Fly Fishing | Victoria | Wurdiboluc Reservoir
Waterway Type

Target Species


Fly Fishing Highlights
- A trout lake option close to the Surfcoast region
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 |
Note: species & seasonal information is indicative at the time of publishing.
For authoritive information visit https://vfa.vic.gov.au or other relevant jurisdictional authorities.
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Fishing
Wurdiboluc Reservoir can provide quality fly fishing conditions at times, including orange spinners, dun hatches, beetles, midging, damsels, mudeye feeders and smelting fish. The lake is quite shallow however, and the quality of fishing often varies dramatically with lowering lake levels and rising water temperatures. Regular stocking, however does refresh the opportunity to catching brown and rainbow trout of 20-25cm. The occasional larger fish of up to 6lb is captured, including some large rainbows as well as browns.
There is also a large population of small redfin in the lake.
Access
Access is permitted by Barwon Water with conditions that can be found on the Barwon Water website. At the time of writing, conditions include, no boats and no wading.
There are restrictions on the fishable shoreline, from just east of the channel inflow, to the damn wall near the main carpark before the treatment plant.
The grassy shoreline on the south shore of the lake provides the best fly fishing water, which can be accessed via the small carpark just near the Wenslydale Station Rd intersection off Cape Otway Rd.
When the water levels are up, the shoreline provides a series of points and bays where fish can be located with close attention to the deeper channels and depressions where trout often patrol the edges.
Note: access information is indicative at the time of publishing.
For authoritive information visit https://vfa.vic.gov.au or other relevant jurisdictional authorities.
Flies
Olive Damsel | brown trout rainbow trout | #10 – 14 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Orange Spinner | brown trout rainbow trout | #14 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Bobs Bits | brown trout rainbow trout | #16 – 18 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Red Tag | brown trout rainbow trout | #14 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Brown Seals Fur Nymph | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
Brown Cruncher | brown trout rainbow trout | #12 – 16 | jan | feb | mar | apr | may | jun | jul | aug | sep | oct | nov | dec |
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