The eternal quest for a trout

Trout fishing is a BIG thing in Tasmania and having looked in a couple of fly-fishing shops, it seems to be mainly another excuse to sell blokes an enormous range of hugely expensive gadgets.

And with Tim’s experience of trout fishing we’d have to say that trout are pretty elusive (so maybe all the really expensive gadgets are required?). Tim fished in rivers all over Tassie with just a couple of wee ones to show for it, but it wasn’t until we got to Woods Lake in the Central Highlands that he actually caught a decent sized trout. And this was after HOURS of trolling a lure around the lake! What made it worse was that when we’d first arrived there was an insect hatch, and there were trout rising up all over the lake to grab the insects. So they were there, just needing some of that expensive fishing gear!(flyrods, reels, waders etc).



Woods Lake was a great place to camp – unlike some of the other lakes which had fairly stark surroundings, this was surrounded by forest. The spot where we camped had a fantastic view of the lake.