Chronology of fly fishing in Australia 1789 – 2011

A Chronology of Australian Fly-fishing by Jim Findlay.

1789
Phillip, Governor Arthur (1789)
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay. With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island compiled from Authentic Papers which have been obtained from several Departments to which are added The Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball & Capt Marshall; with an Account of their New Discoveries embellished with fifty five Copper Plates, The Maps and Charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the Plans & Views drawn on the Spot by Capt Hunter, Lieuts Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt Marshal &c. Printed for John Stockdale: London; 4to; [2], 6, [2], viii, [12], x, 298, lxxiv, [2]pp; engraved frontispiece portrait of Phillip; plates and maps. Originally issued in parts over the six months, July-December 1789.

On the ninth of July (1788), an effort was made by a party of natives, which seems to indicate that they were still distressed for provisions, or that they very highly resent the encroachments made upon their fishing places. A general order had been issued to those sent out on fishing parties, to give a part of what was caught to the natives if they approached, however small the quantity taken might be; and by these means they had always been sent away apparently satisfied. But on this day, about twenty of them, armed with spears, came down to the spot where our men were fishing, and without any previous attempt to obtain their purpose by fair means, violently seized the greatest part of the fish which was in the seine. While this detachment performed this act of depredation, a much greater number stood at a small distance with their spears poised, ready to have thrown them if any resistance had been made. But the cockswain who commanded the fishing party, very prudently suffered them to take away what they chose, and they parted on good terms. This is the only instance in which these people have attempted any unprovoked act of violence, and to this they probably were driven by necessity. Since this transaction, an officer has always been sent down the harbour with the boat.

1790
White, John (1790)
Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales: With sixty-five plates of nondescript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Printed for J. Debrett: London; 4to; [18], 299pp, [36]; 65 leaves hand-coloured engraved plates; list of subscribers, list of plates, two leaves of advertisements at end.

1793
Tench, Watkin (1793)
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales: Including an accurate description of the situation of the colony; of the natives; and of its natural productions. Sold by G. Nicol and J. Sewell: London; 4to; (xvi), 212pp; one folded leaf of plates; map.

Autumn, 1790:  Nor was another part of our domestic economy less whimsical. If a lucky man, who had knocked down a dinner with his gun, or caught a fish by angling from the rocks, invited a neighbour to dine with him, the invitation always ran, “bring your own bread.” Even at the governor’s table, this custom was constantly observed. Every man when he sat down pulled his bread out of his pocket, and laid it by his plate.

1801
Bloch, M.E. and Schneider, J.G. (1801)
Systema Ichthyologiae. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum: Berlin; printed by Johann Daniel Sander; 8vo; (lx), 584pp; 110 plates by J.F. Hennig, all but 18 handcoloured, two folding, a few printed in red or brown ink.

1803
Perhaps the first advertisement for fish hooks in an Australian newspaper …
Sunday 24 April 1803
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
The remainder of the capital investment imported by the Atlas is now on sale at the Commission Warehouse of Simeon Lord (formerly in the occupation of Mr Simpson); High-Street, Sydney; Consisting of the following articles, viz., Gentlemen’s fine beaver hats, ditto strong ditto, boot legs and soles, boys’ and girls’ shoes, sauces and mustard, tobacco and soap, spectacles, neck and watch chains, sleeve runners, key rings, fish hooks …

1804
Sunday 30 December 1804
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
To be sold by auction by Mr Lord at his Warehouse on Thursday next, at 12 precisely, the following Articles, viz. Large looking glass plates, boots, razors, strops and cases, pocket and oyster knives and fish hooks, shears, inkstands, pins and needles …

1811
Mann, David Dickenson (1811)
The Present Picture of New South Wales … with Hints for the further Improvement of the Settlement. John Booth: London; 4to; (vi), 99pp; five folded leaves of plates; four illustrations; one folding map. The first substantial work published by a former convict. Mann’s work includes brief observations of the colonists’ leisure activities, including fishing.

1811
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Saturday 24 August 1811
For sale at the house of M. Casey, No. 7 York St, the following articles recently imported from Europe, viz., (including) spectacles for all ages, fishing hooks, … reels and lines, shears, frying pan, carpenters’ hammers, coffin furniture, English soap, spermaceti candles …

1813
Clark, John Heaviside (1813)
Field Sports etc. of the Native Inhabitants of New South Wales, with ten plates by the author. Published and Sold by Edward Orme, Printed By J. F. Dove: London; 4to; 18pp; illustrated with 10 full-page hand-coloured aquatint plates each within wash borders; marbled boards; spine gilt. Field Sports describes aspects of Aboriginal life, including kangaroo hunting and fishing (two of the plates depict Aborigines fishing from canoes).

1827
Cunningham, Peter (1827)
Two Years in New South Wales: A series of letters comprising sketches of the actual state of society in that colony, of its peculiar advantages to emigrants, of its topography, natural history, &c. &c. Colburn: London; two volumes; 8vo; map; hard cover. Surgeon-superintendent on four convict transport ships who later spent four years in the colony, Cunningham makes a very early reference to fly-fishing (for perch/bass) in Australia: The perch are caught with bait or fly, the red worm answering best in spring, and the grasshopper, or locust, in summer. They often take best after dark, but they are as capricious as those in England. I have caught as many in less than an hour in Hunter’s River as made both my arms ache in carrying homewards but a short quarter of a mile…

1829
Cuvier, G.L.C.F.D. and Valenciennes, M. (1829-1849)
Histoire Naturelle des Poissons. A. Asher: Amsterdam; 22 volumes; 657 plates. Many Australian species are described here for the first time.

1832
O’Neill, George (1929)
Julian Edmund Tenison-Woods (1832-1889) born. Tenison-Woods was a biologist with many scientific papers to his name. He served as president of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, making a significant contribution to colonial science.

1833
ON SALE, AT THE STORES OF THE UNDERSIGNED.
AN assortment of HARDWARE, consisting of Coopers’ and Carpenters’ Tools, Agricultural Implements, Saws, Flies, Fish-hooks, Sail Needles, Latches, Hinges, &c.
ALLAN M’GAA, BREED & COI Queen Street, 23d September, 1833.

1833
The Sydney Herald Thursday 21 November 1833
John T Wilson
68 George-Street Sydney
Fishing rods, one, two, three, and four joints
Ditto hooks, including artificial fly. Ditto lines, furnished
Ditto floats

1833
Richards, Thomas Piscator (1833)
A day’s fishing in the Plenty. Hobart Town Monthly Magazine, 1 March 1833; pp.33-42. In his Angling in Australia, Bob Dunn noted that this was the first Australian sporting article to appear in magazine format and possibly the earliest extended reference in print to Australian angling (p.306).

1834
Bennett, George (1834)
Wanderings In New South Wales, Batavia, Pedir Coast, Singapore, And China; Being The Journal Of A Naturalist In Those Countries, During 1832, 1833, And 1834. Richard Bentley: London; 8vo; 2 volumes; vol. 1: 2, [vii]-xv, 440pp; vol. 2: (vii), 428p; aquatint frontispiece (of Bugong Mountain in vol.1) by J. Clark after sketches by Bennett and Chinnery; other text illustrations; errata slip in each volume. George Bennett was an important figure in the Australian Museum, the Acclimatisation Society and the Zoological Society. Wanderings In New South Wales includes some very early descriptions of native freshwater fish and Aboriginal names for same beginning p.279 (vol. 1).

1835
J.S. Uther fishing tackle advertisement.
Launceston Advertiser 9, 12, 16 and 19 February 1835
Angling historian, Ian Wilson writes: Attached is the fishing tackle advertisement inserted in the Launceston Advertiser by J.S. Uther, ironmonger. The date given at the bottom of the advertisement of Feb. 7, 1834 is a mistake by the compositor—it should be 1835. The advert appeared on 9, 12, 16 and 19 February 1835. Note the mention of flies which must have been used for catching grayling.

1835
The Hobart Town Courier Friday 13 February 1835
NEW MUSIC, STATIONERY, TOY, AND FANCY WAREHOUSE.

1. J. W. DAVIS begs leave to announce to his friends and the public, that he has removed to 23, Elizabeth-street, (next the Tasmanian Office, and lately occupied by Mrs. Howe,) where he has opened a Warehouse for the following goods, to which he begs to draw the attention of the public, every article being FISHING TACKLE. Hair and gut lines, flies and hooks, of every size and sort.

1835
FISHING TACKLE
Rods, jointed, ringed, and plain, &c.
Lines, box reels, and cases furnished
Wheels, multiplying, plain, and common
Lines, best spun hair and platted silk, &c.
Landing nets &c.
Hooks, superfine and common, of every size, &c
Artificial flies, assorted
Fly books, of No. 1, 2, and 3
Silk worm gut
Cork and quill floats
Hair lines furnished, &c, &c.

1836
[Govett, William R.] (1836-1837)
Sketches of New South Wales, in Saturday Magazine, between 7 May 1836 and 2 September 1837. John W. Parker: London; 56pp in various paginations (20 parts, although Ferguson only mentions 14 parts); woodcut illustrations throughout. An eyewitness account of Aborigines fishing with a line is reported in The natives; their methods of fishing etc. in no. 290, 7 January 1837.

1843
Richardson, John (1843)
Icones Piscium: or Plates of Rare Fishes, Part 1, Australian Fish. R. and J.E. Taylor: London; folio (33cm); 8pp; five hand-coloured plates; soft cover. First fasciculus – Australian fish (p.4) – Lieut. [James Barker] Emery’s drawings. Includes bibliographical references. Alternate titles: Plates of Rare Fishes; Australian Fish. On cover: Part 1.

1841
Captain Frederick Chalmers (Brighton, Tasmania) communicated with a Dr Mackenzie in Scotland about sourcing salmon fry to be sent to Australia. The letters led to discussion at the Royal Society of Tasmania about the feasibility of bringing salmon to the southern hemisphere.

1845
Birth of William Saville-Kent, said to be the founder of Australian fisheries science and Commissioner / Inspector of Fisheries for Tasmania, Queensland and Western Australia in turn. Interestingly, the subject was born William Savill Kent; he used a number of variations before settling on William Saville-Kent.

1846
The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 27 October 1846
VICTORIA RIVER.
THE Victoria River, one of the most interesting discoveries of Captains STOKES and WICKHAM, is on the north-west coast, and disembogues in 14^ᵒ40 S. lat., and long. 129^ᵒE. The furthest point explored is not much more than 200 miles from the ranges at the head of the rivers discovered by LEICHHARDT, near Limnenbights at the west corner of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Victoria, therefore, is connected in some degree with the latter traveller’s explorations and, hereafter, when Arnheim’s Land shall have been occupied, no doubt, the Gulf and the north-west coast will, by its means, be connected. Moreover, it is the largest river that has yet been discovered on that side of the continent.
The return down the river enabled Captain STOKES to try fly-fishing on the Victoria; and to observe abundance of tortoises. At a native fire-place he noticed heaps of muscles as well as the bones of young alligators; portions of jaws with teeth were picked up.

1846
The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston), Saturday 29 August 1846
SURPRISING BARGAINS IN ST, JOHN STREET, LAUNCESTON, AT THE SALE-ROOMS OF G. F. GOBLR
(Included) fishing basket, superb hickory fly rods, rod rings, reels, salmon gut hooks, eel swivels, silk, gut, hair lines, and floats, sure killing flies.

1847
[Hamilton, George] (1847)
Fishing in South Australia. Adelaide; 23cm; pp.160-165. The Mitchell Library describes the item as an extract from an unidentified journal (now known to be the New Monthly Magazine, published in Adelaide, South Australia, in February 1847). My object through life has been to search in an indolent sort of way for its amusements; and being too blind to look at the dark side of anything, I have managed somehow or other to scramble through a fair portion of trouble, without being much the worse for it. Whenever I could command the use of a horse, a gun, or a fishing rod, the sports of the field—or rather, I should here say the sports of the forest and wilderness—were open to me, and I have followed them eagerly.

1851
Stanley, C.E.
On the introduction of salmon from the rivers of Scotland into Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land, vol. I (1851), pp.135-143.

1852
Burnett, James L.
On the attempt recently made to introduce salmon and trout from England into Tasmania, by shipment of spawn. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land, vol. II (1852-54), pp.288-291.

1852
On January 31, 1852, Mr Gottlieb Bocchius arranged for a consignment of some 50,000 of salmon and trout ova to be shipped to Tasmania aboard the Columbus. This was the first attempt, and unsuccessful. By mid-March, the Captain and passengers observed “the water becoming thick and putrid”.

1852
On the 12th of June, 1852, J. C. Bidwell, Commissioner of Crown Lands in New South Wales, forwarded to Sir William Denison a paper entitled “Notes on the Establishment of Salmon and other Fish in the Rivers of Tasmania and New Zealand,” which was published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Bidwell suggested packing spawn in ice to bring salmon to Australia: “… by merely packing it in ice there would be no danger of actual freezing as the ice would always be in a melting state”. Bidwell was a very ill man at the time and died months later.

1852
Meredith, Louisa Anne (1852)
My Home in Tasmania: During a residence of nine years. John Murray: London; published in two volumes: 12mo; (xiii), (iii), 274, (2); (v), (iii), 275pp; two frontispiece plates; 15 text illustrations; hard cover with gilt title on spine and front cover. Chapter XXXII deals with fish and fishing.

1854
Boccius, G. (1854)
On the introduction of salmon ova into the rivers of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Van Diemen’s Land, 1854, pp.437-445.

1854
La Société Impériale d’Acclimatation, the world’s first world’s first acclimatisation society, was established in Paris. In 1861 James Arndell Youl travelled to Paris with letters of introduction to Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, the founder and President of La Société Impériale d’Acclimatation and to Victor Coste, Inspector General of Fisheries. It was from Coste’s assistant, Monsieur Z. Gerbe, that Youl learned about transporting ova in wet moss.

1855
Bleeker, Pieter (1855)
Over Eenige Visschen van Van Diemensland. Met eene plaat. C.G. Van der Post: Amsterdam; 4to; [ii], 32pp (last blank); folding lithographic plate at end, soft cover. Bleeker described and illustrated several new or previously rare species from Tasmanian waters.

1857
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 12 September 1857
FOR SALE by Private Contract, Trevallyn, containing 2710 acres, 25 miles from Morpeth and Maitland, 14 from the town of Paterson and the head of the navigation of the River Paterson, and 3½ from Gresford Post Office and Church.
… There is a good deal of land on the property well adapted for vineyards. Limestone is on many parts of it. The orange does well on the flats and low ridges, and might be easily irrigated at no great expense, as there is always abundance of water even in the driest seasons. The rivers abound in several varieties of fish, some affording good sport with the fly.

1857
First newspaper advertisement for what became the famous sporting goods store, Eastway and Son.
Empire Friday 9 October 1857
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 27 November 1858
The Canberra Times Friday 27 December 1929
… And the more familiar advertisement of later years.

1858
D’Ewes, J. (1858)
Sporting in Both Hemispheres. G. Routledge and Company: London; 12mo; (xv), [1], 398pp; 2pp of publisher’s advertisements; eight multi-tone lithographed plates including the frontispiece; hard cover. D’Ewes claimed to be a direct descendant of Charles Cotton. He includes some accounts of shooting and fishing in Australia. He was unmoved by the fishing around Melbourne (whipping the Yarra-Yarra with a small palmer fly for a kind of diminutive fish, rarely exceeding half a pound) and while its size impressed, the Murray cod wasn’t sufficiently sporting (a coarse hand-line and a piece of meat are sufficient for its capture). Sydney Harbour was more to his liking, where during the best season of the year …we usually returned with our boat half full of fish.

1859
The Australian Home Companion and Band of Hope Journal (Sydney) Saturday 17 December 1859
A report describing the Kiwi included this tidbit:
The feathers are also employed to construct artificial flies, for the capture of fish, precisely after the European manner.

1859
Garnet, Thomas (1859)
On the Possibility of Introducing Salmon into New Zealand and Australia, From the essay (originally published in an unknown journal in October, 1859): The colonists of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand appear to wish for the introduction of Salmon and Trout into the rivers of these colonies, and one of them, Tasmania, is said to have offered the reward of £500 for the first pair of live Salmon which reaches that colony. If this is true it is a liberal offer, and one that is likely to induce various persons, both in England and France, to make the attempt. I should be sorry to say anything to check so laudable an endeavour, but I greatly fear that Van Diemen’s Land (to say nothing of the Australian colonies) is too near the tropics to offer a reasonable chance of success. I think it is practicable to take these fish there (or at least fertilized ova), but I don’t think they would live and thrive in the rivers of that colony.

