This year the Great Lake Tie-In is on Saturday 23rd November, close to the 2019 World Fly Fishing Championships. The weekend starts the night before, however, on Friday 22nd, with the Inland Fisheries “Talk Trout Tasmania” at the Great Lake Community Centre from 7pm – 9pm. Saturday 23rd, Fly Tying Demos from 10am – 4pm. Family friendly event, all…
Great shots in this video: The Hon Guy Barnett, Minister responsible for Inland Fisheries, welcomes teams competing in the World Fly Fishing Championship 2019 along with visitors to come and fish for Tasmania’s wild brown trout.
We are very pleased to announce that Ken Orr was inducted into the Tasmanian Angling Hall of Fame in 2019. Nominated by Trout Guides and Lodges for the Tasmanian Angling Hall of Fame, Ken Orr was inducted at a ceremony held at the Inland Fisheries Service Liawenee Trout Weekend on 18th May by the Fisheries…
The IFS wild brown trout relocation program – Lake King William, Tasmania
2018 Great Lake Tie In and Take a Kid Fishing Day, 13 & 14 October 2018, at Miena, Tasmania.
A wonderful community event held on Brumbys Creek, at Cressy, every year, the annual Tasmanian Trout Expo is an event for the whole family. Between weirs 2 & 3, the IFS release plenty of fish, along with a specially tagged wild brown trout, that if caught, will net the angler $10,000. And it can be…
The annual Inland Fisheries Service Trout Weekend is on 19 & 20 May 2018, from 10am – 3pm. This family friendly event is held at the end of the brown trout season every year in May at Liawenee, on Great Lake. There are hundreds of brown trout on their annual spawning migration, and visitors can…
The Fisheries Habitat Improvement Fund is an environmental not for profit Trust whose aim is to fund environmental projects that supported, preserved, protected or enhanced freshwater fish habitat.
The 37th World Fly Fishing Championships were held in Slovakia from 5 – 11 September 2017. Anglers from 31 countries around the world put their fly fishing skills to the test on the Dedinky Lake, Poprad River, Bela River, Orava River, and Vah River. The Australian team comprised Captain Craig Coltman, Victoria, Christopher Bassano, Tasmania,…
An opportunity to find out how to get involved in local projects that improve fish habitat.