com.au

Or give me a call to talk about your fishing trip 02 9907 0682.

Tight Lines

John Coles

Member of the Professional Fishing Instructors and Guides Association of Australia

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