Upper Yarra trouting
Posted: Tue May 23, 2017 8:19 pm
Headed out to the trout region of the Yarra on Saturday to throw some of my newly purchased cheap hardbodies hopefully in front of some hungry and or territorial trout.
On the drive up, decided to try some new water - wasn't sure how that would go cos I know from experience even in the upper reaches the Yarra can change from a fast flowing rocky stream to long deep silty sections which can be hard to fish - but perused new water anyway thinking it's better to know than to not know.
The stretch I decided to try started out rocky, but was too tight, snaggy and shallow for hb's so switched to some strike tiger nymph SP's in an effort to get first trout on a SP and it was first cast a reasonable size Yarra brown took it down and made it to hand.
Continued fishing towards the next exit point over a few hours with a number of drops, hits and follows - fish sighted were all in the 30 to 40 range which was a pleasant change in the yarra but had nothing else to hand unfortunately. Switched between various strike tiger nymphs, black and gold twister tails and hb's in the deeper water (only one donation made).
On the drive up, decided to try some new water - wasn't sure how that would go cos I know from experience even in the upper reaches the Yarra can change from a fast flowing rocky stream to long deep silty sections which can be hard to fish - but perused new water anyway thinking it's better to know than to not know.
The stretch I decided to try started out rocky, but was too tight, snaggy and shallow for hb's so switched to some strike tiger nymph SP's in an effort to get first trout on a SP and it was first cast a reasonable size Yarra brown took it down and made it to hand.
Continued fishing towards the next exit point over a few hours with a number of drops, hits and follows - fish sighted were all in the 30 to 40 range which was a pleasant change in the yarra but had nothing else to hand unfortunately. Switched between various strike tiger nymphs, black and gold twister tails and hb's in the deeper water (only one donation made).