1860
First attempt by James Arndell Youl to transport salmon ova (25,000); Liverpool to Melbourne, on the Sarah Curling. Unsuccessful.

1861
Black, Alexander (1861)
Acclimatising and Propagating Salmon: Report on the suitability of certain rivers of the colony for the purpose of … Sydney. Report to the Secretary of Lands.

1861
The Argus (Melbourne) Friday 22 February 1861
ACCLIMATISATION: It is proposed to establish an ACCLIMATISATION SOCIETY in Melbourne on the basis of those in Paris and London ; and Mr. EDWARD WILSON will be glad to MEET any GENTLEMEN favourable to such a project, at the Mechanics’ Institution, on Monday, 25th February, at half-past 4 p.m. Sir Henry Barkly has kindly promised to take the chair.

1861
Wheelwright, Horace William An Old Bushman (1861)
Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist, or, Notes on the Field Sports and Fauna of Australia Felix / by An Old Bushman. Routledge, Warne, & Routledge: London; 12mo; (xv), 272pp; uncut pages; index; hard cover. Chapter XV, River Fish and Angling and Chapter XVI, Sea-fish and Sea-fishing provide a picture of the fishing in the middle of the nineteenth century. Some Victorians may identify with this, from Chapter XV: One thing is quite clear—that Victoria is no country for the angler. I hardly ever saw a stream on this side adapted to throwing the fly. Even if the fish were worth killing, and if you hooked a good fish, the chances would be very much against your landing it, owing to the steepness and rottenness of the banks, and the heaps of moss and rubbish with which every river is filled.

1862
The Mercury Friday 23 May 1862
AT the latter end of last month the fresh-water mullet were in great abundance in the Derwent, at New Norfolk, and were caught in large numbers, both with the fly and the worm, the former, how over, being the most attractive bait, not only to the piscatory victims, but to the angler. They abound largely near the Falls, about two miles from the township, and the expert fly–fisher will find excellent sport in catching them.

1862
Bennett, George (1862)
Acclimatisation: Its eminent adaptation to Australia. Melbourne; 8vo; [40]pp; soft cover. A lecture delivered in Sydney.

1862
Second attempt by Youl to transport salmon ova; 80,000, from London to Hobart Town, on the Beautiful Star. Unsuccessful.

1863
Buckland, Frank (1863)
Fish Hatching. Tinsley Brothers: London; 8vo; (xvi), 268pp (plus 4pp publisher’s catalogue); appendix (experiments with the transport of salmon ova to Australia); hard cover. Buckland discusses salmon and trout hatching, including an explanation of the fish-hatching apparatus at the Royal Horticultural Garden.

1864
Successful attempt (Youl) to transport 118,000 salmon ova and 2,700 brown trout ova from London to Melbourne and Tasmania on the Norfolk.

1864
Cholmondeley-Pennell, H., ed. (1864, 1865)
The Fisherman’s Magazine and Review. Chapman and Hall: London; 8vo; two volumes (Vol. 1, April to December 1864 and Vol. 2, January to October 1865); 432pp and 479pp; 52 illustrations including 11 full page colour plates of fish and 14 full page black and white illustrations; hard cover. Contains articles on acclimatisation of salmon and trout in Australia including historic correspondence of Anglicus Australis (Bob Dunn). Vol. 2 includes Fishing in Australia by Anglicus Australis (p.24), Salmon Ova for Australia (p.135), a brief note about the death of young salmon in Tasmania (p.332) and The Angler in Australia; No. 2 (p.371) which relates an extended account of fishing on the Clarence. Anglicus Australis was the pseudonym of New South Wales District Court judge, Henry Ralph Francis. In Fishing in Australia, H.R. Francis famously writes: My first word on Australian angling must be a dismal confession. There is no fly-fishing worthy the name in New South Wales. (p.26),

1864
Allport, Morton (1864)
Account of the recent successful introduction of the salmon ova to Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1864, pp.39-42.

1864
Allport, Morton (1864)
Further notes on the introduction of the salmon into Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1864, pp.110-114.

1864
Allport, Morton (1864)
Mortality amongst the trout in the breeding ponds at the Plenty. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1864, pp.100-101.

1864
Allport, Morton (1864)
On the food of the salmon in Tasmanian rivers and seas. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1864, pp.72-74; The Mercury, Monday 22 August 1864.

1864
Allport, Morton (1864)
On the natural enemies of the salmon in Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1864, pp.62-65.

1865
Francis, Francis (1865)
Fish Culture: A practical guide to the modern system of breeding and rearing of fish. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Routledge, Warne and Routledge: London; 8vo; (xx), 320pp; illustrated with engravings and text diagrams; nine appendices; hard cover. Francis was one of two donors of the 1864 shipment of trout ova. From the third chapter: I must here cite the most remarkable instance of the safe conveyance of ova which has in all probability ever been carried out. I refer to the sending of ova to Australia. After many attempts and many failures, in all of which water was employed, Mr. Youl (to whose energy and perseverance the success of this experiment is entirely due) determined to try whether the ova could not be sent out in wet moss, packed in ice; and after trying some preliminary experiments, by the co-operation of the Wenham Lake Ice Company, which gave encouraging results, during the spring and summer of 1863, he, during the succeeding winter, prepared to send out a large stock of salmon ova packed in ice. Having obtained the necessary space in the Norfolk, a fine clipper ship belonging to Messrs. Money Wigram and Sons, who gave Mr. Youl every possible assistance, Mr. Youl succeeded in depositing in the hold of the vessel about ten tons of ice; and in the heart of this mass were deposited the boxes of ova.

1865
Francis, Henry Ralph
Fishing in Australia. Fisherman’s Magazine, vol. II, 1865, pp.24-30.

1865
Francis, Henry Ralph
The angler in Australia. Fisherman’s Magazine, vol. II, 1865, pp.371-378.

1866
Successful attempt (Youl) to transport 93,000 salmon ova, 15,000 salmon trout ova and 500 brown trout ova from London to Melbourne and Tasmania on the Lincolnshire.

1866
Steindachner, Franz (1866)
Zur Fischfauna von Port Jackson in Australien. Wien: Germany; 8vo; 58pp; seven lithographs of fish, soft cover. Also published in Sitzungberichte Akademie Wissenschaften, 1866, vol. 53, pp.424–480.

1866
Allport, Morton (1866)
Report of the late successful experiment for the introduction of salmon ova and sea trout ova to Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1866, pp.39-42.
1866 (June): 2nd edition.

1866
Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. (1866)
Fishing Gossip or Stray Leaves from the Notebooks of Several Anglers. Adam and Charles Black: Edinburgh; 12mo; (xi), 329pp; vignette on title page, fishing scene frontispiece and text illustrations; hard cover with gilt angling motif on spine. One of the earliest references to angling in Australia, An Angler At The Antipodes by H.R. Francis, is included.

1867
Piguenit, W.C. and Henn, M.L. [1867]
The Salmon Ponds and Vicinity, New Norfolk, Tasmania. M.L. Henn: Hobart Town; oblong 37x52cm; [1] leaf; [6] tinted plates (a very faint yellow; each about 22x32cm) drawn on stone by W.C. Piguenit (pronounced as though the name ends in ‘et’, according to Clifford Craig in The Engravers of Van Diemen’s Land; p.109) and lithographed by M. L Henn; limp paper with a blue cloth spine. The engraved front wrapper has the view of the falls and the title within a tinted oval lithograph (24x38cm) headed The Salmon Ponds and Vicinity, New Norfolk, Tasmania, illustrated by W.C. Piguenit. The one page of letterpress gives a short history of the successful introduction of salmon into Tasmania, including earlier attempts on the S. Curling (an utter failure), and the Beautiful Star, a small iron vessel intended for a steam collier, but then sent under sail to Tasmania.

1867
Illustrated London News (1867)
Salmon Ponds at New Norfolk, in The Illustrated London News, No. 1410, vol. L, 16 January 1867. The article discusses efforts to bring trout and salmon to the Australian waters. The accompanying engraving of the Salmon Ponds, 14.8×23.7cm, is by Major Wingate of Darlinghurst.

1868
Allport, Morton (1868)
Reasons for the introduction of the perch into Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1868, pp.56-57.

1869
Allport, Morton (1869)
Net-fishing in the Derwent. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1869, pp.50-54.

1870
First published in the Ballarat Evening Mail on December 7, 1870, this extract is from a narrative of an angling trip to Tasmania by the writer, W.P.W. and his friend C—. Is this the first Antipodean discussion of trout flies in print? Is this the first example of tying trout flies at the riverside to match the hatch?

For the benefit of those who have fished in Old England’s trout streams, we may mention the following few particulars with reference to the “flies” used at the Plenty. Blue and yellow Duns killed well, as also did Coch a Bondu and the Cinnamon fly. Fancy flies were used as well with some success, and we noticed on the stream some varieties of the Spinner tribe and some flies resembling the “Orle.” The Cinnamon fly we caught on the river, so therefore made some, and used them with success. Sundry light colored moths are to be seen about the stream during the evening, and would doubtless kill well towards night after a warm sultry day.

1870
Allport, Morton (1870)
Brief history of the introduction of salmon (salmo salar) and other salmonidæ to the waters of Tasmania. Proceedings, Royal Society London, Sydney; January 1870, pp.14-30. John Clements describes this as an excellent paper on the subject (Salmon at the Antipodes, p.375).

1870
Günther, Albert (1870)
On the occurrence of Lates Calcarifer in Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, London, 1870, p.824.

1870
Günther, Albert (1870)
Description of Cerodatus, a genus of ganoid fishes, recently discovered in rivers of Queensland, Australia. Taylor and Francis: London; 4to; 61pp; 12 full-page engraved plates (one page folding).

1870
Soubeiran, [Dr] J.-Léon [1870]
Rapport sur l’acclimatation du saumon en Tasmanie, in Bulletin de la Société Imperiale Zoologique d’Acclimatation, [Montpellier, France]; 2e série, tome VII; 1870, pp.185-191. The first of Soubeiran’s articles describing the acclimatisation of trout and salmon in Australia.

1871
Hill, Edward Smith (1871)
Fishes of, and Fishing in New South Wales. A series of articles published in the Sydney Mail. Tenison-Woods’ Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales sources much of its fishing content from these articles.

1871
[Meredith, Louisa Anne] (1871)
Walch’s Tasmanian Guide Book: A handbook of information for all parts of the colony (1871). J. Walch and Sons Tasmania: Hobart Town; Walch Brothers and Birchall: Launceston, Tasmania; George Robertson: Melbourne; and Simpkin, Marshall: London; 12mo; 249pp, 30 (advertisements); large folding frontispiece map of Tasmania (Walch’s New Map of Tasmania by H.G. De Gruchy & Co., Lithographers, Melbourne); pictorial boards. The Guide Book has a description of an Excursion to the Salmon Ponds and a very early poem about the introduction of salmon.

1871
Allport, Morton (1871)
Observations on the progress of the salmon experiment. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1871, pp.14-16.

1871
Allport, Morton (1871)
The salmon trout. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1871, pp.43-46.

1871
First stocking of trout in New South Wales.
The first stocking of trout in New South Wales were probably by John Keys who privately purchased ova and bred and released them into the Hunter River in 1971 (Gibson, p.vii).
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser Saturday 6 October 1877
Introduction of Trout to the Hunter.
Some years ago Mr. J.H. Keys, of Bengalla, obtained some trout ova and placed them temporarily in the Hunter at Belltrees, intending to take them higher up the river, for the purpose of eventually liberating them in the waters of the Hunter. A high rise occurring in the river, Mr. White lifted the hatching box, and in doing so twenty-five or thirty of the young fish escaped. A few days ago Mr. Donald Cameron of Denison Town was shown a strange fish caught in the Hunter at that place which he at once identified as a trout. Several other persons have caught strange fish which they have not seen before. One was caught some two months ago, and a description of it was given to Dr. Creed, who is perfectly satisfied that it was a trout. It is pretty clear from the above that some of the fish reached maturity.

The Sydney Morning Herald Thursday 16 September 1880
John H. Keys, of Bengalla, to-day received from the Zoological Society another consignment of 500 salmon trout ova, which he placed in a box in the Hunter. Three thousand trout ova have now been placed in the waters of the Upper Hunter by that gentleman.

The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 20 July 1887
The Late Mr. John H. Keys, of Bengalla.
In the decease of Mr. John H. Keys there has passed away a prominent and venerable gentleman who was well known on the Hunter, and whose high character commanded the esteem of all who knew him. Mr. Keys was very anxious to acclimatise in the waters of the Upper Hunter several kinds of fish common in Ireland, and imported from his native country, and also from New Zealand and Tasmania, the ova of trout and other fish. These were hatched under his own superintendence, and afterwards introduced into many streams throughout the district.

1872
Allport, Morton (1872)
Irregularity in the growth of the salmon. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1872, pp.55-56.

1872
Baden-Powell, George S. (1872)
New Homes for the Old Country: A personal experience of the political and domestic life, the industries, and the natural history of Australia and New Zealand. Richard Bentley and Son: London; 8vo; (xx), 512pp; [4] leaves of plates; illustrated, maps; index; hard cover. Includes Chapter XXXIII, Fish (pp.288-295), in which Baden-Powell discusses the fishing to be found in Australia including the developing opportunities for trout and salmon in Tasmania. Of the mainland he writes about fishing for perch in coastal streams, for Murray cod in inland streams and, further north: In some of the more Northern rivers, their tidal waters afford especially good fly fishing …

1872
Castelnau, Count F. de (1872-3)
Notes on the edible fishes of Victoria. International Exhibition Essays, 1872-1873, no. 5; 17pp.
Ferguson 8016.

1872
Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria (1872-78)
Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria and Report of the Annual Meeting of the Society. F.A. Masterman: Melbourne; vol. 1 (1872) to vol. 5 (1878); 8vo; buff card covers. The first volume was issued in 1872. Contribution to the Ichthyology of Australia by Count F. De Castelnau can be found in part of vols. 1 and 2 and includes Supplement to the Fishes of Victoria, Fishes of South Australia, Notes on Fishes from North Australia, Fishes of Western Australia and New Sorts of Australian Fauna and Lists of Australian Fishes; vol. 5 includes Wilson’s The Californian Salmon.

1873
Buckland, Frank [1873]
Familiar History of British Fishes. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: London; 12mo; (xi), 396pp; illustrated; gilt and black illustration to the front board and spine; hardcover.
1880: revised edition. Natural History of British Fishes: Their structure, economic uses, and capture by net and rod; cultivation of fish ponds, fish suited for acclimatisation, artificial breeding of salmon. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: London; 8vo; (xii), 420pp; [4]pp advertisements; illustrated; hard cover. Details arrangements for transporting trout and salmon eggs from England to Australia.

1873
The Argus Friday 3 January 1873
It is said that brown trout, weighing as much as 8lb., have been caught in the neighbourhood of Ballarat. The locality is of course secret.

1873
The Mercury Monday 6 January 1873
The Brown Trout. The introduction of the brown trout to some of the waters in the Ballarat district appears to have been attended with great success. The Ballarat Star of December 31st says: – “The existence in this colony of brown trout of 8lb. weight, and plenty of them, as announced by our evening contemporary, has taken anglers by surprise. The statement is quite true, however, but as a rush may be expected should the locality become known, the secret is confined to a very few discreet men.”

1873
Illustrated Australian News for Home Readers Thursday 4 December 1873
Mr. Holmes, of the firm of Holmes and Salter, caught a fine brown trout, not many miles from Ballarat, on 7th November. The fish, which weighed within an ounce or two of six pounds, was in splendid condition.

1873
The Argus Tuesday 11 November 1873
A very fine brown trout was brought into Ballarat on Saturday afternoon by a legal gentleman who had been trying his hand at fly-fishing in a creek some distance from this. The fish measures about 2ft. in length, and weighs within a fraction of 61b.

1873
The Argus Monday 29 December 1873
Another fine trout, weighing over 31b., was brought to Ballarat last night by Mr. M’Dougall, who caught it yesterday in Riddell’s Creek.

1873
Reputed first capture of a trout on a fly in Victoria
Dr Heisse, a committee member of the Ballarat Fish Acclimatisation Society, is credited with the first capture of a trout in Victoria. The fish, a 4¼lb. Brown was caught in late December at Riddells Creek near Gisborne. … The capture was proudly related by the doctor’s fishing companion, ‘A.B.’ in a letter to “The Field” in 1873 (Dunn, p.189).

