Kiewa river - November 2013

Denis, Rod and I decided to spread our wings and try the Kiewa river for a change. We travelled eagerly up the Hume Highway and arrived at the Tawonga Caravan Park around 3.00 in the afternoon. River looked beautiful.  Reasonably low, crystal clear and the weather was on our side. Fished a number of sections of the river but failed to see any fish at all, not even a rise. Very frustrating to say the least. Saturday morning we moved early and fished with the same result. Frustrated, we explored Running Creek, a small tributary of the Kiewa. It also looked promising , but no fish for us. After lunch, we decided to venture up to Mountain Creek. This time we found plenty of co-operative small trout and enjoyed putting a bend in the rods. Lovely piece of water which most anglers would probably walk past.

Denis bagged a monster !

Leading up to the Wangaratta Gift, Denis and Bev had a holiday in Harrrietville. Denis walked a stretch of the Ovens near Freeburgh and caught a large brown trout on a size 14 red Humpy. He said it was as long as his lower leg but didn't really measure it. So we were both given small tape measures to help keep track of the fish we caught. As a momento for Denis I thought I'd make him a net to help him land the next monster he caught. I tried a laminated timber net after following some instructions I found on line.