With the help of the Cressy community, Inland Fisheries, Hydro Tasmania and Petuna, the expo committee once again held a highly successful event.

Thousands of people flocked to Brumbys Creek in the Northern Midlands for the weekend and many left with fresh fish for dinner.

And the fishing is not over yet – students from all over the state will hit town on Monday for the school competition.

The 2018 Hydro Tasmania/Cressy Community Trout Expo is all about the Tasmanian community, but it is a fantastic precursor to the World Fly Fishing Championships to be held in Tasmania at the end of 2019.

Fishers from around the world will converge on the state for the championships, when Tasmania’s highland streams and lakes, our lowland rivers and the coastal waterways will all be on show.

Tasmania’s wild brown trout fishery was established in 1864, is considered to be one of the best in the world.

And, by world standards, the fishing pressure is low.

Our wild fishery is something that gives fishers the chance to try their hand in many differing locations, catching a variety of fish and sizes, our wild fish testing their skill.

The skill needed to catch a fish successfully is something Sue Hayward honed with her son Andrew Hayward.

A keen fisherman since childhood, Mr Hayward grabbed his rod any chance he got.

Mother and son had a tradition of attending the Trout Expo together, which Mrs Hayward continued in his honour after Mr Hayward’s death in February.

Used to going home empty handed, Mrs Hayward felt her son was fishing with her on Saturday, which enabled her to catch the heaviest fish for the event – a 2.7 kilogram salmon.

Good trout fisheries are located throughout the state, all within an easy two-hour drive from our major cities, making Tasmania the place to fish.