A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
The Covid virus struck again last month and the long-awaited trip to Dunmore to celebrate the opening of the 2021 trout season had to be cancelled as Port Macquarie went into a seven day lockdown. Fortunately our Club had arranged…
Once again myself, Rodney and Co have been thwarted in our attempts to go fly-fishing up North. Myself to join son Craig in Darwin and Rodney and Co. to Hinchinbrook. All thanks to Delta – No not the airline. Queensland…
The existence of bonefish in Australia was probably first recognised when surf anglers fishing along the Queensland coast caught “oversized sand whiting” exceeding 2kg in weight. While superficially similar to sand whiting, bonefish are easy to tell apart in a…
Game fishermen are unanimous that both the GT and Turrum are superb fighting fish. The Giant Trevally, or GT, is the largest trevally of the Indo-Pacific Region growing to a verified size of 170 cm (67 in.) and a weight…
Although our little corner of NSW has been fortunate to avoid infection to date (fingers crossed that we continue to be lucky) Covid has meant that those members who intended to travel and fish in Queensland and the NT have…
Trachinotus Blochii There are two different sub-species of Australian permit, Trachinotus Blochii and Trachinotus Anak. Considered one of the worlds premier light tackle game fish and fly fishing targets, it was many years before these fish came to prominence in…
The season is changing once again and on the 1st of June we officially welcomed in winter. The annual closure for brown, rainbow and brook trout, and salmon will start at the conclusion of the June long weekend on Tuesday…
Rodney’s “catch of the day” at Hat Head The common toadfish (Tetractenos hamiltoni), also known as the toadie, toadfish or toado is found in shallow coastal waters and estuaries along Australia’s eastern coast, from northern Queensland to Flinders Island.[...]
Success! An outing that not only delivered nice weather that allowed some of our most stalwart members to wet-wade but also delivered some compliant fish. Jim Hyatt won the attendance prize and has written the June outing report detailing the…
Greetings from Darwin, it’s hot! Most days are averaging 350 but as the dry season has arrived at least it isn’t humid any more. Lovely to catch up with the family again, especially our two year old granddaughter who is…