Denis and I planned a trip to Harrietville to coincide with a weeks leave he took. The weather was hot, a temperature of 32 degrees for much of the trip. Arrived, unpacked and decided to walk Frosty corner to begin with. As we walked to the river we both developed blisters on our feet which troubled us for the whole trip. We both began with nymphs and continued this way for the whole three days. I also used an elk hair caddis as an indicator. Unfortunately it never took a fish for the whole trip. All trout were caught on nymphs and the fish were generally around the 30-32 cm length and in top condition. A combination of browns and rainbows were taken. River height was 140cm.
The trophy was up for grabs and we took many fish along the way. Tuesday morning we waded
Howards bridge and at one stage stood shoulder to shoulder while taking 8 fish from the one run, all around the 30cm mark, fantastic angling. In the afternoon we went for a look at Smoko. It was just beautiful and we managed many fish during that session as well. As a cooler weather change came through the fishing started to die off a bit and Wednesday morning, before leaving for home we only took 8 trout. That gave us a total of 92 fish for the three days. All trout returned safely to the river. Denis took out the trophy with the best trout being 35cm rainbow taken from in the caravan park boundary.
I have seen the error of my ways and am really liking fishing with the nymph. I even got rid of the caddis indicator and used a small foam indicator on the final morning. This made my fly very easy to see and much more enjoyable. I even made plans to make a nymph box for myself, wow, things have really changed.
