Huon River

The river is large enough to swing streamers through the deeper holes, which tends to produce some of the biggest fish. Flies such as woolly buggers and rabbit fur zonkers often do well. Make sure you have nymphs ready to fish in your favourite method. The river is big, and nymphing, like streamer fishing, allows you to cover large amounts of water to find the fish. Dry fly fishing is productive in the warmer months, and the usual patterns such as parachute mayfly and deer hair or CDC caddis patterns will catch fish. Grasshoppers will be present when the paddocks dry off and they push to the river’s edge in search of greener vegetation. When they get blown into the river, the fish eat them with gusto.