1874
Allport, Curzon (1874)
A report on the fish breeding ponds of the Acclimatisation Society of Victoria & the introduction of fish into the rivers of the colony. Proceedings of the Zoological & Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, vol. III, pp.37-40.

1874
Allport, Morton (1874)
Some further notes on the introduction of the salmon into Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1874, pp.12-18; 69-71.

1875
Allport, Morton (1875)
Some further notes on the introduction of the salmon into Tasmanian waters. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1874, pp.51-55.

1875
Castelnau, Count F. de (1875)
Researches on the Fishes of Australia. McCarron, Bird & Company: Melbourne; 8vo; 52pp; soft cover. Count de Castelnau writes: My object in the present paper is to give the description of all sorts of Australian fishes that have come under my notice since my previous publications in the “Proceedings of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria”. Also published in Intercolonial Exhibition Essays, 1875, no. 2 and in the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition Record of 1876.

1875
Ballarat Courier Friday 17 December 1875
Dr. King has shown us a collection of artificial flies which he has just obtained for angling purposes. They were made by Mr. Shanklin, who carries on a lucrative factory of this sort at Sale, and who deserves to be highly complimented on the excellence of his work. The collection includes several kinds of moths, caterpillars and flies, attached to hooks and casting lines. The cost all round was 6d. a dozen, which Dr. King informs us is quite as cheap as the same articles can be bought for in England. Dr. King also states that Mr. Shanklin’s productions are quite equal to anything of the same kind that is made in the old country.

1876
Successful attempt (Youl and Buckland) to transport 175,000 salmon ova from London to Melbourne and New Zealand on the Durham.

1876
Hawkeye [Major General Richard Hamilton] (1876)
Game [Indian Big Game Hunting, and 2 Chapters on Wildfowling and Fishing in South Australia]. The Observer Press, [with] Agents in Madras, Messrs. Higginbotham: Ootacamund: [India]; 8vo; (vi), 275pp; hard cover. Includes Fishing in South Australia (1847), now known to be by George Hamilton.

1876
Reputed first capture of a trout on a fly in Tasmania
Illustrated Australian News; Wednesday 29 November 1876
Mr. Matthew Seal, one of the Salmon Commissioners, in company with Mr. Morton Allport, was fishing with a fly at the Falls, above New Norfolk, on Sunday, 8th October, and landed a salmon, weighing about three pounds, which was presented to the hon. John Robertson, Premier of New South Wales. A gentleman writing to a friend at Launceston says: — ‘You may well say ‘ the glorious success of the salmon.’ On Saturday last I saw hundreds of the migratory species in the Derwent below New Norfolk. Sometimes ten or twelve were out of the water at once; fish ranging from eighteen inches to two feet six inches in length, while numbers of larger fish only made great curls in the water without showing themselves. A mile of the river was alive with them. Of course I cannot say these were salmon, but I do say most positively they were not trout, and could only be salmon or salmon trout, or both. It is the first time I have lighted on them in numbers, and I could have imagined nothing like it.

1876
Gippsland Times Friday 20 October 1876
The Ballarat Star says: We have been shown some artificial flies tied, and tied admirably, by Mrs. Shanklin, a Sale lady, who is, we believe, a daughter of that famous fly fisher and tier, Mr. Ronalds, whose work on artificial flies is so much prized by all true anglers. Mrs. Shanklin’s flies comprise imitations of those peculiar to most of the British, as well as some of the Tasmanian and Victorian trout waters. The flies in question have been spoken very highly of by the best judges we have of such matters.

1877
Gippsland Times Monday 24 December 1877

1877
Poreuctus (1877)
A search for salmon in Australia. The Field, 13 January 1877, p.48. An angling trip to the Snowy River.

1877
Sir Frederick Weld, G.C.M.G., caught what was reputed to be the second “salmon” captured on fly in the colony, an 8½lb. fish caught on 10 January 1877.

1877
Australasian Sketcher: With pen and pencil (1873-1889)
Printed and published at The Argus Office for Wilson and Mackinnon: Melbourne (but printed in South Australia from 15 May 1875 to 29 October 1885); 17 volumes; illustrated; 42cm. Of particular interest to anglers is the March 1877 issue, which features a woodcut of a 16lb. brown trout caught in the Derwent by Dr E.M. James of Melbourne. According to the caption, the fish measured 3 feet, 8 inches in length. The woodcut is from a photograph by Alfred Winter; it is believed to be the first published illustration of a Tasmanian trout.

1877
Allport, Morton (1877)
Present stage of the salmon experiment in Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings and Report of The Royal Society of Tasmania, 1877, pp.109-114. Allport questions the project’s success: Though grilse weighing from 3 to 7 pounds have, during the last four years, been taken in the Derwent, how is it that no mature salmon—that is, fish weighing from 15 to 30 pounds, have been captured? This is a question frequently asked both here and in the neighbouring colonies, but it will be necessary before attempting to answer it to refer to what is known of the early life-history of the salmon in Europe and Tasmania.

1878
Wilson, Sir Samuel (1878)
The Californian Salmon, in Transactions of the Zoological and Acclimatisation Society of Victoria, vol. 5, 1878.

1878
Wilson, Sir Samuel (1878)
2nd edition. The Californian Salmon: With an account of its introduction into Victoria. Sands and McDougall: Melbourne; 8vo; [2], [ii], [3]-132; mounted photographic frontispiece (Trout Ponds at Ercildoune); all edges gilt, blind-stamped hard cover with the title in gilt on the spine and front board.

1878
Larboard, M. (1878)
Trout fishing in Tasmania. The Field, 20 July 1878, p.74. Bob Dunn comments (Angling in Australia, p.302) that this is an early angling account from a resident of Hobart Town.

1880
The Cornwall Chronicle (Launceston) Saturday 31 January 1880
On the second morning of a trip to the Great Lake (January 19, 1880): The Governor (i.e., Governor Weld) rose and moved fish chiefly with the artificial fly; and it seems pretty certain when they are feeding a magnificent basket of fish might be got with the artificial fly, natural water flies abound to a great extent, and many interesting things in the way of history and botany were seen.

1880
The Salmon Ponds sending trout across Australia
Launceston Examiner Monday 1 March 1880
In 1864 the amount expended was £295, but in the two following years it increased to £1213 and £1024 respectively; then full to £612. Since 1870 the expenditure has averaged about £300 per annum, the amount in 1879 being £294. 158,640 ova and fry of the salmon trout and other trout have been produced at the Salmon Ponds, of which number 41,350 ova were presented to Victoria and New Zealand, and 800 to Western Australia. 38,000 ova have been purchased in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia, and 78,490 ova and fry have been issued for distribution throughout Tasmania.

1880
Meredith, Louisa Anne (1880)
Tasmanian Friends and Foes, Feathered, Furred, and Finned: A family chronicle of country life, natural history, and veritable adventure. J. Walch and Sons: Hobart Town; 8vo; (ii), 259pp; illustrated including eight coloured plates; index; front board decorated in black and gilt with a kangaroo, emus and fish against a bush background; gilt titles. Chapters XXXIV, XXXV and XXXVII have fishing content.

1880
New South Wales Royal Commission (1880)
Report of the Royal Commission appointed on the 8th January, 1880, to Inquire Into and Report Upon the Actual State and Prospect of the Fisheries of this Colony: Together with the minutes of evidence and appendices. Government Printer: Sydney; 128, 21pp; 33cm. At head of title: Fisheries Inquiry Commission. The inquiry resulted in the Fisheries Act of 1881. The 1881 Royal Commission allowed for the appointment of Commissioners who also acted as the Great International Fisheries Exhibition Commission in connection with the exhibition in London in 1883.

1880
Senior, William Red Spinner (1880)
Travel and Trout in the Antipodes: An angler’s sketches in Tasmania and New Zealand. Chatto & Windus: London; 12mo; (xii), 315pp; text drawings of fish; hard cover. Also published in 1880 by George Robertson: Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane. Senior’s book is the first writing in book form about fly fishing in Australia.

1880
Coutts, James (1880)
Vacation Tours in New Zealand and Tasmania. George Robertson: Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide; 8vo; (iv), 100pp; nine leaves of plates (one folded), illustrated; page edges gilt; hard cover with embossed border and gilt title on front board. Contains a lengthy account of A Summer Trip to the Tasmanian Lakes, Echo and St. Clair and an interesting report of a visit to the Salmon Ponds at Plenty. From the latter: One feels as if he could rest for ever here on the soft sward under the leafy boughs, watching the spotted trout, the “finny darters”, as they rise or glide about in calm indifference in the crystal water; or lulled to dreamy ease by the low music of the babbling Plenty …

1880
Günther, Albert (1880)
An Introduction to the Study of Fishes. A. & C. Black: Edinburgh, Scotland; 8vo; (xvi), 720pp; illustrated numerous woodcuts; appendix (Directions for Collecting and Preserving Fishes); index; hard cover; motif on the front board and gilt lettering on spine. Also titled Study of Fishes. In his chapter on acclimatised fishes, Günther suggests the most successful attempt of recent years is the acclimatisation of trout and sea-trout, and probably also of the salmon, in Tasmania and New Zealand.

1880
Inglis, James Maori (1880)
Our Australian Cousins. Macmillan: London; 8vo; (xiv), 466pp plus advertisements; illustrated boards. Includes a chapter about a trip to Lake Macquarie with extensive coverage of the fishing there (Chapter XX), a chapter on saltwater fishing (Chapter XXI) and a chapter on freshwater fishing and flyfishing (Chapter XXII), including a discussion of perch flies used on the Hunter River (New South Wales).

1881
Irvine, Richard (1881)
A visit to the Derwent and Plenty. The Field, 8 October 1881, p.517. The author was one of the original Salmon Commissioners (Tasmania).

1881
Macleay, Sir William (1881, 1884)
Descriptive Catalogue of Australian Fishes. F.W. White: Sydney; 8vo; two volumes: (vi), 266pp; (vi), 324pp plus supplement, 64pp; 4 lithographed plates; hard cover. Descriptive Catalogue of Australian Fishes is a compilation of Macleay’s papers previously published in the proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales.

1881
Pepper-Pot (1881)
Perch fishing in Gippsland. The Field, 20 August 1881, p.275.

1882
Soubeiran, [Dr] J.-Léon [1882]
Acclimatation du Saumon aux Antipodes. Société Languedocienne de Géographie: [Montpellier, France]; 8vo; 13pp; sewn soft cover. An offprint from the Bulletin de la Société Languedocienne de Géographie, 1882. A history to 1882 of the attempts to acclimatise trout and salmon in Australia and New Zealand.

1882
Johnston, R.M. (1882)
General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania: With a classified catalogue of all the known species. Proceedings Royal Society Tasmania, 1882, pp.[53]-143. Later published in the Royal Commission on the Fisheries of Tasmania. Includes an outline of the difficulties in introducing trout from Great Britain.

1882
Nicols, Arthur (1882)
The Acclimatisation of the Salmonidæ at the Antipodes: Its history and results. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington: London; 12mo; (viii), 238pp, [2], plus 32pp of advertisements; hard cover. An important study that details the early experiments, successes and failures in bringing trout and salmon to Australia and New Zealand. Largely written from articles published in The Field Quarterly Magazine and Review and from The Country and Chambers’ Journal.

1882
Tenison-Woods, J.E. (1882)
Fish and Fisheries of New South Wales. Thomas Richards (Government Printer): Sydney; royal 8vo; (xii), 213pp; 45 full-page plates of fish; a woodcut of the teeth and head of salmo salar (p.9); a bibliography of fish and fishing (pp.194-203); index; half morocco with marbled boards; spine gilt with five raised bands.

1882
The Maffra Spectator Thursday 9 March 1882
We have been favored with a sight of a very handsome testimonial awarded by the Commissioners of the late Melbourne Exhibition to Mrs. R. Shanklin, Upper Maffra, for her display of artificial trout and other flies. It is a first-class award, signed by the chief officials and with the seal of the Commissioners attached. The design and illustrations are extremely chaste and delicate, and no doubt Mrs. Shanklin is proud of such a gratifying acknowledgment.

1882
First trout for South Australia
South Australian Register Tuesday 13 June 1882
A meeting of the Council of (the Acclimatisation and Zoological) Society was held at the office of the Hon. Henry Scott, M.L.C, on Friday, June 9. … A letter was received from a lady residing in Upper Kensington, complaining of the wholesale destruction of birds in that locality by men and boys. Members of the Council made similar complaints. The Secretary was instructed to communicate with the Commissioner of Police on the subject. It was resolved to procure a further supply of turkeys from America; also 5,000 trout ova from the Salmon Commissioners in Tasmania.

1882
G.E. Gill’s acclimatisation of trout in New England
The Mercury Tuesday 17 October 1882
Information has been received from Mr. Gill, of Macdonald River, that the hatching of the trout ova under his charge is progressing satisfactorily. About 100 fry are hatched and darting about the boxes, and it is expected that 10,000 will be hatched throughout the year.

Australian Town and Country Journal Saturday 23 January 1886
A gentleman shot a cormorant at Surveyor’s Creek near Armidale, and from its pouch took a number of young trout of this year’s hatching, thereby proving that Mr. G.E. Gill’s efforts to stock the river with trout in years gone by have been successful. The secretary of the local Acclimatisation Society asks all interested to wage a relentless war against the fish eating birds.

1883
Johnston, R.M. [1883]
General and critical observations on the fishes of Tasmania: with a classified catalogue of all the known species. [Royal Society: Hobart]; pp.51-143; soft cover. Extract from the Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1882. Read before the Royal Society of Tasmania, 7th August, 1882.

1883
Old Chum (1883)
Australian fishes. The Field, 10 November 1883, p.638.

1883
Ramsay, E.P. (1883)
Great International Fisheries Exhibition, South Kensington, London, 1883. Catalogue of the exhibits in New South Wales Court. International Fisheries Exhibition (Taylor and Francis, printers): London; 8vo; 56pp; soft cover. Edward Pierson Ramsay was one of the fisheries commissioners for New South Wales, and responsible for the New South Wales exhibition. Division 57 of the exhibition included photographs of Australian fish and oil paintings of Australian fish, life size, by Messrs. Podmore and Carse of Sydney, finished under the direction of the curator of the museum. The text then goes on to list the forty oil paintings (The “Nannagai”, River-Perch, Macleay’s Perch, The Yellow Perch, and so on).

1883
Tasmania [Fisheries of] (1883)
Report of the Royal Commission: Together with general and critical observations on the fisheries of the colony; classified catalogue of all the known species; abstract of the minutes of proceedings; evidence taken before the commissioners; statistics etc. William Thomas Strutt, Government Printer: Hobart; folio; (lxvi), 86pp.
The Royal Commission’s report, prepared by R.M. Johnston for the Legislative Council, was tabled in October 1882. This report described the fishing industries including a comprehensive Catalogue of Tasmanian Fishes, and recommended that the management of fisheries be placed under professional guidance. It was this recommendation that led to the appointment of William Saville-Kent and to the subsequent improvements to the fisheries under his stewardship. There is much information about acclimatisation efforts and successes.

1883
Whymper, F. (1883)
The Fisheries of the World: An illustrated and descriptive record of the International Fisheries Exhibition 1883. Cassell: London; 4to; 376pp; numerous illustrations; 4pp advertisements; decorated endpapers; index; hard cover (elaborate decorations). Includes Chapter XVII: The Australian Fisheries: New South Wales and Tasmania (pp.292-306).

1883
Great International Fisheries Exhibition (1883)
Catalogue of the Exhibits in the Tasmanian Court. International Fisheries Exhibition (Printed by William Clowes and Sons): London; 8vo; 14pp; soft cover. Forwarded by the Commissioners of Fisheries of Tasmania. Philipp S. Seager, Esq., Secretary to the Commission. Richard Philpott, Esq., Agent for the Colony in London. E. P. Ramsay, F.L.S. &c., Acting as Commissioner in London. In his Introductory Remarks, Edward Ramsay includes an account of the Tasmanian salmon fishery based on the annual reports of the Tasmanian Salmon Commissioners for the years 1879–80.

1884
Fenton, James (1884)
A History of Tasmania: From its discovery in 1642 to the present time. J. Walch and Sons: Hobart; Walch Bros. and Birchall: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xvi), 462pp; four chromolithographs in colour, one black and white plate and one printed colour folding map; bibliography of books about Tasmania (pp.447-457); appendices; index; hard cover. In Chapter XVI Fenton describes the introduction of salmon and trout into Tasmania.

