Big Day Out

A Photo Essay of Raft Fishing the Goulburn River

Huge hatches of mayfly and caddis are a regular occurrence on the Goulburn. Those who witness these hatches remember them for many years to come with long days of rising fish, often as far as the eye can see, a sight to behold.

In these circumstances fish leave the safety of their favourite lie and venture out into the drift and bubble lines in search of emerging insects. Duns drift helplessly on the surface while below emerging caddis pupa are plucked from the the underside of the film.

On this particular day we had rising fish from midday until dark and never had to change flies, landing and releasing over 20 fish for the afternoon.

In this sequence we see a nice brown slash the newly hatched caddis from the surface, not giving it the chance of escape. These are exciting times for the flyfisher.

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