Fly Fishing an ICONIC High Country River
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- This is the river where it all started for me, the magnificent Thredbo River in the NSW Snowy Mountain High Country. It's been a long time since I really fished this river, and I'm wondering why I left it so long. It's not always the easiest river to fish, but it's crystal clear, stunning, and well worthy of its iconic status in Australian fly fishing lore. Join me for some early season euro nymphing for gorgeous rainbow and brown trout.
The Thredbo River. My favorite river of all time. Since 1990 I've fished it, swam in it, walked up as far as I could to the source of it. It's just my happy place and if I ever need a pep up or solace this is where I head.
Beautiful mate, it’s a special place. :)
great video Steven, nice water and great fish
Thanks Shane! Yeah it's a great river! :)
There must be a bunch of us out there in the same boat . I first learnt to fly fish here when I was 13 years old and we camped at the diggings . In those days there was no ski tube and basic tracks along the river. I try to go back there every year and no matter where I fish it’s hard to find a river as beautiful as this one. It really does have zen like qualities. Great video to remind me to get back there again soon.
Thanks mate, yeah it’s a magic spot that’s for sure! :)
Thanks for another great vid Steve. It’s such a stunning river, albeit really slippery in places. Those watermelon sized boulders can be nasty! See you soon. R
Thanks Rob! Yeah it can be a challenge to wade for sure… :)
Brilliant stuff Peachy 👏 We missed you on the weekend mate
Thanks mate! Wish I could’ve been there, how was it?
Beautiful looking river, Steve! Enjoyed this mate!
Cheers Cory! :)
Thanks Peachy, I'm off to Thredbo this weekend and picked up some great tips.
Great stuff Nick, good luck!
Thredbo river was my first real foray into chasing trout and it produced for me. Thanks for the video brought back some good memories.
Thanks Pete! Yeah it’s special for me too for the same reasons. :)
Nice vid mate. Good looking fly you tied on there at the start 😉
Haha, yep! 😆
A lovely piece Steve, well done.
I've always thought that the rainbows in that river are amongst the most gorgeously coloured that you will find. Strong, almost orange flash along the flanks and a golden hue along the sides and underbelly. Very pretty.
Hope you're doing well.
Ah, thanks mate! Yes they are gorgeous fish in there, was a nice mix of browns and rainbows too. I was too high up for the spawning fish, they had a late run of rainbows lower down in the river, but the ones I found were very pleasing....All good here thanks, hope you're doing well too! :)
wow great sharing
Thanks!
Lovely spot Peachy. Beautiful water:
Thanks mate.
👌👌👌
Cheers Jonny! Getting to work on our one next… ;)
Such an iconic river Peachy. Looks like you had a great day’s fishing. Great video, keep them coming mate 👍
Thanks mate! Yeah it was nice to get back on there again!
Another nice video Steve, fishing my favourite river in the snowies. Now I see why you needed that new camera.
Thanks mate! Yeah its a lovely spot, ps. new camera is going great! :)
You batteries should be in soon 😉
@JPMVisuals haha good stuff! I think I need to buy a 2nd one soon, camera has been fantastic. Worlds apart from the GoPros….
Absolutely, image quality & stabilization is amazing, and they don’t usually freeze up like the newer GoPro’s do.
Exactly!
Brilliant! Such great memories for many over the years, and still a fantastic fishery! Have to say I’ve found surprising good fish in shallow fast pocket water early in the season, particularly if the stretch is long and sun exposed…all about water temperature as they say! Thanks for sharing!
Pleasure mate, thanks for the kind words!
@@PeachyFlyFishing all good. Btw, thanks for the heads up 🆙 on the supurb xp a while back. Obviously pretty nerve wracking buying $$ rods without casting them. Haven’t put it away this season so far…what a joy to use! Your take on it is spot on!
@anthonyclark6118 ah that’s great mate! Yeah it’s a great rod!
@@PeachyFlyFishing I’ve thrown a lot of different methods at it. Does it all very very well. Would say both contact and dry fly it struggles with accuracy at longer distances. But at shorter range…second to none !
Seriously Steven, you have taken your video production to the next level - the audio quality, in particular, is incredible - this is a video that I could watch multiple times, and learn something new on every view - have always struggled with the Thredbo - so beautiful, so clear, and such discerning trout - have just invested in my first Contact Nymphing rod (an R.L. Winston Super 10 3wt) so I may need to get some lessons from you 🙏 - Rob Louis
Thanks Rob! Yep euronymphing is deadly on the Thredbo, it can be a difficult river as it's very clear and gets a fair amount of pressure. Would be happy to take you out nymphing some time and show you the ropes, no problem. Nice to see in your recent video that you met Nathan and Rebecca too, they are both mates from the competition scene, very good anglers. I'll be down in Tassie for 3 weeks or so, maybe catch up for a fish when I get back in December. :)
Gday there, awesome video.
Also wanted to ask, have you ever come across Atlantic Salmon and Brook Trout in the Thredbo river?
Have heard of some good sized ones in there.
Thanks! I haven’t come across salmon and brookies in the river, but I have caught them in the dam at Jindabyne. The salmon generally are a bit skinny and out of condition and mainly small, but there are some large ones in there. The brookies I’ve caught have generally been smallish too, cool fish though! I think the best place to get brookies is up at 3 mile dam though, plenty of them in there. :)
Awesome video mate.
I really like your net. Where can I buy it?
Thanks! :)
AH sorry for some reason I only just saw the question about the net, it's made by a company called Mclean, it's called the Mclean Angling Spring Folding Weigh Net. Hope that helps! :)
Hi Steve, really nice vid. I’m learning a lot from your channel. Just one question, what are you using to hold your rod on your hip when you change flies?
Ah excellent, thanks Pat! The rod holder is called an o’pros third hand, I’ll post a link: bwcflies.com.au/product/opros-3rd-hand-rod-holder/
Heya Peachy! Is there a good general purpose 8wt floating fly line that isn’t over $100 in Australia? How much difference does expensive line vs cheap make? I’ve got a cheap MaxCatch 8Wt that I’m mainly using for carp but would like to try for a cod at some point.
Gday! Hey I’m not really sure about lines less than $100, there probably are some but I’m not familiar with them so can’t really offer any advice…these days I use the Rio lines which are excellent, the new coatings are great and the tapers just work really well for me. Sorry I can’t offer any more useful advice! :)
What net is that ?
It’s a McLean Folding Weigh Net. :)
Great video Steve! Beautiful country and river! Hope you have the best season yet mate!
Thanks Greg, you too mate! :)