1884
Progress of trout in South Australia
The South Australian Advertiser Thursday 17 July 1884
There are few people in Adelaide (writes a Campbelltown correspondent) who know what the Acclimatisation Society has done at the Thorndon Park reservoir. A very nice pond cemented, enclosed, and covered in with wire netting, has been constructed for keeping and breeding salmon-trout, and to judge by the beauties that can now be seen the effort has been eminently successful.

1885
Death of Maria Shanklin, flytyer.
The Maffra Spectator Thursday 6 March 1884
It is with extreme regret that we have to announce the death of Mrs. Shanklin, wife of Mr. Robert Shanklin, of Upper Maffra, formerly of Sale, who expired at the Gippsland Hospital on Saturday. Mrs Shanklin was the eldest daughter of the late Alfred Ronalds, Esq., author of The Fly-fishing Entymology, an authority now existing, and whose assistance to his brother, the late Sir Francis Ronalds, materially founded that gigantic power, the Electric Telegraph in the year 1820. She had the management at a very early age of her father’s business as a manufacturer of artificial flies – both salmon and trout and which industry she has successfully floated in this district. The deceased lady was highly and deservedly respected by all classes of the community, and was well known for her indefatigability in promoting everything connected with the welfare of the people, as well as being a good and kind mother. The funeral took place on Sunday, and was largely attended by old residents and friends of the family.

1885
Bompas, George C. (1885)
Life of Frank Buckland. Smith, Elder: London; 8vo; (ix), 433pp; engraved portrait frontis; hard cover. Buckland collected some of the original trout ova shipped to Australia in 1864, mentioned here.

1885
Cholmondeley-Pennell, H. (1885)
Fishing: Salmon and Trout. The Badminton Library. Longmans, Green: London; 8vo; (xiii), 2, 472pp; frontis, title vignette and numerous illustrations; hard cover. H.R. (Henry Ralph) Francis very briefly refers to his experiences fishing in Tasmania in the 1870s in Fly Fishing for Trout and Grayling; or ‘Fine and Far Off’.

1886
Ogilby, J. Douglas (1886)
Catalogue of the Fishes of New South Wales with Their Principal Synonyms. T. Richards, Government Printer: Sydney; 4to; 67pp; bibliography.

1887
Saville-Kent, W. (n.d., c.1887)
Observations on the acclimatisation of the true salmon (salmo salar) in Tasmanian waters: and upon the reported salmon disease at the breeding establishment on the River Plenty. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1887, pp.54-66.

1887
Maitland, Sir J. Ramsay Gibson (1887)
The History of Howietown: Containing a full description of the various hatching houses and ponds, and of experiments which have been undertaken there, from 1873 to the present time and also of the fish-cultural work and the magnificent results already obtained. Part 1. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, Scotland; 4to; (xxiii), 278pp; frontis: Waterfall on Loch Coulter Burn at Milnehome Hatching-House; illustrated; hard cover. Includes Transportation of Ova to the Antipodes, and Shipments by Mr Youl, 1860-70. Scarce work, with a brief mention of the early acclimatisation of trout in Australia and New Zealand.

1887
Sir Robert Hamilton’s 29lb. trout, caught in the Derwent (1887), 35½ inches.

1888
Seager, Philip S. (1888)
Concise History of the Acclimatisation of the Salmonidæ in Tasmania. Tasmania; 8vo; 26pp.

1888
Senior, William Red Spinner (1888)
Near and Far: An angler’s sketches of home, sport and colonial life. Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington: London; 12mo; (xv), 304pp, 32pp of advertisements; hard cover. In two parts. In the second, Sketches of Colonial Life, Senior includes three chapters on fishing.

1888
Johnston, R.M. (1888)
Results of the various attempts to acclimatise Salmo Salar in Tasmanian Waters. Papers and Proceedings Royal Society Tasmania, Tasmania, 1888, pp.27-46.

1893
Gale, John (1893)
Freshwater fish acclimatisation, in Pamphlets issued by the New South Wales Commissioners for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893: for the information of visitors to that exhibition, the American public, and others interested. Charles Potter, Government Printer: Sydney; 8vo; two volumes (but in vol. I); pp.103-104.

1893
Irvine, Richard (1893)
The mammoth trout of Tasmania. The Field, 14 January 1893, pp.41-42.

1893
Thompson, Lindsay G. (1893)
History of the Fisheries of New South Wales: With a sketch of the laws by which they have been regulated. C. Potter, Government Printer: Sydney; 8vo; (iv), 126pp, [7]; four plates at the end interleaved each with an explanatory page, 16 full-page plates throughout the text and seven coloured folding maps (six according to Ferguson); a list of publications consulted in publication of this pamphlet (p.126); soft cover. Published by authority of the New South Wales Commissioners for the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Compiled from Official and other Authentic Sources. Some information about indigenous fisheries.

1895
Cook [Thomas] and Son (n.d., c.1895)
Cook and Son’s Tasmanian Tours: The Lakes District (Lakes Sorell and Crescent – Parattah and Tunbridge Routes – Attractions for the Artist, the Sportsman, the Angler – Woods’ and Arthur’s Lakes – The Great Lake – Bothwell, Parattah, Tunbridge, and Deloraine Routes – a Paradise for Anglers – Lakes St. Clair and Echo). William Grahame Jr., Government Printer: Tasmania; 8vo; 9pp; soft cover (pamphlet). Believed to be the first travel pamphlet devoted entirely to Tasmania’s Central Plateau, the first of a line of angling tourism promotions advertising a fishery that was just beginning to attract attention.

1895
New South Wales Royal Commission on Fisheries (1895-1896)
Report of the Royal Commission appointed on the 20th November, 1894, to inquire and report upon the best means of developing the marine and other fisheries of New South Wales, and as to the better regulation of the fishing industry by law: together with the minutes of evidence and appendix / Royal Commission on Fisheries. Charles Potter, Government Printer: Sydney; folio; 194pp plus a supplementary report (folio; 102pp; illustrated); index.

1895
Thackeray, Charles (1895)
The Amateur Fisherman’s Guide: With illustrations by the author. George Robinson: Sydney; 12mo; 93pp, [4]pp advertisements; illustrated; soft cover. Amateur Series (George Robertson and Company); no. 2.

1895
Thackeray, Charles (1895)
The sport of fishing in New South Wales. Australian Fishing and Shooting Annual, 1902, pp.45-54.

1895
Armistead, J.J. (1895)
An Angler’s Paradise: And how to obtain it. The Angler: Scarborough and London; 8vo; (xvi), 304pp; photographs, patterned endpapers; hard cover. This practical guide to fish culture at the end of the 19th century includes references to trout acclimatisation in Tasmania.

1897
Kingsbury, W.H. (1897)
The Angler’s Pocket Guide. [W. H. Kingsbury: Ballarat, Victoria], (printed by W. B. Macdonald: Ballarat); 24mo; [viii], 50pp, [12]; soft cover. Kingsbury was a Travelling Inspector of Fisheries. The Angler’s Pocket Guide includes advice on tackle, bait, fly-fishing techniques, recommended methods for particular species and general hints plus recommended fishing spots. On Gippsland Perch: When the waters are coming off the flat-laying lands, there is splendid sport to be obtained with these fish by fishing from a boat in mid-stream, casting an Artificial Fly on to the edge of the bank and allowing it to sink down under water. At this season of the year, viz., about the latter end of October or November, the Perch are feeding on the insects, which are being washed off the low-laying lands, and they take the Fly greedily. The Artificial Flies are Nos. 1 and 2 Red and Black and Yellow and Black made expressly for the Gippsland Perch.

1897
Formation of the oldest angling association in Australia, the Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association (NTFA). The Association’s report was published annually (76 volumes) from 1904 to 1979 when it merged with the North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania. The journal was later published as Tasmanian Report (Launceston, Tas). Alternative titles were Annual Report (Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association) and Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association Annual Report. The Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association again published reports for the three years 2002- 2004, edited by Peter Richards, issued in limited quantities and not sold to the public.

1898
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (1898)
Tourists’ Guide to Tasmania. Union Line of Steamers: Hobart; 12mo; 124pp (including advertisements); Map of Tasmania Showing Principal Tourist Routes tipped in at the front endpaper; soft cover. Edited by Caroline E. Morton; Morton also wrote under the pen name of Dio. Includes Guide to Excursions in Tasmania (pp.27-88) with numerous angling references. Full-page photographic plates by J.W. Beattie include The Salmon Ponds, Mt Ida, Lake St Clair and English Trout Caught in Great Lake.

1899
Parker, Critchley, comp. [1899]
Record of Fish Killed at the Great Lake, Western Tier, Tasmania. From April, 1893, Compiled from Tom Earley’s records. [Critchley Parker: Melbourne]; oblong folio 237´292mm; 34pp letterpress; [278] manuscript; bound in full green leather (ornate blind tooled border, blind tooled bands on spine, gilt title on front cover, Record of Fish Taken at the Great Lake, marbled edges and endpapers). Tom Earley’s records are printed on thick pale-blue laid paper. The paper in the manuscript section is from the same stock as the printed front section. Letterpress at head of each page, NAME OF PARTY. Columns ruled in red ink with letterpress headings: Month, Day, Weight, Locality, Angler’s Initial, Bait [i.e., lure], Weather, Remarks.
[1899]: Record of Fish Killed at the Great Lake, Western Tier, Tasmania. From April 1893, Compiled from Tom Earley’s records. [Critchley Parker: Melbourne]; 29cm; 33 leaves.
c.1985: facsimile; [unknown; possibly Brian Cadle: Tasmania]; hard cover (green boards).
1992: facsimile. Compleat Angler: [Melbourne]; text on rectos only; limited to 42 numbered copies bound in leather.

1899
Bellingham, Sid (1899)
Ten Years with the Palette, Shot Gun and Rifle on the Blue Mountains NSW: A complete guide to the sport and game to be obtained on the Blue Mountains. P. Offer (printer): Sydney; 12mo; 116pp. Cover subtitle: A complete guide to the shooting and fishing to be obtained on the Blue Mountains.

1899
Tourists’ Association, Launceston (1899)
Northern Tasmania: A handy guide, compiled and issued by the Northern Tasmanian Tourists’ Association. The Association: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 84pp; illustrated; one folded leaf of plates; map; index; soft cover.

1900
Murray, A.S. (1900)
Tasmanian Rivers, Lakes, and Flowers: With facsimile reproductions in colour of numerous sketches by the author. G. Robertson: Australia; oblong folio 32x45cm; 57pp; one page advertising the author’s Twelve Hundred Miles on the Murray; 17 chromolithographic coloured plates by the author with 13 separately mounted; all edges gilt (the angling image above is Bend on the Huon River); gilt title and decorative device on front cover; green hide-grain cloth with bevelled edges. Murray was a keen angler (one of his fishing companions was Tasmanian Salmon Commissioner, Matthew Seal) and there are a number of chapters with fishing content, including Trout Fishing at the Great Lake, The River Derwent – Scenery – Trout and Bream Fishing and The River Huon – Scenery – Trout and Bream Fishing.

1900
A.H. (1900)
Trout fishing in Tasmania. The Field, 14 April 1900, p.497.

1900
Anderson, H.H. (1900)
Guide to Fishing in Tasmania. Tasmanian Tourists’ Association (John Vail, Government Printer): Hobart; 8vo; (iv), 54pp; 11 leaves of plates (one folded), maps. The first guide on how and where to fish. Anderson, a Hobart clergyman, describes the fishing in fresh and salt water (especially around Hobart).

1900
First newspaper report about catching trout on the dry fly, rather than just talking about it.
Examiner Saturday 7 April 1900 (In the Rod and Line column)
During September and October fly-fishers had no reason to complain, and on the gliding flats the comparatively new art of dry fly-fishing bore very good results. After that the worm and maggot did great execution, Mr. G. Helliwell one day making a record catch of 38 nice fish.

1902
New South Wales Fisheries (1902)
Report of the Commissioners for 1902 to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Comprised Part I, Fisheries of New South Wales and Part II, Fisheries Investigations and Fish Culture. Included extensive information about the progress of trout acclimatisation (including reports about such streams as the Goodradigby and of trout in Prospect Reservoir).

1902
Stead, David G. (1902)
The Australian Grayling—Prototroctes Maraene. NSW Department of Fisheries Annual Report, pp.34-35. Stead was Naturalist to the Board of Fisheries for NSW.

1902
Clarence and Richmond Examiner Tuesday 2 September 1902
Ten cans of trout, consigned to the Glen Innes Amateur Fishermen’s Association, have arrived, for distribution in the nurseries established at Furracabad and Yarrow Creek, and the many rivers.

1903
Tasmanian Government Railways (1903)
Illustrated Guide to Tasmania: The holiday resort of Australia. The Examiner Offices: Launceston, Tasmania; oblong 22x29cm; 60pp; captioned photographs; folding map with trout streams marked in green; addenda slip; hard cover. Fishing references.

1903
Gale, John (1903)
An Alpine Excursion: Notes of a trip to the mountains, rivers, plains and caves of the Australian Alps. Fallick, Gale: Queanbeyan, NSW; 16mo; 96pp. Frequent fishing references; includes Trout-Fishing in the Goodradigbee (a different text to Trout-Fishing on the Goodradigbee).

1903
Kirk, Andrew (1903)
Angling in Tasmania. Australian Shooting and Fishing Annual, Sydney, 1903.

1903
[Harrison, Charles] Quinnat [1903]
A Holiday Trip to the Chudleigh Lakes and the Mersey River. Northern Tasmanian Anglers’ Association: Launceston, Tasmania; oblong 152x252mm; 38pp; 24 photographs by Harrison’s fishing companion, Mr A.H. Hill; folding sketch map of the Chudleigh Lakes (dated 1902; also by Quinnat) at rear; textured wrappers with gilt titles, and sewn with a thick yellow thread. An account of a fishing trip to the Chudleigh Lakes by Harrison and four companions in February 1902, first published in the Launceston Weekly Courier on March 15, 22 and 29 of that year.

1904
‘G’ [John Gale] (1904)
Trout-Fishing on the Goodradigbee: A successful expedition. Queanbeyan, NSW; 12mo; 13pp, [ii]; black and white photographic frontis and other photographs; dedicated: To my companion anglers R.A.W. and W.A.G. who did so much to make enjoyable and happy the few days spent in their companionship trout-fishing on the Goodradigbee River, this little booklet is very gratefully dedicated; an appendix listing the catch.

1904
H.J. [Howard Joseland] (1904)
Trout fishing, retrospective and prospective. Australian Shooting and Fishing Annual, Sydney, 1904. Joseland reflects on his fishing experiences in Australia, England and New Zealand. An excerpt: In spite of all that can be said of the excitement of salmon fishing, rod fishing for heavy fish such as king fish, bonito or jewfish of this country, or the monster tarpon of Florida, can it after all compare for pure pleasure with trout fishing?

1904
Legge, Colonel W. Vincent (1904)
A physiographical account of “The Great Lake”, Tasmania, in Report of the Tenth Meeting of the Australian Association for the Advancement of Science Held at Dunedin, 1904; pp.348- 375. The history of the stocking and acclimatization of the Brown Trout (Salmo Fario) in the lake is interesting. They were introduced into the lake and the Shannon in the year 1875, and quickly adapted themselves to the favourable conditions of life existent in the shallow, weedy waters of Swan Bay, where they so rapidly increased in size that this locality became the favourite fishing ground of the colony. Includes a large folding map of the lake, with depths indicated from soundings taken by Legge and Kingsmill in 1903. An offprint, The Great Lake, Tasmania, was published in the same year.

1904
Lindt, J.W. and Caire, Nicholas (1904)
Companion Guide to Healesville, Blacks’ Spur, Narbethong and Marysville. Atlas Press: Melbourne; 12mo; 70pp; 65 photographs; folded map tipped in; soft cover. Fishing references. This about the Graceburn Weir: Splendid English spotted and American rainbow trout abound in all the streams within the reserve. Permits must be obtained to fish in this area. Charge, 5/- for three days. The best baits are yabbies or grass-hoppers, both of which can be obtained from many sources in Healesville. Trout will not take artificial fly, nor can casting be done from the banks of the streams; they must be waded.

1904
Slater, R. (1904)
Rod and Line in Tasmania. Launceston Examiner: Launceston, Tasmania; 70pp. Allen and Slater was the leading Launceston fishing tackle firm of the time. The 1906 second edition includes an introductory chapter on the rivers and lakes of Tasmania together with poems and articles on Great Lake, Ben Lomond, Whirlpool Reach, Mersey, South Esk, Duck Reach, Supply River and so on. There are also chapters on Dry Fly Fishing, Camping Out and Opening Day.

