Drift Boat Fly Fishing

Fly fishing from our solid bottom rafts is a unique experience. Drifting with the river the fly caster has access to all the banks and because the cast is parallel to the current it runs free of drag, sometimes for 30 metres or more at a time. A raft may cover 15 kilometres in a day, unfolding a feast of countless features such as drift lines, bubble lines, runs in the centre of the river, high impassable banks, outer edges of willow banks, backwaters, side waters and gravel spits all of which are inaccessible to the stream bank angler. Polarising over vast weed beds or stalking a rising fish with noiseless oars in a silent rubber raft is a joy to behold.

Raft trips on the Goulburn river are available daily. Extended raft trips are also available. David, Geoff and Antony have developed a vast array of fly fishing skills designed for fishing from the raft. Frequently two or three rods will be rigged differently for each situation that may arise. Often the action is fast and furious but strict attention to safety is our highest priority. A catch and release policy is suggested to help ensure the river's natural stocks.

The sky is the limit when you step from our light plane to our raft on the Swampy, Indi or Mitta Mitta rivers. This service can see you fishing in outstanding locations in as short a time as an hour. Enjoy a huge day of rafting and fishing at world class locations and be back in Melbourne that very same evening. This service is for the busy fly fisher with little time, or can be extended as is needed to however many days is required. Also on offer are raft trips on the Swampy during November each year. We base ourselves in Khancoban during this period and conduct daily drifts down the Swampy. Anyone wishing to read more and possibly book should follow the link to Swampy Plains Drifts.