This weekend, Trout Expo will be held on Brumbys Creek near Cressy. Special stockings of trout will include Timmy the tagged brownie worth all of $10,000. Other prizes include a $700 tour with trout guide Gary France, of Trout Territory.
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You do need to register on site to claim prizes. Gates open at 7am, fishing is from 8am to 4pm and cost per adult is $10 daily or $15 for the weekend, with children under 14, $5 or $8, and onlookers free. There is no camping on Brumbys, but free camping without facilities will be available on Cressy recreation ground.
This weekend also marks the equinox, when day and night are equal in length. It is linked with strong winds, one more reason to try fishing Lake Leake.
Anglers there have been pleased with the quality of trout this season. According to several locals, most have been browns with many from 1.4 kilograms to two kilograms, topped by a brownie of 3.2 kilograms.
Even in choppy conditions and with action sometimes patchy, visiting trollers have been pleased with catches of trout congregating to feed hard on stick caddis and perch.
Then from the sheltered Elizabeth River near the Chalet, nymphs and small hard-bodied lures have drawn more nice browns averaging 1.6 kilograms.
Four Springs Lake is another popular fishery, but currently of concern are lengths of green slime visible along its shorelines, with some out in open water.
