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Fly Fishing With Robert Jarvis
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The Mary
On the Labour Day long weekend my family and I tried our luck fishing a section of the Mary River near Gympie. The weather was still warm with little wind. The river was clear and flowing and reminded us of so many New Zealand streams we had fished in the past.
On our first afternoon my son and I landed two Fork Tail Catfish and six Gar. These fish fell to blind fishing techniques, but were a good warm up for the next full day. The next day we were on the water early and the weather had deteriorated. It was now 5 degrees cooler, overcast and the wind was blowing 10 knots.
Because the conditions had changed and the water was so clear we decided to sight fish. We crept along high on the bank watching for any movement. We had only travelled one hundred meters before we spotted two large Silver Perch hunting beside a log. A Beetle pattern was tied onto the leader with a Damsel Fly Nymph dropper and cast out with anticipation. Both fish took a good long look at the flies but then went about their business. Several more fly changes produced less interest until these two fish were gone. The stalking continued and again after about another one hundred meters I noticed a large cloud of silt in the water. I stopped and watched until I discovered that this was a Mullet mud. I deployed a Damsel Fly Nymph and hooked up a spirited Catfish after the first strip.
Back to the hunt we spied a school of Catfish cruising the snags near a deep bank. This time my son was on strike. The Nymph was placed near these whiskery predators and after only one twitch one of the pack gently nibbled the fly. Callum set the hook and it was "Go Time". This Catty pulled and ran to every corner of this pool but after some rod direction changes and burnt fingers dad released this "Cool Catty".
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