King Parrot Creek

This stream provides good fishing opportunities year long, the fish are small to medium sized and are very willing to eat a fly. There is a healthy mix of insect life in and around the river and you can expect to see hatches of mayfly, caddis, midge as well as ant, beetle and grasshopper falls. The rivers size and depth lends itself to a range of techniques, early and late in the season when the water is high the nymph fishing is good, nymph below dry is a great technique for this river. You will find that because the water is not overly deep there are fish happy to rise to a dry fly all season long, opening day of the 2019 season in the slightly high and coloured water there were rising trout all through the flat/ calmer pools between Flowerdale and Hazeldene. Late spring into summer be ready to fish dry flies as the water can get quite low without rainfall, you can expect to see rising fish to a range of food sources throughout the river so keep your eyes peeled. As the summer goes on fish will be expecting to see grasshoppers falling off the many grassy banks onto the water on warm windy days, so this is the perfect time to fish you big dry flies.
Note: you encounter the endangered Macquarie perch whilst fishing this river, if you happen to catch this species please take care and return it to the water safely as they are a protected species.