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Snakes don't bother me all that much now as I've come across quite a lot over my trout fishing years, more so when I used to fish the Finniss River in and around the Yundi area.... even stepped on a few as well from time to time too, had a tiger snake strike me on the hip here in Tassie a few years ago. That was my own fault as I was looking at the next stretch of water and not where I was walking...thankfully I always wear waders when trout fishing.. There's always something happening down here Greg..

Got a bit of a surprise this morning while crawling through some bush to reach the river.. As I came out of the bush at the rivers edge (still on hands & knees)I came across a Tiger Snake sunning it's self. I think it got the biggest shock as it darted straight into the river and headed for the opposite river bank. Halfway across it turned around and headed back to where I was now standing in shallow water. I just stood still and watched it swim past me before it was back in shallow water next the river bank. I reckon the reason it turned around was because the water temperature

Spotted this Wattle bird having a feed on the nectar in one of our Banksia bushes yesterday so grabbed the small fishing camera and took a few pic's from around 30 feet away.. Didn't get the bigger Canon EOS camera out as I thought it would have flown off by the time I got it out and set up for a photo.. cheers Adrian

40 kph winds here today, I'm going nowhere at the moment... in the morning it's only 4 kph before it turns crappy again for four days of strong winds.. So hopefully will get in a river in the morning.. may try a small tannin stream close to home to see if any trout have moved into it since the 44 mms of rain we had here a few days ago.. It's that time of year when the trout should be starting to head up some of these small streams & creeks providing there's enough water flowing in them.. cheers Adrian

I'm only going by what the locals here in Tassie call them.. I don't touch or wouldn't even attempt to try them, I just take photos of them, so have no idea only going on hear say..

If you're not sure if it's a mushroom or a toadstool then leave it be, one way to check the difference is to scratch the top of it and if it goes yellow then it's a toadstool.. also a lot of toadstools are white underneath as well.. Here's a few magic mushrooms..

Picked up a few Mushrooms in a paddock today on my walk back to the car... could have filled two bags had I wanted too, they were every where & only in the one paddock.. cheers Adrian Had a few of these for lunch today...

Came across some more Fungi in a hardwood plantation today on my way back to the car... cheers Adrian

The Doggies or the Power for me....

Spot on doobie, that's what I always do.. if & when they don't work then try something different..

Came across this Fungi while bush bashing my way out of the river this morning.. a little bit of Autumn Fungi as the nights get cooler down here now.. These were around the one tree, not a sign of any other fungi at all.. need some rain to kick start it.. cheers Adrian

Rod, it is small (10 cms x 5.5 cms) and it's also powerful too and it fits perfectly inside my waterproof chest waders pocket.. I do have a Canon EOS 700D but that is a large & expensive camera, one I wont take in a river fishing... cheers Adrian No I don't go for the water resistant cameras, actually never really gave that a though either.. I've stuck with the Canon cameras as I've always had a very good untroubled run with them.. You can buy waterproof bags for them which I have for my camera.. I have my camera attached to a lanyard as well.. cheers

Have just received my new camera for my fishing trips, I have upgraded from the Canon SX150IS camera which was still a great camera, I upgraded to a Canon SX620HS which is much smaller but has a bit more in reserve,, 20.2 megapixels & 25 times optical zoom and a host of different settings which I'm yet to tr, at the moment I'm using Auto mode. Just took a few in the river yesterday and a few at sunrise , bumble bee on Banksia flower and sunset tonight. cheers Adrian Misty start to the spin session with a couple of friends from a Victorian Fishing site.. Have a memb

While fishing the upper Mersey River yesterday I came across a Grey Goshawk (endangered species here in Tassie), a Bumble Bee on a flowering plant & this morning a green bug (Grass hopper).. the three "B's" The Goshawk was some 60 feet away from where I was standing in the river.. even though it's white it's called Grey.. cheers Adrian The endangered Grey Goshawk.. Bumble Bee.. The green bug.. ( a Grass hopper of some sort)

Feel free to copy any of mine if you want to.. Even those in the photo gallery if you wish to do so.. cheers Adrian

There's three of mine there, as Banga say's anyone can go on Google images and copy them off Facebook too.. If you go on Google type in brown trout images etc it will bring up heaps, the same of you type in my name too.. A lot of various site photos are on Google images.. doesn't bother me all that much.. thanks for the update on that too Booma.. cheers Adrian

They don't bother me, had a smaller one near the front door this morning.. just let it crawl onto my hand then put it on the rose bush.. Pam wouldn't go any where near it though..

Came across this six inch Praying Mantis while dead heading the standard roses yesterday, came across three of them during the morning.. Good to see them too as they help clean up the aphids.. cheers Adrian

I've heard the same thing too and that was from a pro fisher at Elliston some 35 yrs ago years ago when I was fishing there, he had some very large whiting which he called black whiting because they were so dark on their back. Those fish were around 3-4 pound each and were caught in deep water off Flinders Island.. He said they would only fetch half the price of what he got for 12-14 inch KGW's.. cheers Adrian

Here's a photo of a 1.6 kg KGW caught here in Tassie last week, with a legal size of 35 cms and a bag limit of 5 fish per person now in place here a few around that size would be plenty any way.. There's also a limit of only 10 KGW allowed per household as well.. With more KGW being caught down here they Fisheries thought it wise to bring in these regulations because there weren't any on them before. KGW are becoming a common catch across the North & the East Coast of Tassie in the St Helens area and fish in the 50 cm - 60 cm range are quite common. cheers Adrian

I'm sure you get plenty of use out of them, and fish to go with it too.. cheers Adrian

Rushed out at the last minute with my fishing camera and grabbed a few photos of a very fiery sunset as the weather moves in.. Didn't have time to grab my good camera.. cheers Adrian..

Well done & congratulations to AussieDave, great report & photos to go with it.... Also a big thank you the "Kidney Slapper" for his generosity in putting up a ripper of a prize pack one I'm sure will be put to good use.... cheers Adrian

Here's a few early morning photos of what it's like to be on a river very early this time of year here in Tasmania.... cheers Adrian Beautiful calm and cool conditions and fresh crisp air.. Then there's the odd day when the skies open up on one.... Torrential rain with no where to hide..

Well, I 'll be keeping away from the popular areas on the rivers and just sticking to a few that I know others rarely fish.. Still a lot of people do stay and camp in theHighland Lakes areas, but the rivers do get a hammering over the holiday period.. worst time of the year for me with the rivers... cheers Adrian