River Blackfish
In a recent Facebook post someone in the Northern NSW Trout Fishing group (quite an interesting group) said they had caught a fish (see below) and were unsure what it was, and so posted that photo. They soon received a…
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Iain Morrison
Narrow-barred Spanish Mackerel
Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus commerson), also known as Narrow-barred mackerel, are a highly prized sport fish on light tackle. Spaniards are a pelagic species that frequent reef habitats between deeper oceanic waters and the mainland. Fast swimmers and predatory in nature,…
HFF Flycast, October 2022
Welcome to what is sadly our last Edition as editors of Flycast. After retirement in 2005, we travelled down the East Coast from Port Douglas to Mallacoota before finally settling in Camden Haven as our “forever home” twelve years ago.…
Silver Drummer
According to both the Australian Museum and Wikipedia the Silver Drummer grows to about 80cm in length and a maximum weight of 1.1kg, however a Queensland spear-fisherman has officially recorded a 6.8 kg specimen. There are also several photographs on…
HFF Flycast, September 2022
Welcome to the September edition of Flycast. Editor: An individual who does precise guess-work based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge. In this month’s edition I have taken advantage of John Juracek’s kind approval to use his…
Great Barracuda
Also known as the Giant Barracuda and Small-eyed Barracuda, the Great Barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) is present in tropical to warm temperate waters, in subtropical parts of the Indian, Pacific and Atlantic oceans, from mangrove areas to deep reef. Australian Museum’s…
HFF Flycast, July 2022
Welcome to the July edition of Flycast. The “know your fish” this month is the Estuary Cod (Epinephelus coioides) as suggested by Julian who caught three different fish that may or may not be different species during his recent trip…
Mullaway
Argyrosomus japonicus The Mulloway is the common name for Argyrosomus japonicus (previously called Argyrosomus hololepidotus), which are found in coastal waters from Rockhampton in Queensland to North West Cape, Western Australia (excluding Tasmania). In the tropical north it is replaced…
HFF Flycast, June 2022
Welcome to the June edition of Flycast. We enjoyed our short sojourn with the family in Darwin although once again no fly fishing. It seems that actual fly-fishing guides are in short supply in Darwin even though there is a…
HFF Flycast, May 2022
Welcome to the May edition of Flycast. As Monty Python would say, “Now for something completely different.” The Dunmore article reports that Redfin perch have become prolific in the main lake in front of the lodge. Whilst wading through shallow…