1905
Formation of the Rod Fishers’ Society
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 7 October 1905
ANGLING.
NEW CLUB FORMED.
At the invitation of Mr. H. Joseland, a number of fly-fishers attended at the Royal-chambers Castlereagh-street on Thursday afternoon to form an anglers’ club, devoted chiefly to trout fishing. Mr. Joseland presided and it was decided on the motion of Mr. W.A. Gullick, seconded by Mr. S. White to form a club to be styled “The Sydney Angling Society,” which would have for its objects the furtherance of the interests of fly-fishers for trout and the encouragement of rod fishing generally. Messrs. C. R. Burnside, J. Hoare, H. Joseland, W. A. Gullick, and Dr. A. J. Brady were appointed a provisional committee to draw up rules for the Society.

1905
Inaugural meeting of the New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 1 December 1905
A meeting of the recently formed New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society was held at The Rifle Association’s rooms, Equitable-buildings, last night, Mr. H. Joseland presiding. A code of rules, drawn up by a sub-committee, was considered and adopted. The objects of the society are the furtherance of the interests of trout and general rod fishing, by gathering and distributing amongst the members reliable information regarding the fishing districts, and assisting towards the stocking and preservation of the fisheries, by the promotion of modes of angling for salt and fresh water fish, and generally by advancing the sport of rod-fishing. The election of officers resulted as follows: President, Mr. Justice O’Connor; vice-president, Judge Fitzhardinge; hon. Secretary, Mr. Howard Joseland; assistant hon. secretary, Mr. J. E. Paterson; hon. treasurer, Mr. J. Warden; committee, Messrs. F. G. Sargood, J. F. Hoare, C. H. Gorrick, A. D. Hall, and Dr. A. J. Brady.
It was decided, on the motion of Mr. F. G. Sargood, to limit the honorary membership to three months of the year, the committee to have power to extend the privilege, for three more months if desirable.

1905
Davis, Charles (1905)
Guide to Fishing in Southern Tasmania. Charles Davis: Hobart; 8vo; (iv), 56pp; 10 leaves of plates, (one folded); illustrated, maps (one coloured). As with Slater and his booklet, Davis produced this guide in response to calls over a long period for information about the colony’s fishing prospects in the style of Spackman’s book on the fishing in New Zealand.

1905
New South Wales Government Railways and Tramways (1905)
Trout Fishing in New South Wales. Railway Commissioners: [Sydney]; 8vo; 53pp; 3pp (folded) of plates; illustrated; three maps (Western District: Sketch Shewing Some of the Main Trout Waters; Southern District: Sketch Shewing Some of the Main Trout Waters; and Sketch Shewing Trout and Cod Waters in the New England District); index.

1906
Tasmanian Government Railways (1906)
Complete Guide to Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Railways Department: Hobart; 8vo; 112pp; folded map; illustrated; index. Cover title: A Guide to Tasmania: The premier health resort of the Commonwealth. Frequent fishing references. First edition.

1906
Formation of the Victorian-based Fly Fishers Association
The Argus Saturday 23 June 1906
Fly Fisher’s Trout, by Donald Macdonald
The fly-fishers of Victoria have formed an association, and propose to stock some of the southern streams with rainbow trout. As a dabbler after trout, an angler having some days at least in memory’s calendar spotted with red, I am interested in the project, apart from the consideration that every new association of the kind means something added to the means for healthful, harmless and desirable recreation.
The Argus Saturday 7 July 1906
Fly-Fishers’ Association
The members of the newly formed fly-fishers’ association met last night at the Port Phillip Club Hotel, when a code of rules for the Association was adopted and officers elected … Since the club was formed a few weeks ago it has turned a thousand rainbows into Walsh’s Creek, about 20 miles above Warburton. The stream had not been previously stocked and there is a desire to confine it exclusively to rainbow trout with which many members of the association have had magnificent sport in the Snowy River.

1907
Joseland, Howard (1907)
The Trout: Fishing Districts. Some hints on where and how to fish. The Australian Town and Country Journal; January 30 1907; large format, 43x30cm.

1908
Formation of the New South Wales Casting Club
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 14 March 1908
NEW ANGLING CLUB
A meeting of anglers was held at the Customs-house Hotel, Macquarie-place on Thursday night, for the purpose of establishing a new angling club in the city.
Dr. A. J. Brady presided over a large attendance. The club was formed and named the New South Wales Anglers’ Casting Club. The objects agreed upon were the promotion of good fellowship amongst amateur rod anglers; the advancement of fly casting by the arrangement of tournaments; appointment of experts from the club to initiate and coach novices in the art of casting and to advise generally in connection with trout fishing; to promote bait and float casting and perch fishing; to institute contests in salt water angling, more especially for game fish, after the manner of the American Tuna Club; and the advancement of the sport of rod fishing in every possible manner; the accumulation of reliable piscatorial information, reduction of expenses for travelling and the protection and propagation of fish. The subscription was fixed at 10s per annum. The officers elected were: President, Dr. H. L. Maitland, vice-presidents Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A., Dr. A. J. Brady and Major Purves, general committee Messrs. D. Solomon, F. E. Bloxham, C. H. Gorrick, F. L. J. Tompson, L. Thompson, Dr. Herbert Marks and Dr. J. H. M’Arthur; hon. secretary Mr. F. M. Harpur; hon. treasurer, Dr. S. R. Hughes.

1907
Establishment of hatchery at Kosciusko
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 8 March 1907
It was reported that Mr. Dannevig would shortly proceed to Kosciusko to select a site for a temporary trout hatchery to be connected with one of the establishments in course of completion or completed nine miles above Waste Point, or above Betts Camp. He would also obtain data as to winter conditions there in order to see if trout could be successfully hatched in such a cold climate, or whether the water would all be frozen.
The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 22 March 1907
Kosciusko Trout Hatchery.  Mr. H.C. Dannevig (Superintendent of Fisheries Investigations) has just returned to Sydney from the Kosciusko district, whither he had gone to inspect a site pointed out by the Premier as a likely one for the establishment of a trout hatchery. The site selected by Mr. Carruthers is about nine miles from Waste Point, near the Kosciusko hospice, and it is considered by Mr. Dannevig to be suitable for the purpose of hatching out trout ova. One of the main matters for inquiry was whether there would be an adequate supply of water at that altitude during the winter. If the stream which was to feed the hatching boxes froze, there would have been no prospect of making a success of the venture. It was found by the inquirer that the place was suitable in all respects, and the Fisheries Board has now asked the Government Architect to make arrangements for equipping an inexpensive hatchery at the selected place. While in the Monaro district, Mr. Dannevig caught some two-year-old trout in the Snowy River, and conveyed them to Lake Cootapatamba, where he liberated them.

It was announced that the Government Architect’s Department had completed the trout hatchery plant recommended by the Premier for Kosciusko some time ago. The plant has now been despatched to its destination and it is expected will shortly be fitted into position at the Hospice site, nine miles above Waste Point, near the Snowy River,

FISH ACCLIMATISATION.
Mr. H.C. Dannevig, the Fisheries Expert, returned to Cooma this afternoon from the Hospice, Diggers’ Creek, which place he visited to supervise the erection of a trout hatchery. The situation is about nine miles above Spencer’s Camp, near Mount Kosciusko. The appliances, consisting of two tanks and shallow trays for the development of trout ova, have been sent up the mountain. The Fisheries Department will send ova, packed in moss, from the principal

1908
Actions of the newly formed Hobart Fly Fishers’ Club
The Mercury Tuesday 14 July 1908
On Thursday last the newly-formed Hobart Fly Fishers’ Club had an interview with the Commissioners. The club consists of practical trout fishers, and promises to be of much assistance, both to the Commissioners and to tourist visitors. The prayer of the deputation was that of Ajax before the walls of Troy. It desired more light. It seems strange that, according to the deputation, after nearly fifty years’ experience, there was nothing certain known of the migrations of the introduced salmonoids.

1908
New South Wales Government Intelligence Department (n.d., c.1908)
Trout Rivers and Alpine Highlands. W.A. Gullick, Government Printer: Sydney; oblong 14x21cm; 48pp; 45 photographic plates, mostly full-page, some with additional photographs inset; soft cover. There is a marvellous photograph of The Creel (captioned A government bungalow for trout-fishers on the banks of the Thredbo, New South Wales). The one-page introduction briefly describes the region’s angling and skiing opportunities: For lovers of trout-fishing, the State presents attractions possessed by few other countries. The rivers of the plateau have been abundantly stocked, and during the open season, between November and April, splendid trout-waters may be whipped in any part of the tablelands, no license fees or other charges being imposed for the right to fish.

1908
Tasmanian Government (1908)
Handbook of Tasmania. J. Vail, Government Printer: Hobart; 8vo; (x) 110pp; illustrated (photographs); frontispiece folding map of Tasmania; printed grey paper wrappers (issued in five volumes). Section IV. An Angler’s Guide: Sport with rod and line is a substantial record (110pp, with black and white plates) of the angling to be had in Tasmania after the turn of the century. Ian Wilson believes this section was compiled by R.M. Johnston, whose positions included Salmon Commissioner, Government Statistician and Registrar General.

1908
First Australasian Fly-fishing Championship
Queanbeyan Age Tuesday 4 August 1908
FLY-FISHING CHAMPIONSHIP COMPETITION. We have received a copy of the Programme of the First Australasian Championship Meeting promoted by the N.S.W. Anglers’ Casting Club, open to bona fide amateurs of the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, to be held at the Centennial Park, Sydney, on 29th August  instant and continued on 5th September next. His Excellency, Sir Harry Rawson, is patron, and one of the vice-presidents is Colonel Ryrie, M.L.A. The other office bearers include most prominent and distinguished amateur fly-fishers. This movement is something newly-added to the popular sports and pastimes of Australians, and will doubtless attract a large concourse of interested and curious spectators. We give the fixture this prominence for the benefit of the fly-fishers of Queanbeyan and Monaro, who, from their proximity to the most famous trout-streams of the Commonwealth, must not only be numerous, but, as experts, able to give a good account of themselves even in competition (with) those of their craft hailing from elsewhere; and in the hope that some of our fly-casters, if not in Sydney at the time for the purpose of witnessing the imposing details connected with the arrival of the American Fleet, will think it worthwhile to enter the lists for the events of the dates named. Copies and programmes, giving all particulars, and entry forms, 2/6 each event, or 10/6 for the whole of the six events, may be obtained from the hon. secretary, Mr. F.M. Harper, 9 Macquarie Place, Sydney, and must be applied for not later than 26th instant. Three competitions will be decided on 29th instant, viz., (1) contestant to cast beneath an obstacle 30 feet distant and six feet above the waters; (2) a target, 30 feet from the platform and under an overhanging bush, three feet over the target, and three feet from the waters; (3) dry-fly casting, for accuracy and delicacy, distance 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 feet. The three other competitions, to take place on 6th September, are as follows: (1) Fly-casting for accuracy, five casts each at concentric ring targets, 40, 50, and 60 feet distant; (2) fly-casting for distance, longest cast to win, 10 minutes allowed for each competitor; (3) wet-fly casting for accuracy and style. Certificates and special prizes (if any) will be given for each event; and the Grand Champions Prize (a gold medal) will be awarded to the contestant securing the greatest number of points in the six competitions, and to be proclaimed the winner of the title, “The Australasian Champion Fly-Caster, 1908.”

1909
Franklin, J.M.E. (n.d., c.1909)
Trout-fishing at Brindabella on the Goodradigbee River. J.M.E. Franklin: Brindabella via Queanbeyan; oblong 14x22cm; 6pp; illustrated; soft cover. An Eastways Bros. brochure for Brindabella: Cattle Station and Tourist Accommodation House. The Goodradigbee affords every opportunity for the dry-fly enthusiast to exercise his skill on the pools and still reaches …

1910
[Joseland, H. and Paterson, J.E.] [1910]
Calendar of the N.S.W. Rod Fishers’ Society: Compiled by a Sub-Committee from information supplied from Members. [The Society: Sydney]; 12mo; 21pp text interspersed with 56pp for Notes, with a further 14pp at the rear headed Register, with columns for Date, Fish, Fly, Weather, Place and Weight), soft cover.

1911
Ryan, Jack (n.d., c.1911)
Trout, Perch and Blackfish: How to catch them. 12mo; 44pp; hard cover. The author was an angler in Victoria for more than 40 years and a fishing rod manufacturer at Healesville.

1911
First extended newspaper mention of T.B. Simpson, who was one of the pioneers of fly-fishing at the Great Lake, at a time when the majority of anglers were using eelskin and Devon spinners.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 18 March 1911
TROUT FISHING BETTER
Several of our trout streams, according to Mr. T. B. Simpson, who has had experience in the Scottish highlands, resemble some of the Scottish rivers in their appearance after a thunderstorm. About the Kosciusko country the rivers become brown for a time, and clear rapidly. In the lower reaches of the Snowy and Murrumbidgee and generally in the Tuross, Queanbeyan, and Badja there are fewer rapids, and the water does not clear so quickly. The dry-fly enthusiast, who likes clear water, rising fish, and bright days and who fishes best when the conditions do not favour the sunk bait fisherman has had some difficulty of late in making sure of bags of weighty fish He has no difficulty in catching small ones, which would, no doubt, amply satisfy the Highland angler, but do not please the man who wants something over 2lb to tighten his line and give him some work.
Simpson played a particularly prominent part in the evolution of dry fly fishing at the Great Lake. Critchley Parker wrote of Simpson that it was really he who introduced dry fly fishing into this country.
Simpson died while fishing at Great Lake on February 21, 1935. A bronze tablet was erected at the accommodation house at Miena to his memory, inscribed: In memory of T.B. Simpson, a pioneer of dry fly-fishing in the Great Lake, and a constant visitor, 1910-1935.

1912
Champley, James T. (1912)
Tales of Australian Angling. A.H. Massina, Printers: Melbourne; 12mo; 102pp; introduction by R. Lewison Hall; soft cover. Champley’s name is recorded as J. Thornton-Champley on the cover and title page where he is described as the Author of ‘The Australian Anglers Guide’ and ‘Rock Fishing in Australia’, etc. Stories include A Snapper Excursion, A Night on the Saltwater River, Squeaker’s Big Fish and Where the Waters Deepen.
1912: reprinted as Tales and Sketches of Australian Angling: by J. T. Champley, author of ‘The Australian Angler’s Guide’ and various stories and sketches including ‘Driftwood: From an Island Continent’ ‘Nobody’s Darling’ ‘Mops’ &c &c. Classical Press: Melbourne; 12mo; 102pp; soft cover.

1912
Inglis, Gordon (1912)
Sport and Pastime in Australia. Methuen: London; 8vo; (xix), 308pp plus 30pp of advertisements; illustrated with black and white photographs; hard cover with gilt decoration and title on front board and gilt title to spine. In Chapter VIII, Fishing (p.89), Inglis mentions trout in Tasmania and the Monaro, fishing for perch and estuary and deep sea fishing.

1912
Paterson, J.E. (1912)
Our fish filled rivers. Lone Hand, 1 March 1912; pp.401-409; illustrations by Sydney G. Smith; black and white photographs. The perch of eastern waters … may be said to be in a class by himself, seeing that no other fish of any size takes the artificial fly with anything like regularity—and fly fishing, be it noted, is to all other methods as flying is to walking. It was at Cawarra, on the Paterson River, that Mssrs. Lindeman first discovered that ‘fluviatilis’ would rise to a fly. When small birds fell onto the river after being shot, they noticed fish come to the surface and take them whole. Their father remarked that a fish that would do that would take the fly.

1912
Tasmanian Tourist Association (1912)
Beautiful Tasmania: A compendium of information for tourists visiting Tasmania. Tasmanian Tourist Association: Hobart; 8vo; (viii), 116pp, (ix-xvi); black and white photographs; map; index; soft cover. Includes information about the railways, the city and port of Hobart, The Island of the Dead and on p.112, Good Sport for Anglers.

1912
Formation of the Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association (STLAA).
The Mercury Friday 22 November 1912
ANGLERS’ GRIEVANCES. REPRESENTATION ON FISHERIES BOARD.
A meeting of anglers was held at the Working Men’s Club last night to deal with various matters. There was a large gathering, and Mr. H. Cramp, sen., presided. Mr. Cramp, jun., said that the object of the meeting was to form an association in order to take action against the treatment meted out to them by the Fisheries Board. He moved “That an Association be formed, and that the association be called The Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association.”
The Annual Report of the Association was published irregularly from 1912, then continuously from 1952 until 1979/80 when the merged southern and northern associations jointly published the Tasmanian Angling Report. Also titled Annual Report (Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association) and Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association Annual Report. From 1964/1965 to 1967/68 the report was titled Season / Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association.

