Saltwater Flyrodders

Max Garth passed away a year ago on October 31st. No funeral was held as Max’s body was donated to science. His family (Eileen – wife and daughters Carolyn and Julia) are holding a memorial BBQ at Yanchep National Park on 2nd November – this coming Sunday at 12:00 o’clock. They would like to invite ...

Max Garth, Australia’s best known ‘pioneer’ saltwater fly fisherman, passed away peacefully last night. He has had ill health for a number of years and been greatly restricted in his movements. This how ever never dampened his passion for the sport. Max’s contribution to the sport certainly had a ...

If you want to up size your punt I am looking to down size – not enough shed space. I am willing to do a trade or a deal. Details of my punt are in the post “5m Punt”. For any one really interested I am prepared to take them for a fish up the Kalgan (it's a great fishing machine for several) – all ...

17m long and 1.8m (6 foot) wide, flat bottomed pointy punt, 30hp Evinrude, B&W garmin sounder etc suitable for estuary and river. Extremely stable good fly casting platform. Large forward casting area and a smaller rear area - fishes two fly casters with reasonable casting skills. Inspection invited ...

High winds & swell has put water over the bars of the closed inlets on the south coast bringing the fish to the new saltwater in a hungry mood producing some very hot bites - worth keeping in mind if you are passing this way in poor weather.

That is an interesting chart Neil - I hope I can print it out clearly. I know a couple of small systems where the fish are not fished much but are numerous and all small and similar sized systems with only a few fish but some quite large ones making me think that the growth may well be tied to food ...

Interesting stuff there Neil - must look into that stuff a bit more - a bit more for my learning curve! Rohan told me how his fly works on the sink for more consistent results - I was probably fishing it too fast thinking of full on ambush mode - still have that fly somewhere - must pull it out and ...