| Who/what
is Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre? |
Goulburn Valley Fly Fishing Centre is situated in
the 'heart of trout country' with the lodge and
cottage set on 16 acres of private lakes and waterways
on the outskirts of the rural hamlet of Thornton
1 3/4 hours NE of Melbourne. The picturesque drive
up through the towering Mountain Ash forests of
the ominously named "Black Spur" section
of the Maroondah HWY is aptly referred to as the
"gateway to the Magic Mountains". No small
part of that magic is to be found in the regions
myriad of rivers and streams that include some of
Victoria's premier fly fishing waters. From the
stately majesty of the Goulburn River, to the bubbling
exuberance of countless backcountry streams and
rivulets, the region abounds with opportunities
for an angler to test their skills with a fly.
What
we do and the services we offer.
- Three full time
professional guides available seven days a week
all year round.
- A central lodge
with adjoining self contained cottage accommodation
for four people.
- Teaching/tuition
for beginners through to advanced fly fishers.
- Fly fishing and
fly tying weekend 'schools'.
- Victoria's only
drift boat operators. Conducting drift boat
fly fishing on the Goulburn, Mitta-Mitta and
Swampy Plains Rivers.
- Streamside guiding
services on the regions Rivers and streams.
- Australia's largest
fly fishing website and information service
with regular reports and information on all
aspects of fly fishing.
- Corporate services.
Corporate reward packages and corporate days.
- Destination fly
shop and outfitters with everything a fly fisher
needs.
- Guided fishing
excursions to New Zealand, Tasmania, the Snowy
Mountains and the NE of Victoria.
- Membership packages
(private & corporate) available.
The lodge and cottage
were purpose designed and built by fly fishers
for fly fishers and is owned and operated by the
guides at GVFFC who have between them over 100
years of combined fly fishing experience.
The new centre was
opened to the public on September and contains
a fly shop, lounge, reference library, regional
maps and a fly tying bench all presented in a
laid back informal fishing lodge style.
The lodge is the
culmination of the dream held by David Pickering
and Geoff Hall ever since they set up a small
fly fishing guiding service out of a shoebox sized
storefront over 12 years ago. Their dream was
to establish and operate a centre offering the
highest standard of service, comparable to the
best destination fly fishing centers and lodges
anywhere in the world.
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| Discover
Channel 7 August 2003 |
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The
Discover Team came up and had a ball. We introduced
Elise to fly fishing and she actually enjoyed it.
At the end of the shoot they could not get her to
leave and persisted for a good two hours after wrapping!
She got her first fish on the fly to boot. Click
here for more info! |
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| The
Great Outdoors Channel 7 August 2003 |
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Sophie
and the crew came up for a relaxing couple of days
in February and shot some great action on the river.
Not only did we find fish but we did a beautiful
raft trip down the Goulburn. Click
here for more info! |
| FlyLife
Magazine Autumn 2003 |
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This
review was published in the Autumn Edition of FlyLife
Magazine www.flylife.com.au
and was written by prominent Australian fly fisherman
and artist Trevor Hawkins. |
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| Murrindindi
Magic Summer 2003 |
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The
Murrindindi Magic is a local publication that focuses
on Tourism in the region. This article appeared
in their Summer 2003 edition and was the basis for
at least twenty similar articles printed in local
newspapers right across Victoria. |
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| Freshwater
Fishing Summer 1996 |
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| This was
one of the very first articles on the Goulburn Valley
Fly Fishing Centre and was published 18 months after
we got started. It appeared in the 1996 Summer Edition
of Freshwater Fishing. |
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| Freshwater
Fishing Autumn 1995 |
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The
first of many pieces to appear in Freshwater Fishing
was this small byte in the Autumn 1995 edition.
From humble beginnings! |
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We
will continue to add more info as it becomes available.
We are still trying to chase down other articles
on us so if you have something please drop us
an email so that we can arrange to scan it and
list it here.
As well as the above
we have also featured on the Rex
Hunt Show with Geoff and Rex having a great
day on the raft, catching and releasing some great
fish in the process. More recently we did features
for The
Great Outdoors and The Postcard programs.
We have also produced our own video on fly fishing
the Goulburn River and have several more in production.
If you need any more
info about us or our operation please email us
at info@goulburnvlyflyfishing.com.au |
