Harrietville 2015

A couple of trips early in the New Year seemed like a great way to begin our retirement. Jan 27 and 28, as teachers returned to school, Mich and I headed up the highway. The usual occurred once we arrived at Alpine Arnica. The weather was perfect, the river height was good and the fish were on the chew. Managed to nail a few nice fish and we finally jumped into the car Friday morning and head up the Kiewa Valley Highway to Albury for the Gift.
The second trip was a spur of the moment one and again everything worked well. The 4 days accounted for nearly 50 trout, including a couple of very nice fish. The largest was a brown of 38cm. There were a few other good fish and plenty of smaller rainbows that were eager to smash the small elk hair caddis I was using. I took a nice brown trout from next to the ice cream shop and saw a beautiful big brown trout mooching around on dusk in the same spot. Went back each night to try again but only saw him the one night. The trout I caught from that pool finally took a small black ant I used after many changes of my fly. That was great angling and I enjoyed the challenge, with success in the end. Also had a visit from Huddo for a Saturday matinee at the Smoko section of the river. We took 16 fish between us and walked all the way through to the bridge. The next section leading up to Tom Bibby bridge will be something to try on my next visit.