My Journey to a World Title
Howard Croston planning his fishing session on the upper Meaner River. All photos courtesy Ben Carden. World Champion, Howard Croston explains his tips, flies and techniques he used to win the World Fly Fishing Championships in Tasmania December 2019.
S
ession two saw me bound for the Meander River, a medium sized venue with a deceptively powerful flow and clear water, Well populated with wild browns, but not always equally distributed as is the norm in river-based sessions, and particularly apparent in the early season Tasmanian rivers. The draw would play a crucial role in obtaining a good result. My beat was number 4 a good draw as it turned out with around 400m of generally very fishy looking water on a fair gradient that created lots of pocket water over a large substrate bottom. The beat was split about two thirds
of the way up by a high bluff that made the access a bit tricky in places, but as I surveyed the water, I was quite hopeful for a good session. I had ample time to prepare so spent a good hour walking the beat and formulating a plan, our river fishing practice, although useful had not been on representative waters, both the competition venues of the Meander and the Mersey where fairly unique in terms of size and fish stock. What we had discovered was that the fly was not all that important and as is often the case good watercraft and approach were key.
www.tasfish.com - Get the knowledge - Get the fish.
Fishing News - Page 3
