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Near barley bridge is close to the river. Then up or down are options

Yep, this is an important video for me. They grow so fast…

Yes you’re right, another guy I met up there got me up to speed on the ‘blues’ in the lake. They really stand out. Fight well too. Thanks for commenting. Hope you enjoyed it.

Hey mate, I find a dropper rig works best. Surface fly is a foam humpy, dropper is a size 16 pheasant tail on a grubber hook with a 2mm copper colored tungsten bead. Let me know if this works, tight lines

I hear you. I went to one of my fave NZ streams just before lockdown. Hadn’t been there for a couple of years, barely recognized the place, Willow’s and floods.

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it.

Never too young (or too old) to start. Thanks for dropping by.

Thanks, it’s great that my boys are keen fishermen.

@@CraigMounsey yes indeed, be good to see you back out there filming again

One my early efforts. Looks a bit rough to me now. Glad you enjoyed it.

@@CraigMounsey I always enjoy your videos mate.

Thanks for the kind comments. It can be a challenge getting the camera pointing the right way as the fish are unpredictable. Sometimes you get lucky. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanksmate, glad you liked it. I’ve been on a break from making videos, but have a lot of stuff in production. It’s getting it finished that’s the issue.

@@CraigMounsey Yeah I know the feeling, time can be an issue. I've slowly but surely started to put 1 or 2 out since season has kicked off but had to squeeze in time to edit etc. But a lot of the season to go, weather has been a bit ficial though

Hi mate, I went up there in again March, very overgrown and no fish. Not sure why. I’ve been up to the cave, very cool place. Still exploring the Tyenna had some good days around national park last year. Ran into some locals, very friendly and showed me some top spots. Thanks for commenting and I hope you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Craig

@@CraigMounsey the Cormorants seem to clean it out very well on the odd occasion. We have the most birds here that anyone has ever seen so i suspect the birds are the issue. Norske Skog destroyed the area when the logged it a few years ago ,they have stated that they will "Not" re-plant/log the area around the river so it has been left to regenerate. Could be a long time before it gets a canopy of forest and the pines rot away from underfoot. If you need any help with the area give me a yell !

Thanks mate, she’s a fantastic river.

Thanks for the comment, not sure what those fish were doing in that small stream but it was a lot of fun.

Thanks for dropping by and leaving the kind words. I love this river, heading back there in a few weeks. Cheers, Craig

Hi Steve, glad you enjoyed it.

KREME - DRY FLY DIARIES Hey mate, thanks for taking the time to comment. I’ve heard that this river got a fair amount of pressure this year, so you did well to get a few. There are some monsters in there. Cheers, Craig

Hi Tony, Mate i'm sorry i missed this comment, I've been traveling over seas, thanks for those good wishes, very much appreciated. all the best to you and yours as well for the new year. cheers, Craig

Oh,, that is alright mate, hope you enjoy your traveling to other part of the world, you take care and best regards,

Hey Brendan, it was a pleasure catching up with you and it was a brilliant day on the river. I'm just tying up a new batch of the nymphs now so i'll cook up a few extra. Looking forward to the next trip. Cheers, Craig

Weflikin Fishing & Outdoors thanks mate. Australian waters are pretty good as well. Cheers Craig

Hey Mark, just checked out your channel. Nice work mate. Subbed.

No mate I’m still subbed but having just jumped on your channel it seems I’m not reviving notifications for some reason. I have them turned on for your channel. Cheers, Craig

sometime unsubbing then subbing again i find will work, will be some regular uploads coming within the next couple of weeks

TristansFlylife thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it. Cheers, Craig

All good to sub me too Craig?

TristansFlylife Done. Looks like you have some good videos. Will check them out. Cheers, Craig

thanks for sub mate. yeah few average ones to start with until i got myself a go pro in my more recent uploads you will see clearer footage and audio etc. first season doing vids, you will see next season some good quality ones coming now that im better set up for it

Mate, sorry but I don’t give away details on locations like this one. It took a big effort to find and an even bigger effort to get there. Hope you understand. Cheers, Craig

Nick Thanks Nick, it’s a beautiful place.

