Fly Fishing | Tasmania | Bronte Lagoon
Waterway Type
Target Species
Highlights
- Tailing trout along the margins during the early season
- Mayfly hatches and spinner feeders
- Sight fishing along the edges when the lake is high
Target Species - Seasons
| brown trout | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| rainbow trout | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
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Fishing
There are great grassy shorelines around the lake that you can expect to find tailing trout along, so long as the water level is high. Early season wet fly fishing is very good, with plenty of structure to focus on including weed beds, rocky shorelines, points and fallen timber. From October you will start to see mayfly hatching and fish eating them. The lake is not overly deep, so you can be fishing high in the water with nymphs or dries through all the main bays and still be covering fish. Make sure you keep an eye out for spinner feeders along the calmer edges through the warmer months here as there are lots of them.
Access
The trout in the lake can be quite patchy, so it is very important to keep moving and covering water until you find some fish. Some of the key areas to focus on are the Longshore, Hut Bay, Tailers Bay and the entire shoreline with the Lyell Hwy running along next to it. You can find angler access at the boat ramp and the shack shore via the Bronte Lagoon Road, along the Lyell Hwy and through the tracks at Woodwards Canal on the southern end.
Flies
| Stick Caddis | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Bibio Hopper | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Claret Dabbler | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Possum Emerger | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Red Tag | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Mayfly Spinner (black and orange) | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Woolly Bugger (black and red) | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Olive Damsel | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Green Machine | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
| Orange Beaded Magoo | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 10 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Purchase flies for location...

Shrek
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Stick Caddis
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Jassid Beetle
$4.40
Claret Dabbler
$4.40
Black Mayfly Spinner
$4.40
TJF Olive Damsel
$4.40


TJF Resonator
$4.40
Orange Bead Magoo
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Possum Emerger
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