1913
Stead, David G. (1913)
Note on the Trout Streams of Mount Kosciusko. Sydney; 4p. In all likelihood it is, in pamphlet form, the extensive article Trout Streams of Mount Kosciusko, described as a page of illustrations accompanied by an article by D.G. Stead and published in The Sydney Mail on Wednesday, December 31, 1913. This about Perisher Creek: Perisher Creek rises at the foot of “The Perisher” Mountains and Mount Wheatley. By its feeder creek, Rock Creek, it also drains a portion of the main Ram’s Head Range; it is a beautiful, fast-flowing stream, with many small pools and a few large ones spread along its course, and interspersed with many fine cataracts and rapids. It joins the Snowy River about one third of a mile above the Munyang River.

1913
Drayman, John (1913)
Fishing in Tasmania. Lone Hand, June 1913; pp.159-161. The article describes the history of the introduction of trout to Tasmania and discusses the fishing in both fresh and salt water. The acclimatisation of the British trout has been a success. There is hardly a river in Tasmania that cannot produce seven or eight pounders in plenty, or a lake wherein fish of ten, fifteen, twenty, and even of twenty-five pounds weight cannot be caught. The rainbow trout has also been liberated, both as fry and yearlings, and is numerous in lake and river. This issue described as The Tasmanian Number.

1914
Australia, Commonwealth Government of … (1914)
Australia for the Tourist. Department of External Affairs: Melbourne; 12mo; 174pp including 24pp of advertisements at rear; frontis; nine full-page colour plates and photographs; maps; index (to advertisements); soft cover. Sections on Trout Streams (p.67) and Deep Sea Fishing (p.69).
1923: Australia for the Tourist. [Government Printer: Melbourne]; 8vo; 123pp; [2] leaves of plates; illustrated colour maps; soft cover. Includes the chapter, For the Sportsman by Donald McDonald, with the headings, The Trout Country (p.36), Our Freshwater Streams (p.40) and Big Game at Sea (p.43).

1914
Coulthard, W. (1914)
Beautiful Ballarat: The city of charm and beauty. Ballarat Progress Association: Ballarat, Victoria; 22x14cm; 110pp; illustrated; folded map; soft cover. Subtitled Handbook of the Ballarat Progress Association. At least thirteen editions were published; this description is of the sixth edition (1914). There are numerous references to the angling of the district with some full-page plates of interest, including Trout Taken at Newlyn Reservoir and Bo-Peep Creek.

1914
Lovat, Baroness Alice (1914)
Life of Sir Frederick Weld, G.C.M.G: A pioneer of empire. John Murray: London; 8vo; (xxxvi), 427pp; 13 plates including a frontis portrait; introduction by Sir Hugh Clifford; index; hard cover. Weld was a very keen angler and Tasmanian governor from 1875 until 1880. In Lovat’s book, Weld describes some of his angling experiences. He caught what was reputed to be the second “salmon” caught on fly in the colony, an 8½lb. fish caught on 10 January 1877.

1915
Paterson, J.E. (1915)
Trout Fishing in New South Wales, Australia. Immigration and Tourist Bureau (William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer): Sydney; 8vo; 43pp; frontis of First Rainbow Caught at Prospect Reservoir by Mr. Critchley Parker 1901. Weight 4½lbs; numerous photographs of trout streams, catches and images of interest.

1920
New South Wales Government Tourist Bureau (n.d., c.1920)
Kosciusko Summer. The Bureau: Sydney; Travel brochure; 49x36cm folded to 21.5x12cm. Includes a fine map of the upper Snowy River and the road passing by the Hotel Kosciusko and The Chalet, all the way to the summit of Kosciusko. Includes the panel, Mountain Streams, with captioned: Over one hundred miles of trout streams lie in the vicinity of The Chalet and the Hotel Kosciusko. None miles below the Hotel, The Creel, with accommodation for thirty guests, is a delightful resort of trout fishermen.

1921
Anon. (1921)
How Frank Buckland collected trout and salmon eggs in 1867, in The Fishing Gazette, December 1921, pp.453-454.

1921
J.E.P. [J.E. Paterson] (1921)
The big trout of Kiandra and Jindabyne. Sydney Mail, 13 April 1921. Includes the headings Trout in the Blue Mountains, On the Monaro and Trout and Cormorants.

1921
Joseland, Howard (1921)
Angling in Australia and Elsewhere. Art in Australia: Sydney; 12mo; (viii), 128pp; 20pp of plates including three tipped-in colour plates from watercolours by the author (one of flies), one black and white tipped-in plate; 16 pages of black and white photographs, diagrams; hard cover; dust jacket. Angling in Australia and Elsewhere mainly deals with trout fishing experiences in New South Wales but includes a chapter on saltwater fishing and another on fly-fishing for Australian native species such as bass, barramundi, freshwater herring, Australian grayling, Murray cod and mullet.

1922
Lord, Clive E. (1922)
A list of fishes of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1922, pp.60-73.

1922
Ryan, Jack [1922]
Trout Fishing and Other Fresh Water Fishing. E.W. Cole Book Arcade: Melbourne; 12mo; 69pp, 16pp advertisements; soft cover. This first revised edition—new and much enlarged—discusses the fish to be found in fresh water and information about other aspects of the sport. The state of the weather has a great influence on trout. I notice most trout rising on calm dull days. They rise well in the morning, more especially after a moonlight night, even if it is going to be a hot day.

1926
Blackwood, R.L. (1926)
The Quest of the Trout. Robertson and Mullens: Melbourne; 4to; (ix), 106pp; four tipped-in black and white photographic plates, illustrated throughout; foreword by H.W. Allen of Ormond College (noting that the author, a classical tutor of Trinity College, had passed away prior to publication); soft cover with yapp edges and a black and a white photograph of The Lachlan River, Tasmania, tipped to the front. As Blackwood writes in his preface: This book has been written with the object of helping beginners. It contains no fish stories or lengthy descriptions of streams; it is merely a technical manual to explain the methods of the trout fisher in Australia. It is probable that some seasoned anglers will not agree with much that it contains, but, if the beginner will follow the instructions given, he will have at least moderate success.

1927
Inauguration of the Armidale and District Rod Fishermen’s Association (May 17, 1927).
Its objects included the collection and dissemination of reliable information as to fishing districts and streams and to provide for the regular restocking and preservation of trout in New England waters.

1927
Anderson, H.K. (1927)
History of the trout in New South Wales. Australian Museum Magazine, July/September 1927, pp.86-89. The earliest record of the capture of a large trout in the colony may be found in the Annual Report on the Fisheries of New South Wales for the year 1894, when a Mr Rose forwarded to the Commissioners a large brown trout measuring 25 inches in length and 15½ inches girth. I have ascertained from Mr A.F.W. Rose, a well known Cooma sportsman, that it is to his father, Mr R.U.B. Rose, of Boloco, Dalgety, that the state is indebted for this specimen. Some wonderful photographs—Transporting trout fry through the snow at Charlotte Pass, Thredbo River at the Creel and The headwaters of the Snowy River.

1927
Gale, John (1927)
Canberra. History of and Legends Relating to the Federal Capital Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia; Together with pen pictures of some of its beauty spots; its flora, fauna, mineral and other resources. With illustrations, maps and prefatory matter. Appendix Lake George: Its discovery and phenomena and its various and interesting happenings by the same author. A.M. Fallick and Sons: Queanbeyan; 12mo; (xx), 162pp; with black and white plates and two maps; dedicated to the late Honourable Sir Austin Chapman M.H.R.; forewords by Granville Ryrie and A.K. Murray; appendix (Lake George: Its discovery and phenomena); hard cover. Cover title: Canberra History and Legends. Includes occasional references to fishing with mention of the introduction of codfish from Yarralumla to Lake George (pp.34-37) and trout fishing (pp.132-133).

1927
H.K.A. (Anderson, H.K) (1927)
Trout fishing for beginners, in Thackeray, Charles, Fishing in New South Wales: How, when and where. Turner and Henderson: Sydney; 12mo; 56pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1927
J.E.P. [J.E. Paterson] (1927)
Trout Fishing. Prospects of the Season. The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 October, 1927. Includes the headings Flies to Use, Notes on Rivers, Jindabyne, The Fish River.

1928
Queanbeyan and District Rod Fisherman’s Association (1928)
Come to Queanbeyan on the Southern Tablelands N.S.W.: The fisherman’s paradise. Queanbeyan and District Rod Fisherman’s Association: Queanbeyan, NSW; 8vo; 20pp; illustrated; soft cover. Printed by Federal Capital Press in Canberra. A pamphlet advertising the businesses of the district. There are a dozen or so captioned photographs of fishing of sorts and a very brief description of the beautiful rivers within easy reach of Queanbeyan.

1928
Whitley, Gilbert (1928)
R.M. Johnston’s memoranda relating to the fishes of Tasmania, in Royal Society of Tasmania Papers and Proceedings (1928).

1928
Formation of the North Western Fisheries Association (Tasmania).
The Mercury Thursday 20 December 1928
At a meeting of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Commissioners, approval was given to the formation of the North Western Fisheries Association.
1958
North Western Fisheries Association (1958-1963)
North Western Fisheries Association Annual Report. The Association: Burnie, Tasmania; 22cm; illustrated; numbered as 1st (1958) to 3rd (1960); [but] 34th (1961) to 36th (1963); published annually. Alternative title: Annual Report [North Western Fisheries Association (Tas)].
1964
North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania (1964-1979)
North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania Annual Report. The Association: Burnie, Tasmania; 22cm; illustrated; numbered sequentially from 37th (1964); ceased in 1979 when the North Western and Northern Fisheries Associations merged; subsequent reports were titled Tasmanian Report (Launceston, Tas.) and published annually. Also titled Annual Report (North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania) and North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania Annual Report.

1929
Kelly, Harry [1929]
Tasmania, Australia, for the Angler. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (printed by Cox, Kay): Hobart. Poster: colour lithograph; 101x66cm. Notes: Information from the Director, Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, Hobart, Tasmania, or from branch bureaux of the Tasmanian Government at Melbourne … Sydney … Brisbane … Adelaide … Perth … Launceston … or from the Agent General for Tasmania, Australia House, Strand, London. Poster signed in top left corner: Harry Kelly. Additional notes: Write for special illustrated folder concerning trout fishing in Tasmania. At Great Lake last season: Heaviest brown trout, 20 lbs; Heaviest rainbow trout 12 1/​2 lbs. This poster shows an angler fishing a river in Tasmania.

1929
Armidale and District Rod Fisherman’s Association (1929)
Official Guide for Anglers and Tourists to Armidale and District: Issued by the Armidale and District Rod Fishermen’s Association. The Association: Armidale, NSW; 8vo; illustrated; seven maps in colour. For those who wish to wield rod and line there is no better fly fishing to be had in the state than in New England. The district is covered with a network of clear, swift streams in which the Rainbow Trout (Salmo Irideus) grow rapidly.

1929
Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau [1929]
Angling in Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau: Hobart; oblong 4to (25x31cm); 8pp; folding brochure (stapled and folded in three). Angling in Tasmania has photographs by Beattie, Spurling and others, outlines the Tasmanian fishing regulations and describes the sport to be had at Great Lake, Lake Leake, at other lakes, around Launceston and Hobart, the East and North East, the North West, and on the West Coast of Tasmania. Also titled Tasmania: The home of the big trout and Tasmania: The angler’s paradise.
Also issued in [1933]. There are some slight differences between the different editions, both in illustrations and text.

1929
Taggerty [J.E. Jack Pyke] (n.d., c.1929)
The Australian Fishing Manual: With hints on camping. Reviews: Melbourne; 12mo; 151pp; illustrated; soft cover. Includes details about fishing methods, locations (mainly Victorian), tackle, fishing laws and fishing tales.
n.d., c.1940: 2nd edition. Reviews: Melbourne; 12mo; 151pp; illustrated; index; soft cover.

1929
Hartley’s Sports Store (1929-1935)
Hartleys Angling and Shooting Bulletin. Melbourne. Issued periodically during 1929-1935.

1930
First appearance in catalogues of the Ebro fly reel, made by Rogers Bros in a size range from 2” to 2¾”.

1931
Anderson, C. (1931)
A-Trouting We Will Go. Reprinted from the Records of the Australian Museum (vol. iv; no. 6; pp.185-192); 16 April 1931. Charles Anderson, M.A., D.Sc., began the Australian Museum Magazine and was a frequent contributor. The Goodradigbee is a beautiful river, pursuing its tortuous course among rolling hills, sometimes passing through a gorge, where the rocks plunge steeply towards the water’s edge, and again bordered by flats, where a few settlers have established their homes. Along the banks grow tall river oaks, and in the settled areas, willows droop gracefully over the stream.

1932
Douglas, Irvine (1932)
Tasmania for Trout, in The Home Magazine, vol. 13, no. 9; September 1, 1932. Journalist Irvine Douglas was on the editorial staff of several Sydney newspapers and private secretary to Joseph Lyons from 1936-1938.

1932
Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (n.d., c.1932)
Tasmania, the Wonderland. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (Walter E. Shimmins, Government Printer): Hobart; 4to; [52]pp; reproductions from watercolours by John Eldershaw; photographs by Spurling and others; map; soft cover. Frequent references to fishing, including Fishing at Great Lake with the plate, Lord Baden Powell and his catch of trout at Rainbow Chalet.

1932
First issue of the New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society journal, the New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Gazette. In 1942 publication. After the Second World War the journal was reintroduced as The Bulletin and then as Tight Lines.

1933
Garrett, E. (n.d., c. 1933)
“Rise” Trout, Perch and Salmon Flies. E. Lowry: Katoomba, New South Wales; 8vo; 8pp; soft cover. Catalogue of trout flies. Anglers’ testimonials included this from “the late Howard Joseland”: Your trout flies are most excellent. Prices ranged from 4/- to 8/- per dozen.

1933
Beattie Studio [photographer unknown] [1933]
Tasmania: The anglers’ paradise. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau: Hobart (printed by Troedel and Cooper: Melbourne). Poster; colour lithograph on paper, 101x62cm. Inscriptions: Rainbow trout (actual size), Weight 17lb. 10ozs., caught in River Ouse, Tasmania, January, 1933, Length 30½in, girth 22½in. Information from Director Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau, Hobart, Tasmania; From branches of Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau in Launceston, Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth; or from the Agent-General for Tasmania, Australia House, London. Ask for illustrated folder concerning trout fishing in Tasmania.
This poster is an icon of Australian fishing in print. The rainbow trout depicted was reproduced from a photograph taken by the Beattie Studio, Hobart, in 1932. John Watt Beattie died in 1930 and the photographer was unrecorded although it is very likely that it was Archibald Stephenson, Beattie’s partner in the business when the latter died in 1930 and who continued trading as Beattie’s Studio.

1933
Vickery, John (1933)
Tasmania, Australia. Australian National Travel Association (F.W. Niven): Melbourne. Poster: colour lithograph; 101 x 63cm. Inscriptions: Particulars at shipping and travel agencies. John Vickery was born in Bunyip, Victoria. By his mid-twenties (c.1930) he was a successful commercial artist in Melbourne. He left Australia in 1935 to go to the UK, where he was again successful, and moved to the USA just before the Second World War.

1934
McKeown, Keith C. (1934)
Notes on the food of trout and Macquarie Perch in Australia, in Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 19 (1934), pp.141-152.

1934
McKeown, Keith C. (1934)
The food of trout in New South Wales, 1933-1934, in Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 19 (1934), pp.184-214.

1934
Weigall, A.S.H. (1934)
My Little World. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 12mo; 269pp; frontis of the author; hard cover; dust jacket. Annie Sophie Henrietta Weigall was the daughter of Tasmanian Governor Sir Robert Hamilton (governor from 1887 to 1892). On p.90 she relates the Governor’s capture of the largest salmon-trout that has ever yet been caught in Tasmania, a twenty-nine pounder, a cast of which still hangs unchallenged in the Hobart Museum.

1934
[Harrison, Charles] Fifty Years a Railwayman (n.d., c.1934)
Fishing and Tourists: A history of the growth of Tasmanian activities. Launceston Examiner: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 12pp. Issued without a wrapper. Harrison was one of the founding fathers of the Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association in 1897, and includes much on early angling in Tasmania.
n.d., c. 1980: facsimile, saddlestitched; pink soft cover.
1987: Brian Cadle produced a limited edition (20 copies) of Fishing and Tourists, with additional material.

