Fly fishing courses are available from beginner to experienced angler.
Recreational Courses can be booked as a private course or a group course.
Weekend fly fishing courses are held at various locations throughout the year and cover both saltwater and freshwater techniques.
Our fly fishing courses can be taken to a Nationally Accredited Standard so that you can further your career in the fishing industry.
Many fly fishing courses are not recognised at a National Standard.
Our courses are recognised by NSW Fisheries and the
Australian Fishing Tackle Association.
Beginners Learn to Fly Fish Weekend
Our beginner fly fishing weekend courses have now been going for well over 12 years and we have taught many thousands of anglers how to fly fish.
One of the best ways is to book into one of our weekend courses where you will touch on all you need to know about fly fishing.
And you don't need to bring any gear as all rods and tackle are supplied FREE with the course.
Cost - $380 pp for the weekend course.
SAMPLE ITINERARY
SATURDAY
8 am
Meet at Conference Room
Issue rods , eyewear, etc. if needed.
8.30
Welcome and talk on weekends activities
Lines, Leaders, Tippets, Knots, Casting theory
10.30am
Morning tea
10.45 am
Casting practical - More on casting.
Pick up lay down, False Cast, Roll Cast.
12.30 pm- Lunch
1pm
Trout and trout senses.
Entomology - Insect life cycles.
What trout eat and what Flies - Types, dry , wet, imitators, attractors
and selection.
Barometric Pressure - effects on Fishing
2 pm - 5pm
Fishing Lakes - Practical instruction on Lake fishing
SUNDAY - Fishing Rivers and Streams.
8 am
Reading Water - rivers
Flies
Presentation
9.30
Morning tea
9.45
Transport to river
River fishing practical instruction - reading water
- line control - Drifts - Mending line
On water fishing instruction.
12.30 pm
Lunch and departure.
Please NOTE, the aim for the weekend is to give you as much instructional knowledge as possible.
I will be moving quickly through the theory, and we do plenty of practical on the water, however, should the weather stop us from proceeding, instruction will be done in the conference room.
Please bring with you wet weather gear, as we will still be fishing regardless of the weather, unless it is far too windy or torrential rain.
Andrew Ettingshausen with Steve Williamson on the Thredbo River
Whenever he is in the Alpine Region, Andrew likes to head out with fishing guide Steve Williamson who runs a trout fishing adventure tour on Lake Jindabyne.
"He has never let me down."
"Andrew Ettinghousen - Escape with ET, Open Road Magazine 2005."
Beginners fly casting lessons
Below is a guideline for learning to fly fish over different stages.
The way you are best to do this is to book a lesson every day over three to four days consecutive.
Read carefully and you will se how it is done.
FOR BEGINNERS - STAGE 1
Fly fishing is a sport that requires the angler to be able to cast the fly line with a reasonable degree of accuracy and gracefulness to enable the artificial fly to land on the water in a way which will not scare off the fish.
To enable an angler to do this, you must first have casting lessons and I recommend that you at least start with a 2 hour fly casting lesson to get you started. I then recommend that you purchase or hire tackle and continue to practise until you feel confident enough to go on to our 2nd stage, a fly fishing lesson. A fly fishing lesson can be conducted on either the lake or the river.
BEGINNER CASTING LESSONS.
Prices include all tackle.
2 hours - $120.00 Private one person.
2 hours - $140.00 2 people share (Extra person is $40 ppp2h)
3 hours extended please add another $60 for 1 person or $80 for two people)
The more people in your group the cheaper the lesson - please ask for a quote!
STAGE 2
After you have had a little casting experience, it is time to learn how to fly fish.
You can firstly learn to fish the lake (recommended) or you can learn to fish the river (slightly more technical).
When you learn to fly fish, you will be taught how to select the right fly for the conditions of the day, and then you will learn how to use that fly in an effective manner to catch fish. You will learn how to ‘read’ the water and other conditions that will affect the way the fish will feed on the particular day. What you learn in 2 hours with a professional fishing guide, would take you more than 2 years by yourself, even with the aid of books and videos.
