Eildon Trout

[ronan]

Hi all,
went up towards Eildon for a daytrip with my mum over the long weekend. Early wake up and we were on the road, making it to our first stream at about 7:00. Turned out we needed a proper 4WD to get in on the track that went in. Made the smart decision and turned back, heading towards the more upper reaches of the waterway.

Found some better access further upstream into the same creek. Dropped into a few different spots, however wading was quite hard as the water was high, deep and fast. Along with very overgrown banks and many branches/logs over the water.

Mainly fished landbased walking upstream. Covered some good looking holes with spinners, hardbodies, and soft plastics. Found a small brown trout just as we were wrapping up and walking back to the car. Sight casted him when he was feeding on some bugs off the surface. Saw him chase down the lure too. Not a productive session by any means but a good reconnaissance mission(will be back). Spent the rest of the day in Marysville and some surrounding townships.

Does anyone here that spin for trout wear waders? Or do you generally stay in shorts?

cheers Ronan.

[Sinsemilla]

Nice work mate. I do fish the area a lot and always wear thigh high waders at least. It might get a bit hot in the warmer months but you need the protection the gumboots give you just in case you bump into any snakes.

Cheers, Anth

[ronan]

Nice work mate. I do fish the area a lot and always wear thigh high waders at least. It might get a bit hot in the warmer months but you need the protection the gumboots give you just in case you bump into any snakes.

Cheers, Anth

I’ll definitely look into some

[happyfriggincamper]

Nice report, yeah always wear waders for the snake protection. If I wore shorts, I'd definitely be wearing gaiters as well.

[Aimless]

I wear waders but have only got up that way a couple of times, and have never caught a trout in Vic. So don't look at me for advice.

Fishing some of the dams around the Grampians though made up my mind, full of snags and sharp branches. Much nicer to have your feet protected. I have used them successfully fishing off beaches plenty of times too!

[purple5ive]

nice work mate, well done.

and yes like others have suggested, get some waders they are a must have if fishing trout streams cause of the likelihood of snakes, they also double as surf waders for beach fishing.

[ronan]

nice work mate, well done.

and yes like others have suggested, get some waders they are a must have if fishing trout streams cause of the likelihood of snakes, they also double as surf waders for beach fishing.

Thanks, will do for sure. Ended up with plenty of scratches too, the benefit of waders should stop that.

[trout-hunter]

Handy hint here!! Always take waders no matter what! Nothing worse than getting your rod out the back of the car and noticing your mate chucked his waders in and you didnt, now he has a much higher chance of winning that secret competition that you both agreed there wouldn't be,, but you both know its always a secret comp though and your mate has his waders, he has easy access to the good spots while your stuck fishing the spot your mate just hopped into and walked across scaring any fish off, even if you can walk to other spots the chances are that ya mate has walked through there aswell.. so always bring waders.. just be safe though, ive nearly drowned twice, walking the strong current of the Goulburn one time it made my legs super tired, found a calm spot to fish and to rest the legs for a bit, not noticing that i was slowly sinking, couldn't feel myself goung down until i tried to walk again, because my legs were still sore i had no energy to pull myself out of the silky mud, my knees were under the mud and the water was upto my t shir sleeves, the waders made matters worse with there suction, i chucked my rod and vest, and used my net as a shovel. God that was scary..

[mazman]

In summer there is no need for waders, and for me personally I don't own a pair and still get into plenty of fish all season. Just walk the stream in a pair of loose fitting quick dry pants and if you are after additional snake protection throw on a pair of gaiters.

[Sebb]

Personally, always wader on especially in that kinda terrain.
Snake, berry spikes, leech, you name it. I'm not a fan of them. And yes, gives better access sometimes.
Unless you really really know the river already, I'd suggest to put on wader. Especially for recon stuff.
If you're getting a wader, breathable wader is a must in summer. Or you'll be cooked inside the wader.