1935
Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (n.d., c.1935)
Trout Fishing in Tasmania. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (Walter E. Shimmins, Government Printer): Hobart; 8vo; 23pp; illustrated; tables, soft cover. Also titled An Angler’s Paradise: Fish and fishing grounds of Tasmania. An expanded rendering of the [1929] and [1933] pamphlets, Angling in Tasmania.
n.d., c.1986: facsimile produced by Jack Kelly.

1935
Lionel Dawson lodged the application for the Dawson Perpetual fly reel.

1935
First appearance in catalogues of the Kiewa fly reel, probably manufactured by Bill Southam.

1935
R.R. Taylor commenced production of the TASMA fly reels, with five models.

1936
Lawlor, [T.] (1936)
The trout fisherman’s paradise. Canberra Annual, 1936.

1936
McKeown, Keith C. (1936)
The food of trout in New South Wales, 1934-1935, in Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 19 (1936), pp. 397-430.

1936
Tillyard, R.J. (1936)
The trout-food insects of Tasmania, Part II: A monograph of the mayflies of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings, Royal Society of Tasmania, 1935 (1936), pp.23-59.

1936
First advertisements for the Ideal fly reel.
c.1937
Jack Crouch produced the Sportsman fly reel, with an “unusual knurled and slotted spindle screw attached to the drum” (Dunn, Australian Fishing Reels, p.72).

1937
Formation of the Monaro Acclimatisation Society
The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 7 July 1937
TROUT FISHING IN MONARO
COOMA, Tuesday
The Monaro Acclimatisation Society for trout and salmon, under the Fisheries Act, was formed at Cooma last night. It was decided to apply for financial assistance for the hatching and distribution of trout, fry, and also to encourage the use of hatching boxes by individual members.
It is understood that departmental assistance is likely to be made available to recondition the Cooma hatchery.
It was decided to ask the department to give assistance to extend the Creel hatchery, which is deemed capable of supplying the full fry requirements for Monaro, rather than to conduct two separate hatcheries

1937
Mayes, E.M. (n.d., c.1937)
About the Giant Trout in Tasmania: Extracts from the diary of the author whilst on a fishing holiday to the Great Lakes, Miena, Tasmania, February 1935. Broadway Press: London; 12mo; 22pp; illustrated; soft cover (stapled), featuring a photograph of C.V. Batchelor’s 17lbs. 10ozs. rainbow trout. Mayes writes enthusiastically of his grand adventure to Tasmania; of the journey, Miena and the Great Lake, of Lake Leake, and of some of the men and women he met. Comparing the sport with fishing for salmon in Scotland, Mayes writes: … I say emphatically I got far more excitement and pleasure over catching these six pound rainbow trout on a 6½ oz. rod when I knew the ropes, than I ever have salmon fishing.

1937
McKeown, Keith C. (1937)
The food of trout in New South Wales, 1935-1936, in Records of the Australian Museum, vol.20 (1937), pp.38-66.

1937
Parker, Critchley (1937)
Tasmania—The Jewel of the Commonwealth. An illustrated account of the island state of Tasmania, its natural resources and advantages, its activities and enterprises and the opportunities it affords, thanks to its wonderful hydro-electric system, for the establishment of secondary industries. Published for the Government of Tasmania by Industrial Australian and Mining Standard: Melbourne; 4to; (viii), 148pp; black and white plates; maps; soft cover. Includes the chapter Trout Fishing and All That, subtitled First-Class Second-Hand Rods: Prices fetched at Auction—Trout in Every River and Lake in Tasmania—Books you should Read—The Rise of the Shannon Moth—Seals up New Norfolk—Queen of Scots and Loch Leven—Do Not Lose the “Glis”—The Dyeing of Feathers for Fly-Making—Big Game Fishing and the East Coast.

1937
Piscator (1937)
Fish acclimatisation in Australia. Bank Notes: The quarterly staff magazine of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, September 1937, pp.24-26. Focuses on the acclimatisation of trout in Victoria.

1938
Wigram, R.H. (1938)
Trout and Fly in Tasmania. Angus and Robertson (printed by Halstead Press): Sydney; 12mo; (viii), [4], 94pp; illustrated with frontis of the author at his fly tying desk and six full-page plates from photographs; foreword by Charles Harrison; appendix; hard cover (green cloth lettered in black); dust jacket. In his foreword, Charles Harrison recommends Trout and Fly in Tasmania as a standard practical work on Tasmanian trout fishing.

1939
New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society (n.d., c.1939)
Of Interest to All Trout Fishermen: Issued to further the development of our trout streams by The New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society. The Society: Sydney; 24x11cm; [8]pp; stapled pamphlet. Includes sections headed If (a list of reasons why the reader should become a member of the society), What the New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society Is Doing for You, a list of the members from 1937-1938 and a tear-out postcard to the Hon. Sec. for prospective members to complete and submit.

1940
Tasmanian Government Tourist Department (n.d., c.1940)
Tasmania: The haunt of the giant trout. Government Tourist Bureau: Hobart; 8vo; 16pp; black and white photographs; soft cover. This tourist pamphlet tells a little about the history, about the major lakes and the rivers, salt water fishing and big game fishing, and administrivia about closed seasons.
n.d., c.1980 produced by Jack Kelly.
2006: facsimile. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 16pp; soft cover. Limited to 100 copies.

1941
New South Wales Government Railways (1941)
All About Kosciusko. Rail Print: [Sydney]; 64mo; 26pp; six full-page plates; soft cover. This tiny booklet includes Trout Fishing (p.16),Trout Streams (p.20) and The Creel (p.24). There are over 100 miles of well-stocked, snow-fed trout streams within a ten mile radius of the Hotel. Spencers Creek, which rises near The Chalet, crosses the Summit Road ten miles above Hotel Kosciusko at an altitude of 5800 feet.

1941
Taggerty [J.E. Jack Pyke] (1941)
Concise Handbook of Australian Fishing. Robertson and Mullens: Melbourne; 12mo; (iii), 96pp; photographs and diagrams; soft cover.

1941
Victorian Railways (1941)
Fishing in Victoria, Australia. Victorian Railways Print: Melbourne; 8vo; 23pp; illustrated (the cover is by James Northfield, whose travel posters are very highly sought after and command high prices), stapled soft cover.
[1952]: later edition, revised by A. Dunbavin Butcher.

1942
Bruce, George (Major) (1942)
A Gippsland trout stream. Blackwood’s Magazine, April 1942, vol. 251, pp.257-264.

1942
Evans, John William (1942)
The Food of Trout in Tasmania. Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Commission: Hobart; 8vo; 12pp; illustrated by R. Kerr; bibliography; soft cover.

1945
Butcher, A. Dunbavin (1945)
The Food of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Fish in Victoria with Special Reference to Trout. Chief Inspector of Fisheries and Game (Government Printer): Melbourne; royal 8vo; 48pp; bibliography (pp.44-46); soft cover.

1945
Wigram, R.H. (1945)
Lure of lake and stream. The Examiner Annual, 16 October 1945.
In his article for this Special Number of The Examiner, Wigram tells about Tasmania’s angling attractions including Great Lake, Penstock Lagoon, Lake Leake and the rivers. His focus is the Shannon, however: “The Finest dry fly fishing in the world”. Few anglers have not heard of the “Shannon Rise”. It has been filmed, photographed, written and talked about wherever fishermen gather. It is a spectacle that may be seen in no other part of the world.

1946
Wackett, L.J. (1946)
My Hobby Is Trout Fishing. J.T. Picken and Sons: Melbourne; 76pp; 12mo; frontis of the author’s son; hard cover (gilt title and trout on cover). For Wackett, fishing was a series of intellectual challenges, and in this book he went about presenting solutions that improved his fishing. Chapters include addressing the unhelpful effects of some meteorological conditions (Chapter 2), determining the set of most effective flies (Chapter 3), providing a list of improved paraphernalia for anglers (Chapter 4) and manufacturing improved trout flies (Chapter 5).

1946
Wigram, R.H., comp. (1946)
Anglers Guide to Tasmania: With maps and photographs. The Examiner: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 94pp; maps and photographs; numerous advertisements; soft cover. In his foreword to the August 1946 first edition Wigram writes, This booklet is intended to help the angler who wants inside information on Tasmanian trout fishing—just straight out information—not wrapped in cellophane.
1946: 2nd edition [i.e., 2nd printing].
1959: revised edition. Anglers’ Guide to Tasmania: With maps and photographs. [Telegraph Printery]: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 69pp; illustrated; double-page map at centre; soft cover. Cover title: New and Revised Anglers’ Guide to Tasmania: Bushwalking. Ski-ing. Maps etc.

1947
Butcher, A. Dunbavin (1947)
Quinnat Salmon in Victorian Inland Waters. Fisheries and Game Department, Victoria: Melbourne; 8vo; 28pp; illustrated; bibliography (p.27); soft cover.

1947
Pemberton Trout Acclimatisation Society (n.d., c.1947)
Trout in the Karri Country. The Pemberton Trout Acclimatisation Society and the Western Australia Government Tourist and Publicity Bureau (Government Printer): Perth; oblong 19x25cm; 40pp; illustrated; one colour map; foreword by Hon. A.A.M. Coverley, M.L.A., Minister for North-West; introduction by A.J. Fraser, Chief Inspector of Fisheries; soft cover. Trout in the Karri Country tells the story of the introduction of trout into Western Australia and the extent of the Pemberton fishery.
n.d., c.1949: 2nd edition.
There is also a short (11 minutes) colour 16mm film of the same title produced in 1959, described as the collection of ova, the hatching and rearing of trout at Pemberton, and their distribution to waters elsewhere.

1947
Bud Bain began production of his Bakelite fly reel, the Goulburn.

1947
First appearance of the Spalding fly reels, produced by George Cussons, with three models in the range: the Estuary All Purpose, the Silverstream Deluxe and the Silverstream Standard. The reels were reissued around 1950 under the Cussons name.

1947
First advertisements for the Ideal fly reel.

1948
Vic Yann of West Heidelberg began production of two fly reels (the Monogram and the Deluxe) under the Streamcraft brand.

1949
McCausland, M.E. (Bill) and others [1949]
Fly-Fishing in Australia and New Zealand / by M.E. McCausland; together with coloured plates of flies, by J.M. Gillies; The future of trout acclimatisation in Australia, by A. Dunbavin Butcher; Casting in theory and practice, by Reg. Lyne; Fly fishing in New Zealand, by T.H. Brunn. Lothian Publishing Company: Melbourne; 8vo; 222pp; the J.M. Gillies plates of flies; coloured frontis of an angler plying his craft; colour and black and white plates; hard cover; dust jacket. Includes a chapter by J.M. Gillies (The Great Lake Beetle). Cover and spine titles: Fly-Fishing in Australia and New Zealand / by M.E. McCausland, with contributions by A. Dunbavin-Butcher, M.Sc. J.M. Gillies. R. Lyne. T.H. Brunn.
1958: 2nd (revised) edition. Fly-Fishing in Australia and New Zealand / by M.E. McCausland; together with coloured plates of flies, by J.M. Gillies; The future of trout acclimatisation in Australia, by A. Dunbavin Butcher; Casting in theory and practice, by Reg. Lyne; Fly fishing in New Zealand, by J.M.S. Galbraith. Lothian Publishing Company: Melbourne; 8vo; 222pp; the J.M. Gillies plates of flies; other full-page plates in colour and black and white; three maps; hard cover; dust jacket. Cover and spine titles: Fly-Fishing in Australia and New-Zealand / by M.E. McCausland, with contributions by A. Dunbavin-Butcher, M.Sc. J.M.S. Galbraith. J.M. Gillies. R. Lyne.
1967: 3rd edition. Fly Fishing in Australia and New Zealand. Lothian Publishing Company: Melbourne; small 4to; 162pp; colour frontis of the Thredbo River, black and white and colour photographs, five maps, four plates of flies in colour; hard cover; dust jacket. There is a new chapter on fly-fishing in England, and three chapters (Calm Water Fishing, Casting and Fishing Happenings) by Roy B. Kirk. The sections on fishing in New Zealand have been retained, but the chapters by Gillies, Lyne and Butcher have gone

1949
Freeman, Mrs R. (1949)
Christmas fishing in Tasmania. Field Sports: A breath of the countryside, Bradford, UK; vol. 17, pp.32-34. Mrs Freeman writes of fishing the Shannon Rise during her Tasmanian holiday.

1950
Harker, J.E. (1950)
Australian ephemeroptera, Part 1. Procedures: Linnean Society of NSW, vol. lxxv, parts i-ii.

1950
Wackett, L.J. (1950)
Studies of an Angler. J.T. Picken and Sons: Melbourne; 8vo; (xii), 235pp; illustrated (some in colour); diagrams; appendix; index; hard cover; dust jacket. In his introduction Wackett writes that the theme is to find a scientific explanation for everything pertaining to angling for trout. In his methodical way, Wackett spent three years reading the literature of trout fishing before deciding he had something original to contribute. The book has a broad scope, but two themes—the effect of meteorological factors on trout and his new method of making trout flies—are discussed in detail over a number of chapters.

1951
Wigram, R.H. (1951)
The Uncertain Trout. Georgian House: Melbourne; small 4to; (xvi), 72pp; frontis and 27 black and white plates by Norman Taylor; hard cover; dust jacket. In his review for The Australian Shooters and Anglers News of October 1951, B. O’Loughlin wrote: This is a very readable book, which more than fulfils the promise of the writer’s earlier works, and is a major contribution to our Australian angling literature. There are 29 beautiful plates from photos by Norman Taylor, and the technical side of the production is a credit to Georgian House.

1951
Russell, L.E. (n.d., c.1951)
Let’s Go Fly Fishing. Georgian House: Melbourne; 24mo; (x), 62pp; illustrated; foreword by Crosbie Morrison; hard cover; dust jacket. A small but excellent Text Book on Fly Fishing in Australia, wrote C.W. Bushell (1953).

1951
First appearance of the Atlas fly reel, sold through the Melbourne Sports Depot.

1952
Down, Harold P. (1952)
Out Fishing—A Fly Fisher’s Tales. Privately published (distributed by Cheshire): Melbourne; 8vo; 148pp; illustrated with black and white drawings and a frontis photograph of the author and students; decorated cloth; dust jacket. Down includes discussions about how trout came to the various states, the development of hatcheries in Victoria and the formation of the Ballarat Fish Acclimatisation Society, and he relates tales of his fishing expeditions.

1952
South Australian Fly Fishers Association SAFFA (First issue)
SAFFA Bulletin. The Association: Adelaide. The bulletin was issued from 1952, sometimes irregularly, and included such features as Ray Brown’s columns on fly tying. The National Library records three titles:
Monthly Bulletin: The South Australian Fly Fishers Association (up to 1981). The Association: Eagle on the Hill, South Australia, 22cm. Two systems of numeric designation starting with Bulletin no. 314 which is also numbered vol. 30, no. 5 (May 1980). Last issue under this title was no. 326 (vol. 31, no. 7 of July 1981).
The South Australian Fly Fishers Bulletin (1981 to 1984). The Association: Findon, South Australia; 21cm. Issues 327 (vol. 31, no. 8 of August 1981) to 356 (vol. 34, no. 3 of April 1984) were published under this title.
Bulletin (South Australian Fly Fishers Association). The Association: Modbury Heights, South Australia; 21cm; first issue 357 (vol. 34, no. 4 of May 1984).
 
1953
Fraser, A.J. (1953)
Trout acclimatisation in Western Australia. Western Australian Fisheries Bulletin, vol. 2, no. 3, pp.65-84.

1955
McKeown, Keith C. (1955)
The food of trout in New South Wales, 1938–1940, in Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 23 (1955), pp. 273–279.

1956
Patterson, George (1956)
Life Has Been Wonderful: Fifty years of adventures in advertising at home and abroad. Ure Smith: Sydney; 8vo; (xii), 228pp; illustrated; 16pp of black and white photographs; introduction by Will Ashton; hard cover; dust jacket. Includes Chapter 9 in which he relates some memories of trout fishing.

