15 02 2018

The Otways

West Coast Victoria

By david woods

Fished the Cumberland River near Lorne for a couple of hours on Sunday . What a beautiful valley, was a little disappointed with the fish size and numbers, still a lovely time. These small Otway streams should be no take rivers, years ago I learnt to fly fish in these streams and the trout were much more plentiful and bigger, this may be linked to the decade of drought but I think angling pressure also makes a difference. I will try a few other Otway streams over the coming weeks and report in on my findings