STREAM, RIVER and LAKE CRAFT. (Boat fishing methods also available)
For those that have already done a little casting, we also teach lake, river and steam craft.
A skill which is very necessary to be able to catch fish.
2 hours - $140.00 Private one person. (Extra people is $40 ppp2h)
3 hours - $190 .00 Private one person (Extra person is $60 ppp3h)
The more people in your group the cheaper the lesson - please ask for a quote!
STAGE 3
After you have learnt to fly cast and had some basic instruction on fly fishing techniques, it’s time to book into an extended guided fly fishing tour! (SEE PAGE 1 FOR PRICES)
On a guided tour, you will actually be putting into practice what you have learnt over stage 1 and 2. You will be guided through the best way to catch the trout given the ‘conditions of the day’. This is the most difficult part of fly fishing, that is, being able to make an accurate assessment on the best way to catch the fish given current conditions. You will also be guided onto different types of waters, with the emphasis on the best place to fish depending on the conditions of the day!
DAY TOURS (8 hours duration)
Private (1 person only)-$550.00
2 share- $300.00 each. 3 share -$240 each 4 share -$200 each.
PLEASE NOTE
Full 8 hour day on the boat has a minimum charge of $660 for 1 or 2 people.
HALF DAY(4 hours duration)
Private (1 person only)-$300.00
2 share- $180.00 each. 3 share -$140 each. 4 share - $120 each.
Again, this is the best way to speed up your fly fishing ‘career’ to give to you most success. This will result in you having the most enjoyable time of your life!
Even if you don’t catch fish, fly fishing isn’t always about catching fish, it’s about being out in the open country, relaxing and enjoying the beautiful scenery.
As they say ‘Fly fishing isn’t a sport, it’s a religious experience!’.
Learn to saltwater fly fish
You can also learn to fly fish from boats in both the freshwater and saltwater.
Private courses of only 1 or 2 people are only available
due to the confined spaces on boats.
Prices and bookings by e-mailing.
Intermediate Fly Fishing Streams and rivers
ITINERARY
DAY 1
Please NOTE, the aim for the weekend is to give you as much instructional knowledge as possible.
I will be moving quickly through the theory, and we do plenty of practical on the water, however, should the weather stop us from proceeding, instruction will be done in the conference room.
Please bring with you wet weather gear, as we will still be fishing regardless of the weather, unless it is far too windy or torrential rain.
7.30 am
Issue rods , eyewear, etc. if needed.
If you need to pay a final balance of payment and/or need fishing licences etc. please make sure you arrive early, so as all the paperwork can be completed ready for a 8.00 am start.
8.00 SCHOOL STARTS AT 8am SHARP
Welcome
Talk on weekend’s activities
8.15
Stage one -Revision Time – Lines, Leaders, Tippets, Knots, Casting theory.
8.45
Leaders – “The long and the short of it all.”
9.00
Fly selection.
9.15
Lake Entomology and fly selection.
9.30
Casting - Techiques for better distance casting ‘The single and Double Haul’.
10am
Morning tea
10.15
Transport to water
10.30
Casting revision and introduction to better distance casting.
REVISION - Pick up lay down, False Cast, Roll Cast. NEW - Single and Double haul.
12.30
Lunch by the lake.
1.30
Lake fishing techniques.
3.15
Afternoon tea
3.30
River Entomology – and it’s relevance to fly selection.
‘Keying’ insect families.
4.15
River fishing techiques and fly selection.
5 pm
Finish of day’s instruction.
DAY 2 Fishing Rivers and Streams.
6.30 am SHARP!
Transport to ‘Thredbo River’ for early morning fishing session.
9 am
Morning tea
9.45 am
Leave for ‘Mowambah River’ for stream fishing instruction.
1.30 pm
Leave ‘Mowambah River’
2 pm
Lunch.
2.30 pm
Final farewell talk and Departure.
Advanced fly fishing
Streams and rivers
Courses are held on demand - please e-mail or call for dates.
Fly tying courses
Courses are held on demand - please e-mail or call for dates.
OUR SPONSORS FOR FLY FISHING INCLUDE -
J. M. Gillies.
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