This tiny river in The Blue Mountains has been on our minds for a long time. We’ve been told that it should hold good numbers of rainbow trout at this time of year and there’s a particular section of the river that is open to fishing all year round. The catch here is that it requires a read more

After having some success on this pretty little creek couple of weeks ago, we decided to give it another go at it but this time with our overnight packs on. We brought everything. Beers, red meat for a stew, wine – you name it. And what a cracker of an overnighter it was. We caught fish, we finished the beers, we ate like Kings making all kinds of meals from the meat we brought. The night was pretty chilly, we had some snow falling on top of the range, but the fire that we made from ‘good’ logs kept us warm throughout the night…and of course a random bottle of red wine and brandy that appeared from somewhere after we finished our beers. What a trip to remember – photos speak a thousand words.

This time we decided to explore Wollondilly river and it’s tributaries. We have heard that even it’s way past its glory days it might hold a trout or two in winter months that move in to spawn. Weather was just perfect – clear skies and no wind whatsoever, so we left our cars with high expectations. After fishing couple of fast runs we moved to a slower water and realised that this is definitely not a trout territory.
After scanning water for a while we started noticing big dark shadows cruising around and enjoying warm winter weather. Carp. We had nothing to loose and decided to give a crack throwing some random wooly buggers we had in our fly boxes. It didn’t take long to entice them, and after we got a hang of the presentation and the retrieve we were into a bit of fun.