After working over the weekend I headed out to the Taponga River behind Eildon to go 'boofing' for trout. :rofl: A bit tongue in cheek but I enjoy all types of surface fishing. If I can't chase cod I might as well chase trout until after cod opening.
The Taponga is a nice stream, with plenty of trout in it. Got my first next to the rock in this pic:
I mainly caught browns but picked up a couple of small rainbows:
All up I landed 8 trout, dropped a couple and missed the take on another half dozen. Most fish were up near the 30 cm mark:
Lots of fun on a hot day wading up a cool stream. I caught the fish from about 5 till 7 pm. Some fish I caught I saw rising. In other cases I just placed the fly close to where I expected the fish to lay. There is something special about 'fishing blind' with dry flies for trout. Some hit the fly aggressively, others took it casually.
In years gone by I've caught a lot of trout on flies in the Big River area, including my best brown at 8 lb. The flies I highly recommend in this area are the red tag/cockybondhu, which resemble tea tree beetles and just on dark the plain old white moth.
I love the 4wt classic trout rod. Its a bit tough fishing in these over grown streams but the rod is sensational in rolling out beautiful casts, it is so easy to use. I can't recommend it highly enough.
I've got to get a bit of practice in with my bow and arrow casts. :oops:
Best Wishes
Truedogz
