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Hasta la vista Jenolan?….yeah….so we’re back

// August 7th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Thirsty Traveler

The Jenolan is one of the few streams open in NSW during the winter, so we headed back….and this time with better results. This part of the river doesn’t have any car access so we did a hike from a 1000m peak down to 200m with a length of around 5km each way.The water we reached was running wider deeper and faster than the trip before. The river was full of boulders and the water was crystal clear with an amazing amount of fish from small to trophy ones, sight fishing what can be better. We were sad just for one thing….the days are too short for the fly fisherman when he fishes a stream like that. Of course the hike down and up ate half of our time and our strength, it was hard, but really really worth it.

…see you next time Jenolan!

Getting twiggy

// July 7th, 2009 // 5 Comments » // Thirsty Traveler

Went out in the Blue Mountain’s to a little stream called the Jenolan River with couple of friends from Sydney Flyrodders. We were hoping for good size spawning rainbow trout, but it was probably too early in the season. The water temperature is still quite high after a hot Autumn, so we managed to catch just few little ones and spooked a lot of bigger trout. But what a beautiful kind of stream it is, with crystal clear water running through rainforest and cliffs, where the ferns cover every bend of the river and make a great spot for trout to hide…  So we’re going to go back there, maybe in a few weeks, with hope in our minds.

Pool of Jenolan River…but fishing is allowed only downstream of it

Im just wondering guys where are your stories, you’re having a summer over there…huh?