Brrr ... partial TR (of sorts) Tassie.

Steve:

Great report. I only had the opportunity to fish the plateau lakes
once two years ago and was blown off by terrible bone chilling snow
squalls. Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers. I hope to have a shot at it again
in a couple of years. Maybe this time it will not be necessary to
cast into 30 mph winds in a blizzard.

David

(djo) wrote in news:631aa5ad.0401221352.48f7ec12
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Great report. I only had the opportunity to fish the plateau lakes
once two years ago and was blown off by terrible bone chilling snow
squalls.

That's not so good especially if you've travelled to get there. On the
plus side there can be some good dun hatches in snow - apparently - I'm
not entirely sure I want to find out :-)

Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers. I hope to have a shot at it again
in a couple of years. Maybe this time it will not be necessary to
cast into 30 mph winds in a blizzard.


The rivers are relatively untouched from what I've seen.

The general consensus is March (then Feb) are the most stable
weather months in Tassie ... hatches start again too.

Steve

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Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers...

The rivers are relatively untouched from what I've seen...

Why is that?

Wolfgang

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"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
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Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers...

The rivers are relatively untouched from what I've seen...

Why is that?

Wolfgang



I think the main reason is that lake fishing is sensational,
and easier. Access to a good many streams is difficult with
natural physical barriers (bush, terrain) and some man-made
ones like the use of some streams as hydro channels.


Steve

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"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
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(djo) wrote in news:631aa5ad.0401221352.48f7ec12
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Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers...

The rivers are relatively untouched from what I've seen...

Why is that?

I think the main reason is that lake fishing is sensational,
and easier. Access to a good many streams is difficult with
natural physical barriers (bush, terrain) and some man-made
ones like the use of some streams as hydro channels.

Sounds like a challenge......um, how far is that from Milwaukee?

Wolfgang

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:59:09 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
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"Stephen Welsh" wrote in message
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(djo) wrote in news:631aa5ad.0401221352.48f7ec12
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Tassy land is a wonderful land for flyfishing - including
the much under appreciated rivers...

The rivers are relatively untouched from what I've seen...

Why is that?

I think the main reason is that lake fishing is sensational,
and easier. Access to a good many streams is difficult with
natural physical barriers (bush, terrain) and some man-made
ones like the use of some streams as hydro channels.

Sounds like a challenge......um, how far is that from Milwaukee?

Wolfgang


About as far as a person can get.

g.c.

Nothing personal, I'm sure.

"George Cleveland" wrote in message
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On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 21:59:09 -0600, "Wolfgang" wrote:


Sounds like a challenge......um, how far is that from Milwaukee?

Wolfgang


About as far as a person can get.

Holy ****, farther than Bevent?!

g.c.

Nothing personal, I'm sure.

Well, when ALL of ROFF moves there, I'll take it personally. Till then, I'm
willing to shrug it off as coincidence.

Wolfgang

"Wolfgang" wrote in news:busqij$lh3a9$1@ID-
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Sounds like a challenge......um

River fisheries tend to be lowland affairs where streamside
modification have taken place ... i.e. farming.

Casting my "scrabbling through the bush for a fish" eye over
some waters leads me to believe there are unexploited opportunities
there. The easiest (best? only?!) way to access them seems to be
from a lake walking up the guts of the stream. The bush is _that_
thick...did I mention the leeches yet? On the upside, untrammelled
places with untramelled scenery. On the downside, these streams may
only hold any sizeable fish during the spawn when they are closed to
fishing.

Distance from Milwaukee? Three plane rides and a 1.5 hour 4WD
(preferable) jaunt should about do it. You could be into a lowland fish
in less than 24 hours assuming you make it past the beagles at Hobart
International. A remote highland stream? Just about as far as you care
to take a hike.

;-)

Steve