• Commercial Interests

From the Archives ...

Sea run trout tactics – Craig Vertigan

Sea run trout tactics – Craig Vertigan

During the trout off-season I tend to spend a bit of time chasing bream, to continue getting a fishing fix, and spend time tying flies and dreaming about the trout season to come. It’s a time to spend doing tackle maintenance, stocking up on lures and dreaming up new challenges and goals for the trout season ahead. When the new season comes around I usually spend the first few months targeting sea runners. Sea run trout are simply brown trout that spend much of there lives out to sea and come in to the estuaries for spawning and to feed on whitebait and the other small endemic fishes that spawn in late winter through spring. Mixed in with the silvery sea runners you can also expect to catch resident fish that have the typical dark colours of a normal brown trout as well as atlantic salmon in some of our estuaries that are located near salmon farm pens. Living in Hobart it is quick and easy to do a trip on the Huon or Derwent and is a more comfortable proposition compared to a trip up to the highlands with snow and freezing winds to contend with.

Read more ...

Honda Over The Top Expedition

The Honda Over The Top Expedition is in final preparations ahead of their Australian-first attempt to travel more than 9500km around Australia's coastline in a "rubber ducky" to raise funds and awareness of prostate cancer.

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 4779

Learn from Australia's Champion fly fishers

COMPETITIVE SPORTS FLY FISHING SKILLS SEMINAR
WHEN: Saturday 23 July 2011 from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm
WHERE: Launceston Preparatory School,
Rear of 117-119 Elphin Road, Launceston

Please download the attached PDF FFA Seminar 23 July 2011

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 5224

FLY FISHING SKILLS SEMINAR with Australia’s Best

Learn from Tasmanian members of the Australian World Team bound for Italy including:
Joe Riley on European nymphing techniques,
Jonathon Stagg on strategies for rivers,
Craig Carey and Ian Donnachy on preparation for competitions, plus lake fishing techniques and tactics.
Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 4771

Peter Hayes 2010–2011 Season News

Dear Fly Fishing Friends,
In this issue:

1. Fly Casting School - dates for winter
2. Fly Fishing Products – bargain times with high dollar
3. The Season Past - highlights
4. Next Season – new and exciting changes

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 7457

Win a Giant Rapala Lure

Simply show us where you have stuck a Rapala sticker!.. Or any other group brand (Okuma, Storm, VMC, Williamson, Silstar, Sufix, BlueFox, SLAM, Stimulate, Marttiini, TufLine, Rublex, Trigger X, Pakula).

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 4913

Pirtek Fishing Challenge-Report and Results

by Mike Stevens
I entered the Pirtek Challenge 10 April. It has been running for three years now in support of Prostate Cancer Research. The email to see what species were up for the year is usually posted at 6pm the night before, but this year it was 7pm before we could see what they were.

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 6814

Pirtek Challenge

You can win this boat by entering the Pirtek Challenge. Click here for more details

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 4600

The 2011 Pirtek Fishing Challenge is open and taking registrations!

The Challenge will take place on Sunday, 10 April and registration is $20.  Every competitor will receive a brag mat and limited edition cap.   Once again 100% of the entry fee will go directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia.
Click here for the Poster
Click here for the Media Release

Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 5415

Okuma/Rapala Summer Prize Giveaway

Rapala Australia would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a very fishy New Year. Thank you for your continued support toward Rapala & all associated brands for 2010. May your rods be bent and lines kept tight these holidays.
Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 6119

Okuma/Rapala Summer Prize Giveaway

Visit Review, in the left Main Menu for the full article or click here

Rapala Australia would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a merry Christmas and a very fishy New Year. Thank you for your continued support toward Rapala & all associated brands for 2010. May your rods be bent and lines kept tight these holidays.
Category: Commercial Interests
Hits: 3804

Current TFBN

cover 2021 11

Click above for current issue content. The current issue of TFBN is extensive and topical. In Tackle Stores, Newsagents and by subscription.
Delivered to your door for $48 for 2 years (8 issues). To subscribe, send Mike $48 via www.paypal.com.au . (Basic instructions are here) The email is at Contact Us. Your address will be included from PayPal.
Or phone Mike with your c/c handy on 0418129949
Please ensure your details are correct, for Mike to organise delivery.

TFBN Newsletter Sign up Form

Name:
Email:
We respect your email privacy
Keep in touch with our latest news
You can unsubscribe at any time.

Why not submit an article ?

When you have finished for the day, why not have a brag about the ones that didn't get away! Send Mike an article on your fishing (Click here for contact details), and we'll get it published here. Have fun fishing - tasfish.com

Category Descriptions

Here is a list of all of the Article Categories. The number in Brackets, eg (13) is the number of articles. Click on Derwent River and all articles relating to the Derwent will be displayed in the central area. 

Articles by Category

Get a Drogue

Catch more fish - use a Tasmanian Made Drogue

Jim Allen drogue Woods Lake

Current River Heights for the Northern Rivers

Current River Heights Northern Tasmania

windyty.com

Visit https://www.windyty.com/

Rubicon Web and Technology Training

Hello everyone, I thought it would be a good time to introduce myself.
My name is Stephen Smith and I have been managing the website tasfish.com since May 2009.
It has been an epic journey of learning and discovery and I am indebted to Mike Stevens for his help, support and patience.
I am developing a new venture Rubicon Web and Technology Training ( www.rwtt.com.au ). The focus is two part, to develop websites for individuals and small business and to train people to effectively use technology in their everyday lives.

Please contact me via www.rwtt.com.au/contact-me/ for further information - Stephen Smith.

From the Archives ... (last chance)

"Angling is an art - Hannah Ledger

and an art worth your learning.."

Presented from Issue 112, October 2014
So said Izaak Walton in the 1600s. It seems that Burnie’s Hannah Ledger has combined angling with art rather well. Hannah is a fish fanatic, outdoor enthusiast and budding, self-taught artist. From as young as she can remember, she has always had crayon in hand, colouring book under arm and as she’s grown as a painter, jars full of paintbrushes and cupboards full of ready-to-go blank canvas’.

A country girl at heart, Hannah was schooled at Yolla District High School, a small ‘farm’ school in the states North West, then went on to Hellyer College where she was given the opportunity to really grow her art skills; And by grow, that meant skipping the classes that would probably have more an impact of getting her somewhere in life, like English and Math to spend every spare minute with the art teacher, painting or drawing.

As typical teenagers do, they make poor decisions- and after being accepted in to one of the countries top art schools, turned down the offer and decided to move to the big island, where she lived for 5 years working in what seemed ‘dead end’ retail.

Read more ...
Go to top
JSN Boot template designed by JoomlaShine.com