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Behind the scenes: Huge trout in Tasmania

Part of the promotional power soon to go on tour. See above.

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Liawenee Open Weekend

It is on again, the Inland Fisheries Service Trout Weekend at Liawenee, Great Lake! This year the IFS base will open its gates on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 May — 10am-3pm. Come and see hundreds of brown trout on their annual spawning migration. Plenty of activities for the kids including the fishout pond. Trade [...]

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Mick Hall – Fly Tying Workshop

Mick Hall, Australia’s acclaimed fly tyer and fisher will be at The Fishing Connection, 87-91 Harrington Street, Hobart, tying his latest creations and discussing his most recent theories on “angling entomology “ on March 23, between 10am-4pm.. Mick will be featuring such flies as the Dark Dun, Quick Silver, March Brown, Black, Olive, Grey Dun, [...]

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Bream Classic heats up

By NEIL GROSE | An unprecedented heat wave greeted anglers on the pre-fish of he second round of the Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic on the picturesque Swan River — with temperatures soaring above 40°C. As a result day one catches were down on expectations, although the top half of the field managed to get [...]

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Round two of Spirit of Tasmania’s Classic Bream competition

Saturday, January 31 2009 will see round two of Spirit of Tasmania’s Classic Bream competition on the challenging Swan River, Tasmania’s premier East Coast bream water. Twenty-two teams in specialist bream tournament boats are competing for the chance to attend the National Bream Championship which attracts major prizes. These tournaments are part of the National [...]

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Spirit of Tasmania discounts for competitors

Fishing Tasmania and Anglers Alliance have arranged substantial travel discounts from Spirit of Tasmania for competitors in these tournaments; Spirit of Tasmania St Helens Series Bream Qualifier, Spirit of Tasmania Classic Trout Tournament and the ABT Derwent Super Series Qualifier. For these three tournaments competing passengers travelling on day sailings travel free and night sailings [...]

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Classic Fishing Tournament lineup

Three tournaments sponsored by Spirit of Tasmania and organised by the Tasmanian Sport Fisher magazine and Anglers Alliance Tasmania will qualify the Tasmanian winning team to compete for significant prizes in the National Bream Classic Championship held in New South Wales later this year. In addition to the Bream Classic series, two rounds of the [...]

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Bream classic a winning weekend

By NEIL GROSE | What a beautiful day to be out fishing as day one of Spirit of Tasmania Bream Classic Derwent Round series got underway. All 20 teams were ready bright and early so we started at 6:45, with all teams spreading up and down the river. Most teams seemed to get into the [...]

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St Helens Grand Slam

Here’s a fishing competition with a new approach! To be held at St Helens over the regatta weekend the competition will be on Saturday the 24th January. Described as “a day of fishing madness, mayhem, silly banter, skullduggery, and good times loosely described as a fishing competition” the day promises to bring much in the [...]

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Seniors gear up for angling

Fishcare volunteers are hosting a number of events to encourage seniors to take up fishing during Seniors Week — the first week of October. In the South an introduction to fishing session will be held at Apex Park, Huonville from 11am to 2pm. In the Northwest there will be a session at the Cam River [...]

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