Fly fishing Alva Beach Flathead

Last year I was quite fortunate to have Shimano send me a nice G•Loomis GLX 8wt fly rod to fish the Hinchinbrook Fly Fishing Challenge. Due to circumstances I had to withdraw form the competition and the rod has sat here ever since. So last week I organised a Biocraft 7/8 fly reel to go on it and the guys at ProTackle sorted me out with line and a couple of fly's. So after a bit of a casting session with NQ FlyFishers president Ward Nicholas yesterday afternoon, it was off to Alva beach today for a fish.

We arrived at Alva Beach to fish the outgoing run of the very large morning tide. A stiff breeze blowing straight onto the beach had me very nervous right from the get go! But I figured if I could stumble my way through today then I would better my technique in the long run! Well that was the theory anyway, time will tell if it was a good one or not!

All things considered I guess the casting went quite well. I was never after big distances, so most of the time the fly went were it was supposed to. I didn't come home with a pierced ear at least!

The fishing was quiet to say the least! Bob landed 2 just under the 40cm mark, and I landed 1 that went 38cm. We didn't see much in the way of bait and only spooked a couple of very small fish.

I'm really looking forward to giving the fly a go among the snags for Barramundi when the season opens in just over a week!