Matt Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 With the Trout season looming on the horizon I decided to head up to the Snowies and joing Dad in a bit of a wander along some of the rivers to see if any fish were running. Of course, some casts would be had into the Lakes to get the bugs out of the system and maybe get a fish or two for the smoker. On the Saturday we headed up to the Thredbo River and had a wander downstream from the road bridge. A few Rainbows were holding position or moving up to spawn but not great numbers. To find out a bit more we headed up to The Diggings further up the system, but it was a bit devoid of life. On the way back down we stopped into Wollondibby Inlet to spend an hour throwing lures and flies around. It was middle of the day and we weren't expecting much (apart from me donating some flies to thistles, bit out of practise!) but Dad made the short session worth while banking a nice 1kg Brown that hammered his Vibrax. After leaving Jindabyne we drove around to the Eucumbene starting at Kiandra but the Euc was a little high and milky so didn't spot much. Denisons was the same, so it was hard to guage if there was Rainbows running or not. Gang Gang creek had some Rainbows holding station near the road but Lucas Creek had nothing in it. To finish off the day we stopped in at Yens Bay to fish the evening. We had heard from Mick at Alpine Angler that there was fish rising on dark and I was keen to see if this was true. A SW wind was making life tough though and no fish showed until the last 15 minutes of light when the wind dropped and sure enough, Trout started rising, to what I have no idea as nothing was visible. I tried nearly everything in Fly arsenal and Dad persisted with lures but we were defeated. Very frustrating! Next morning instead of our initial plan of taking a look at some of the other rivers we ended up driving back to Jindabyne and Wollondibby Inlet to spend a few hours doing something we hadn't done in almost 15 years, soak worms! Another young chap fished near us and he scored a prime Brown of 3.2kg on a Worm, magnificient fish that had him shaking for the next 30 minutes! Dad got an OK Rainbow on a worm and managed a procession of sub 20cm Rainbows on fast stripped Copper Johns. A nice way to spend the morning. So my gut feeling is that the Rainbows have aready spawned and are back in the lakes. I didn't see enough in the Thredbo to say otherwise. Hopefully some will be around on opening day! Cheers Windy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefisherman6784 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Well done mate I'm in thredbo right now and go down to the river/stream to look I think I've seen one I know we're your talking about the bridge and I'll go look today Can't wait to get down to jindabyne to have a fish Cheers thefisherman6784 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocler Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Nice report and some nice fish. Reminds me of old times, I will have to try to get down there again this year and break out the fly gear. J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydneyfisher12 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great work on those trout mate Can't wait to get out on the lakes and target them again There so much fun to catch and the locations where there caught are amazing Cheers sydneyfisher12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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