Snowy Mountains Small River Fly Fishing

It's been about 20 years since I last fished this stunning small Snowy Mountains river. It's lost none of it's charm in that time, with the last 3 wet seasons that we've had the fishing is not only comfortable and easy going, but it's red hot too! We had a wonderful day of euro nymphing, dry dropper and dry fly fishing and caught a ton of trout. After the National Fly Fishing championships my mates Jared, Doug, Al and myself were looking for an easy comfortable and enjoyable river to fish for the day, and we found it. :)
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#euronymphing
#troutfishing

[@rob3518]

Great effort and well covered. Cheers 🎣

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks 👍

[@MrGlenno1000]

All types of fishing have their merits, but it doesn’t get any better than fly fishing in the Snowys. Nothing compares. Thanks for the great vid guys. Felt like I was right there with you 👍

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate, I agree the Snowys are brilliant. Glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@jonathanhampshire8405]

I learnt to fly fish 35 years ago in the Snowy's. Started with a 3 day course based at Kanchoban. Over the next 15 years explored the snowys and Tasmania for trout fishing options. Rivers are my favourite. My most memorable, adventurous and productive visits were to the upper Tooma, Bidgee, Eucumbene and Thredbo rivers. Also around Brindabella close to my previous base in Canberra. Love it!

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Jonathan! I love that part of the world too, such great rivers! :)

[@jonathanhampshire8405]

Tight lines and clean rivers 👍

[@AndrewFishman]

Been getting some good Rainbows just out of Canberra this year. Many fish in the high 40 and 50s. The cool summers and wet seasons the last couple of years have been great for our rivers.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Those are good fish, sounds great!

[@AndrewFishman]

@@PeachyFlyFishing Alot of fun.

[@jdigioia1130]

Love small stream fishing and this one is a beauty - thanks for sharing! What tippet size were you running here? Tight lines! 🎣

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Joe, I was fishing 6.5x Trouthunter fluorocarbon tippet for this one. :)

[@CreativePhotoWS]

Lovely video but so many ads. Appx every 3 minutes there is up to 30secs of adverts. This is the first of your vids I’ve seen. Will check out others too but if the ratio of ads to content remains this high I can’t subscribe. Hopefully constructive feedback.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Ah, thanks for that! Unfortunately I don’t control when the ads appear or how often, that’s TH-cam that decides. But maybe there’s something in my settings that’s affecting it, I’ll check it out. Thanks for the feedback!

[@CreativePhotoWS]

@@PeachyFlyFishing thanks for the prompt reply. Appreciated. Yeah you can set frequency of ads and then it’s all out of your control :) I have no issue watching a few ads and hope that puts a few cents in your account. Again, the content is very good. Good camera angles and most importantly excellent sound.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks! :)

[@ianatkins1213]

Good to see an increasing amount of Australian content. This is a nice piece to promote fly fishing. The wet weather has allowed for some great summer fishing over past two years.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Ian! Yes I agree it’s good that there’s more Aussie fly fishing content happening now, the sport is growing again which is great. :)

[@keithchessell6308]

Lovely Steve. Captivating country, stream and small line fishing. You said something interesting but very salient. Fishing one fly = less change of snagging the other hook in the fight. While I feel it is kind of like an apprenticeship in casting to master multiple flies, it can come at a cost in weedy, snaggy water sometimes. I often use 2 hooks in luderick fishing the salt when they are finicky but often it's the free hook that snags and loses you the fish.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Keith! Yes so true mate, I feel like especially in euro nymphing people tend to automatically default to 2 flies, but there are so many situations where 1 fly just works better. It depends on a range of factors, there are pros and cons to both single and double rigs. Thanks for watching mate, hope you have a great Christmas! :)

[@evanmelner4783]

Euro nymphing is one of my favorite forms of fly fishing, and extremely effective too! Epic video!

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Evan! Yes it sure is fun and so effective, by far the most effective technique in a majority of river situations I reckon. :)

[@bluejacket645]

Which T&T are you favoring there? Great video, just found your site last week.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks! I was fishing the 10’ 2 weight Contact 2 that day. I thought I might switch over to dry fly and the 10’ does that a bit better than the 10’9” I find. :)

[@bluejacket645]

@@PeachyFlyFishing Couldn't agree with you more. I have both and I find myself using the 10' more often, especially when I know I will be switching to a Dry Dropper occasionally

[@jlush444]

Looks like a lovely day of it Peachy.
You’ll have to come out for another day at our place. It’s fishing red hot.
I’ve moved out here now too:
Thanks for the vid mate.
Talk soon.
J

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Jonny! Mate I would love to come out for a fish, will chat soon. :)

[@fishingfables3971]

Great video in beautiful country Peachy, keep them coming! Cheers, Jason

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Jason! Merry Christmas mate. :)

[@Troutmajor]

Thanks Steve. It is a lovely river and I especially like the 'through the glasses' perspective.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Haha, yes I would like to say it was a Spielberg moment…..🤣

[@petermcconaghie7745]

Love these vids, great for my learning, thanks very much Steve!

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Peter, glad your finding them helpful. Pleasure mate! :)

[@jonahssavage]

do you have a video explaining your euro nymphing setup?

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Hi, I don’t actually, I probably should do that! In this one I was fishing a 10’ #2 wt T&T Contact 2, leader was 10’ of 0.18 Sempe green, 4’ of 4X Rio bicolour sighter to the tippet ring, then 6’ of 6.5x Trouthunter fluorocarbon for the tippet. :)

[@TassieTroutGuy]

Great video Steve. See you on the Tyenna next month?

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! I wish I could come to Tyenna but I doubt it at this stage, will hope to get down to Tassie at some point though. :)

[@jdw_fishing]

What rod/reel are u using?

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

For nymphing I’m using a T&T Contact II 10’ #2wt rod with a Sage ESN reel. Dry Fly I borrowed Jared’s rod which is a Sage R8 9’ #5wt and I believe his reel is an Abel but I’m not sure which model. :)

[@Yipmanhands]

Beautiful stuff, thanks for showing us this.

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Pleasure mate, thanks!

[@fish912]

Feels good when I see videos like th

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Fishin_with_the_Sax]

Top clip as always mate🎣

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks mate! :)

[@CozyCamping911]

Really good video

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks!

[@Jimmy-n6j]

Awesome vid guys! Makes me want to get on a river/stream ASAP

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Thanks Greg! Hope you get a chance to get out on the river soon mate. :)

[@mrpoopypants9586]

Another enjoyable one Steve, thanks for sharing. Your mate's phone wasn't a red one was it? My young bloke found one on the Yarrongabilly last week. Still works but has been locked and shut down by the owner. Must be a few bouncing around out there, I'm waiting to drop mine in a river instead of my pocket! Some lovely country there, be nice if the water holds up for a few seasons. Cheers PP

[@PeachyFlyFishing]

Haha! No I think it must have been a different phone mate, but thanks! Yeah beautiful country, I hope it holds up too, I think it should be good for at least another year or two, let’s hope! :)