Hey mate, sorry to hear you didn’t get to do much river time as a kid. Hopefully you can make up for that now. Thanks for dropping by and commenting. Cheers Craig

Just Hunting thanks mate really appreciate your comment ant kind words. Cheers, Craig

Craig Mounsey no problem

Thanks mate, appreciate it. Just catching up on some of your work. Great stuff. Cheers Craig.

Hi richard, thanks for the kind words. Cheers, Craig

Thanks Bevan, enjoying your videos as well. Cheers, Craig

Hi Phil, good to hear from you. Yes mate, I managed to do some mischief but I'm still walking so all good. Hope you've had a good season. Did you get a camp at the MAO? Cheers, Craig

Sadly not. Had five days camping at the Big O and am hatching a plan for a trip of similar length to the MAO in November. Been to Graham and Tess's reasonably regularly. Went upstream on the last trip after Graham dropped me off but I don't t think I went high enough. I'll pick your brains vis email.

Hi Chris, thanks for your support. If only i was back on the river... this was filmed just before I wrecked myself. I'm still laid up for another 8 weeks :-( Still, I have plenty of footage to play with, so I can fish vicariously through videos. How's your recovery going? cheers, Craig

Bugger - thought you must be mobile again. I'm doing ok - duck and pheasant hunting no problems. Fishing would be harder, but cast off in 3 weeks, 1 day, 17 minutes and 52 seconds but who's counting!

Thanks Jonny, glad you liked it. cheers, Craig

Thanks Chris, Its a great river, I thought you might recognise it. Definitely not 3wt country. I'm going to have a go at a fly tying video, stay tuned. Looking forward to your next video? Cheers, Craig

Got a fair idea what river it is haha! Never fished it though. Should have next clip up this week sometime.

Hi Tony, thanks for commenting mate, enjoying your videos as well. cheers, Craig

Hi John, hows it going? In NZ there are so many good waters to go at. The weekend can get 'busy', this video was filmed mid week, I didn't see much evidence of other fishermen. Cheers, craig

Hi Eileen, thanks for commenting, glad you liked the video. Cheers, Craig

Thanks Kirby, glad you enjoyed it mate. The big foam fly is an ongoing experiment of mine, it’s actually been successful in a lot of places. I was thinking of doing a fly tying video, this maybe a good candidate. Cheers, Craig

Thanks Ben, hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think. Cheers, Craig

Really god video, some great fish, well done :)

Thanks Ben, just lining up your latest video for a watch right now.

Mate thanks for your comment. In my defence, the Styx and Tyenna are both very well know fisheries with lots of coverage on the inland fisheries web page and fishing media. Also I don't give any geo information about where I access any of the rivers. Having said that, I do hear you though, nothing worse than seeing your favourite secret spot on youtube. Most of the rivers I fish in Tasmania don't get named or filmed for that reason. So with your permission i would like to return and fish your beautiful waters again...

Craig Mounsey sorry mate it's just this season has produced so many tourists,apparently it's increased 30%and fishing shows have been blasting the place I was a bit annoyed to see the Styx because I live there and fish it alone always. Now I've got past it I'd like to say great video and when you come back hit me up and il show you where the real trout are. Off camera of course lol.

Hi Brendan, thanks the reply. I'll definitely drop you a line next time I'm planning a trip. Cheers, Craig

Hi Eileen, thanks for commenting, glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers, Craig

Hi Richard, thanks for commenting, glad you're enjoying the videos. Since posing this I've had mixed reports on this river, some having a great day others getting skunked, sounds like you had a blast. The footage was filmed before Christmas, I'm just a slacker at getting stuff produced. Too busy fishing... Cheers, Craig

Hi Big Papi, thanks for dropping by. Glad you enjoyed the video. I try to minimize handling of the fish and always use wet gloves. They are magnificent creatures living in a pristine environment. Long may it remain that way. Cheers, Craig

Hi Phil, glad you liked it. More videos in the pipeline. Thanks again, Craig

Realwobbler thanks mate. I’ll check out your channel as well. Cheers, Craig

Thanks a lot, Craig 😊

Hey John, thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the video. These are very special places and I’m privileged to go to them. I leave nothing but footprints and take nothing but memories. Cheers, Craig

My pleasure mate, glad you enjoyed it Scott. More on the way soon. Cheers, Craig