Yet although snowfalls over their tributaries have again chilled larger trout streams, on warmer lowland stillwaters wet flies are already being presented profitably - in various situations.

An angler on Blackmans Lagoon casting large wet flies from a boat has been pleased with recent catches – as has another, beginning trips to fish from Four Springs Lake shores just before sunrise.

Then, as a reminder of approaching action in saltwater estuaries, last Sunday a hefty Derwent River fish believed to be a sea-run brownie, was eventually landed after seizing a hard plastic lure.

Trout Expo is coming up on Brumbys Creek near Cressy this weekend. The main prize is a tagged trout worth $10,000 which will be swimming among special stockings of tagged rainbows also worth nice prizes. 

Bring a picnic or buy food on site. Gates open and competition starts at 8am daily.

As a reminder to those interested in taking squid, the closure of this fishery in state waters is being refined to protect spawning calamari.

Both the southern calamari and Gould’s squid fisheries will be closed to recreational and commercial fishing on Tasmania’s entire north coast from October 1 to 31, 2018 inclusive. For more details, ring (03) 6165 3044.

Dates for the annual calamari closure in upper south east coast waters, including Great Oyster Bay and Mercury Passage, remains unchanged - from October 15 to November 14 inclusive.

Then in an interesting stocking early this month, the Inland Fisheries Service released into West Coast Lake Plimsoll 1600 domesticated adult brook trout.