Kosciusko NP hike

[Anonymous]

I dont know how everyone else has fared in the second half of this year , but for me average would be a nice way of putting it !!
So my younger brother and i have been eyeing off a certain section of river for quite a while now , after some friends of mine fished it a year ago with amazing results .
So off we headed from up the Hume and beyond into the Kosciusko NP.
Stopping off on the way at the meeting of the Geehi and Swampy for a night . Beautiful piece of water ( possible the prettiest iv seen !! ) .

We blanked that arvo but saw some good fish but ill take the blame for poor presentation in spooking them 🙁

The next morning after some rain cleared we headed off to where we would begin our hike in.
After a 2 hour hike in we found a nice grassy patch on the edge of the river to set up camp .

We fished solidly for the next 2 days for about 10 fish sighted and only one landed 🙁
Fishing some of the most perfect looking water you are likely to ever find .
But the fish just weren’t playing ball .
No matter what we tried we couldn’t get a take ..

It ended up being an extremly frustrating trip but the upside is that it was some great reccy for next time we hike up that way 🙂

But with views like this it wasnt all bad 🙂 🙂

cheers
Aaron

[irongustavius]

Looks like an awesome trip 🙂

Pity about the fish, but you can’t have everything.

[Ofuros]

Fish may have been few & far between, but at least you were on the banks with a chance.
Hiking & fishing…a great combination. Enjoyed your post.

via the information highway…….

[Fitz]

To my mind this is where its at. Fish or no fish. Great stuff.

[Eel]

Aaron, good on you for getting out and enjoying the great outdoors, I noticed that there were
a couple of star pickets and what looks like a post on the flat where you camped, can you shed any light
on why, what or if there was a vehicle track leading to that spot. It appears that the fish have gone off
the bite these last couple of weeks.
Eel

[happycamper]

Frustrating, but you can’t beat spending time smack-bang in the middle of that scenery!

[Flyfisher78]

quote irongustavius:

Looks like an awesome trip 🙂

Pity about the fish, but you can’t have everything.

Angus, get us a spot on the next hike with these guys!!! s:up s:up

beaut photography fellas… you are not alone in your skunkings

[Tocs]

Thanks for the report

Some nice shots. At least you were sighting a few.

[Andrewa]

Nice trip. I did a similar walk and fish and camp wherever you end up trip up the Howqua recently from 5 mile. Low levels, saw and caught 2 fish (35 and 45cm), but nothing else for the day. Lovely to be away, and not "time limited", but fishing was very slow, and in hindsight I think I’d rather be time limited on a river that fished well.

Anyway, the photos look lovely. But no fish photos…..!

Andrew A

[RobV]

Wow, that looks stunning – thanks for posting!

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