1957
Caddis (1957)
Freshwater Fishing. AFCO: Sydney; 8vo; 86pp; advertisements at front; soft cover. From How to Handle a Fly Rod: Casting is an art. It is an art that may take some time to perfect, for a smooth an effective casting technique is not something that can be learned overnight. Australia’s best casters have been at it for years and years—that’s why they’re so good. But you can quickly grasp the fundamentals of casting—the little tricks that help make casting more enjoyable for you

1957
Lake, John S. (1957)
Trout Populations and Habitats in New South Wales. NSW State Fisheries: Sydney; 4to; 48pp; tables, map, black and white photographs; soft cover.

1957
Nicholls, A.G. (1957)
 
1958
Nicholls, A.G. (1958a)
The Tasmanian trout fishery. II. The fishery of the North-West Region. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 9, no. 1, pp.19-59.

1958
Nicholls, A.G. (1958b)
The Tasmanian trout fishery. III. The rivers of the north and east. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 9, no. 2, pp.167-190.

1958
CSIRO (1958)
The Trout Fishery in Tasmania. CSIRO Division of Fisheries and Oceanography: Melbourne; 8vo; 12pp; illustrated; soft cover. Division of Fisheries and Oceanography circular; no. 4. An interim report on the fishery, probably compiled by A.G. Nicholls. In spite of the increase in the number of anglers, there is no evidence of an overall decline in catch, nor has the increasing fishing intensity had any observable effect on the distribution of age groups in the trout population.

1959
Patterson, George (1959)
Chasing Rainbows: Happy days along the trout streams. K.G. Murray Publishing Company: Sydney; 8vo; 100pp; three colour plates (The Kosciusko Range from the Geehi Hut by the author, The Rainbow Trout, and the colour photographic plate The Geehi River at the Crossing to Tom Groggin), line drawings and a splendid dust jacket painting by Frank Beck; foreword by Sir John Latham; index (or more precisely, a Contents page); hard cover; dust jacket (also by Frank Beck).

1960
Airlines of N.S.W. [1960]
Anglers’ Paradise. Lake Eucumbene. Brochure, 24x18cm, folded once to 24x9cm. Travellers would depart Mascot Airport at 4:20p.m. on the Friday afternoon for Cooma, and return to Mascot on Monday morning at 9:10 a.m.

1960
Armidale Trout Anglers Club (n.d., c.1960)
Guide to Armidale and District: For trout angler and tourist. AFCO: Sydney; 8vo; 48pp; numerous photographs, maps, advertisements; soft cover. From the Foreword: The first edition of this booklet has been prized for nearly 30 years by its owner. In revising and republishing it, this Club pays tribute to those pioneers of New England angling; who also gave time and money to build and operate hatcheries and firmly establish trout in our streams. We hope that the information, here presented, will help more people to enjoy the angling and the scenic beauty which this area offers so abundantly.

1960
Wedlick, Lance (1960)
50 Ways to Fool a Trout. H.S. Gerard: Ballarat; 8vo; (iv), 116pp; illustrated; folding map; soft cover. Although we have tried to help the angler by placing all the methods under different headings, and attempted to name those that have as yet not been named, most anglers will know that where trout lures, bait, flies and tackle are concerned, no such thing as a simple classification exists.

1961
Caddis (1961)
A Complete Guide to Trout Angling: Incorporating “Freshwater Fishing”. A handbook on the arts of fishing for trout (and other freshwater species), fly casting, fishing tackle, fly tying, selection, and hints to help catch more fish. AFCO: Sydney; 8vo; 120pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1961
Nicholls, A.G. (1961)
The Tasmanian trout fishery. IV. The rivers of the south and south-east. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, vol. 12, no. 1, pp.17-53.

1961
Nicholls, A.G. (1961)
The Tasmanian Trout Fishery. I. Sources of information and treatment of data, etc. CSIRO: Melbourne; 8vo; tables; soft cover. Reports; four volumes. Reprinted from Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research.

1961
Nicholls, A.G. (1961)
Stocking with Trout. CSIRO: Cronulla, NSW; 4to; soft cover. A talk given to the Victorian Fly-fishers’ Association on April 17, 1961.

1961
Patterson, George (n.d., c.1961)
Angling in the Andes: Fishing for rainbow trout in the rivers of Chile and the Argentine. K.G. Murray Publishing Company: Sydney; 8vo; 118pp; illustrated (dust jacket painting by Frank Beck, colour photographs by the author); introduction by Sir Hudson Fysh; hard cover; dust jacket.
Patterson was inspired to visit Chile by Negley Farson’s descriptions in that writer’s excellent fishing and travel book, Going Fishing.

1961
Scholes, David (1961)
Fly-fisher in Tasmania: An acquaintance with the trout of the rivers and lakes of Tasmania, Australia. Melbourne University Press: Melbourne; 8vo; (ix), [5], 208pp; 32 black and white plates, 15 figures, decorated endpapers; foreword by Lord Rowallan, Governor of Tasmania; bibliography (pp.205-206); geographical index; hard cover; dust jacket. Still arguably the definitive work on Tasmanian fly-fishing.

1962
Gilmour, Don (1962-1967)
[Newsletter, December 1962 to October 1967]. Don Gilmour’s Trout Store: Launceston, Tasmania; foolscap; 2pp; usually with sketch maps and advice on the current fishing conditions in lakes and rivers; advertisements inserted in text. Gilmour later included the maps in The Tasmanian Trout (1973).

1962
Hedge, John (1962)
Trout Fishing in New South Wales. Abbey Publishing Company: Sydney; 8vo; 176pp; illustrated (colour and black and white photographs, 17 maps, diagrams); foreword by Jim Gaden; index of trout streams; hard cover; dust jacket. There were 1000 copies printed of the standard edition.
Also issued as a limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies (there was an additional limitation page; all else is identical).
1963: 2nd revised edition (3000 copies). Abbey Publishing Company: Sydney; 8vo; 204pp; hard cover; dust jacket. This revised edition includes a chapter on spinning by Ern Melleuish, a 1:63,360 map of Lake Eucumbene in a pocket and the short story, Bony.

1962
Wedlick, Lance (1962)
Fishing in Australia: Sea, lake and stream. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 8vo; (xiv), 262pp; [16]pp of plates; illustrated; hard cover; dust jacket. A detailed work in five parts on the different aspects of fishing: Tackle, Trout Fishing, Other Freshwater Fishing, Saltwater Fishing and Some Fishing Talk, with four pages on salt water fly-fishing (pp.188-191).

1963
Scholes, David (1963)
The Way of an Angler: An appreciation of fly-fishing on many waters. Jacaranda Press: Brisbane; 8vo; 184pp; frontis; title vignette, 16 full-page plates, text-illustrations; index; hard cover; dust jacket. This is a book of reminiscence rather than of instruction, although the reader will be educated as much as entertained by his stories of fishing in Victoria, Tasmania, the Monaro, America and in Britain.
1993: reprint. Innovator Tackle: Melbourne; 8vo; (ii), 184pp; [17]pp of plates; illustrations; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

1963
Wedlick, Lance (1963)
Fly Fishing. Wedneil Publications: Newport, Victoria; 8vo; 59pp; illustrated; soft cover. Although there are a number of what appear to be first class nylon and Dacron lines on the market I still prefer the oiled silk line.

1963
Wedlick, Lance (1963)
Trout Fishing. Wedneil Publications: Newport, Victoria; 8vo; 64pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1964
Veniard, John (1964)
A Further Guide to Fly Dressing. A. & C. Black: London; 4to; 250pp; 14 colour plates and numerous line drawings; preface by Tom Stewart; index; hard cover; dust jacket; slipcase. Section 7 (p.[193]) is headed Australian and Tasmanian, New Zealand and South African Patterns. The patterns include such Australian classics as Bogong Moth, Brown Nymph, Great Lake Beetle and Joseland’s Favourite.

1965
Broadhead, Bert (1965)
100 Years in Timber. Abbey Publishing: Sydney; 8vo; 38pp; 9pp of plates including a marvellous photograph, Fishing at Stewarts, Boggy Plain, 1911; coat of arms; map; soft cover. Includes Fishing in the Badja, pp.36-39.

1966
Stewart, Douglas (1966)
The Seven Rivers. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 8vo; 218pp; illustrated by Margaret Coen; hard cover; dust jacket. The Seven Rivers has chapters about fishing for marlin and snapper and a chapter about hunting for pigs, but for the most part this outstanding book is about fly-fishing for trout in Australia and New Zealand. Some of the best writing about angling anywhere can be found here. One of our most important works.
1990: Angus and Robertson: North Ryde, NSW; 8vo; 218pp; illustrated by Margaret Coen.
2001: Duffy and Snellgrove: Potts Point, NSW; 8vo; (xiii), 296pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1966
Wilson, J.H. (1966)
The food of trout in Great Lake. Australian Society for Limnology Newsletter; vol. 5, no. 1; pp.21-23.

1967
Fysh, Sir Hudson (1967)
Trout Fishing at Mount Kosciusko. Walkabout, vol. 31, no. 9, 1967.

1968
Adam-Smith, P.A. Patsy (1968)
Tiger Country. Rigby: Adelaide; 8vo; 206pp; 16 pages of black and white plates; endpaper maps; hard cover; dust jacket. In the chapter on fishing (“The Rise”, pp.92-106) Adam-Smith summarises the introduction of salmonids into Tasmania and discusses the celebrated Shannon Rise.

1968
Fysh, Sir Hudson (1968)
Round the Bend in the Stream. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 8vo; (vi), 222pp; 18 full-page plates (two in colour); appendix (My Fishing Outfit); index; hard cover; dust jacket. Round the Bend in the Stream has some chapters on trout fishing in Australia including Tasmanian Days, March Fishing from the Creel and Lake Fishing on the Monaro, and much about his fishing experiences in New Zealand and other countries.

1968
Hedge, John (1968)
Trout Fishing—A Season on Monaro: Being the experiences of a fly-fishing enthusiast on the rivers and lakes in Southern New South Wales. Abbey Publishing Company: Sydney; small 4to; 288pp; 16 full-page plates, photographs, diagrams, maps and illustrated endpapers of angling paraphernalia; introduction by Aubrey Hosking (President of the Cooma Branch of the Monaro Acclimatisation Society); hard cover; dust jacket.

1968
Don Gillies (n.d., c.1968)
Trout Fishing in the Snowy Mountains. Map of Eucumbene and Locality. Don Gillies: Bentleigh, Victoria; map and brochure; 50x36cm folded to 25x12cm; includes smaller map of Eucumbene itself as well as a larger map of the Monaro and Snowy Mountains; numerous contemporary advertisements including one for Ansett-ANA: Join the Ansett-ANA Anglers’ Party and fly to Cooma to participate in some of the world’s best trout fishing in Lake Eucumbene. All-inclusive weekend trip departs Melbourne on Friday evening and returns on Sunday evening.

1968
Turnbull, John (1968)
A Fly on the Stream: Some tips for trout fishermen. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 8vo; 123pp; photographs; coour frontis of Flies Tied by the Author; hard cover; dust jacket. Chapters include Dry-fly Hackle, Flies and Hooks, The Science and Art of Fly Casting, The Insects of the Waters, and The Hairwing Coachman.

1969
Wicks, Graeme (n.d., c.1969)
Trout Stream and Fly Rod. Graeme Wicks: Canberra; 4to; (xiv), 324pp (unpaginated after p.160; text on one side pages only); photocopy; soft cover. No indication of the number of copies, but not many.
1991: Ginninderra Press edition. Trout Stream and Fly Rod: Fly fishing around Canberra and the Monaro. Ginninderra Press: Charnwood, ACT; 8vo; 175pp; preface, introduction; illustrated by Patricia Wicks; soft cover. In the preface, Graeme Wicks writes: Much has changed since the mid-1970s when the original version of these notes—a photocopied manuscript—circulated among some of the angling fraternity of the Monaro.

1969
Lawrie, W.H. (1969)
International Trout Flies. Frederick Muller: London; 8vo; 182pp; illustrated with colour and black and white plates and diagrams. Extensive coverage of flies from Australia and New Zealand, including Australian Trout Flies (pp.151-160), Tasmanian Trout Flies (pp.161-162) and a plate, Australasian Trout Flies.

1969
Scholes, David (1969)
Trout Quest. Lansdowne Press: Melbourne; royal 8vo; 215pp; illustrations throughout by the author; hard cover; dust jacket. David Scholes begins with a return to the primer genre including the chapter, Tools of Trade, followed by others describing how best to cast, wade, strike, play and net.
2005: Stevens Publishing for Compleat Fly Fisher, Tavistock House: Melbourne; 8vo; 216pp; line illustrations throughout by the author; introduction by Jim Allen; hard cover; dust jacket featuring a sketch by Trevor Hawkins. This smaller format (21cm) edition contains three extra stories (Sporting and Other Methods, Night-time Fly Caster and There Goes an Angler), published with the author’s permission by Jim Allen. 500 copies. Also issued in a limited edition of 150 numbered copies bound in leather.

1970
Robson, Neil and Scholes, David (1970)
Tasmanian Angler. Foot and Playsted (printers): Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; 85pp; full-page photographs; photographic endpapers (rainbow trout and net); foreword by Sir Hudson Fysh; hard cover; dust jacket. The edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by both authors.

1971
Dawkins, Ted (1971)
How to Tie Trout Flies. Victorian Fly Fishers’ Association: Melbourne; 8vo; 32pp; illustrated (very precise tying instructions); soft cover. From the foreword: The procedures outlined form the basis of instruction at the fly-tying classes conducted each winter by the Victoria Fly-Fisher’s Association.
1982: 2nd printing. Victorian Fly Fishers’ Association: Melbourne; 8vo; 36pp; soft cover.

1972
Hardy, Wal, ed. (1972)
Troutfishing in the Snowy Mountains. Department of Tourism: Sydney; 8vo; 16pp; photographs by Raymond Ferris, maps; soft cover.
n.d., c.1973: reprint.

1972
Wackett, L.J. (Sir Lawrence) (1972)
Aircraft Pioneer: An autobiography. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 8vo; (xii), 241pp; illustrated by black and white photographs, foreword by Sir Robert Menzies; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Chapter 10, Matters Personal, has some fishing content.

1973
Gilmour, Don (1973)
The Tasmanian Trout. D. Gilmour: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xii), 300pp; colour frontis of Lake St Claire painted by Geoff Tyson specifically for this publication; numerous black and white photographs; maps and endpaper maps; foreword by Peter Crisp (later Sir Peter); bibliography; hard cover; dust jacket.
1973: D. Gilmour: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 300pp plus 88pp of advertisements; colour frontis of Lake St Claire painted by Geoff Tyson; numerous black and white photographs and maps; foreword by Peter Crisp (later Sir Peter); bibliography; soft cover. An edition published as a 75^th Birthday Celebration Gesture to Members Only (Not for Sale).

1973
Tilzey, R.D.J. (1973)
The Lake Eucumbene Trout Fishery. NSW State Fisheries: Sydney; 4to; 8pp; tables, graphs, maps; soft cover.

1974
Scholes, David (1974)
Fly Fishing in Australia. McMillan: Melbourne; 4to; 160pp; photographs including many full-page; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Contents include Give the Fly a Try, What’s Hatching, Various Feeding Habits of Trout, Spring Fishing, Dry Fly on Still Waters, Don’t Forget the Wet Fly, The Waters of Lilliput, 8 Lessons from Mr Speckles, Moochers on the Liffey and Big Trout.

1974
Turnbull, John (1974)
The Sportfisherman’s Bible. Angus and Robertson: Sydney; 4to; (ix), 237pp; photographs and drawings; foreword by Vic McCristal; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Contributions include articles by John Turnbull, Vic McCristal, John Erskine, Rod Harrison, David Scholes (Trout Fishing in Tasmania), John Bethune and Peter Goadby.

1975
Griffiths, F.A.D. Fadg (1975)
How to Tie a Fishing Fly: A world authority explains the basics, finer points. Pollard Publishing: North Sydney, NSW; oblong 14x22cm; 159pp; [8]pp of plates; illustrated; soft cover.

1975
Morrissy, N.M. (1975)
Trout in Western Australia. Extension and Publicity Service, Western Australian Department of Fisheries and Wildlife: Perth; 18cm; [14]pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1976
Gilmour, Don (1976)
Come Fishing with Us. Mercury-Walch: Hobart; oblong 20x28cm; [20pp]; illustrated; map; soft cover.

1976
Massy, Carl (1976)
Fly Fishing for Trout. Reed: Sydney; 8vo; 174pp; black and white frontis, numerous illustrations and endpaper maps; index; foreword by Douglas Stewart; hard cover; dust jacket. Massy introduces the reader to fly-fishing for trout on the Monaro. He describes the fish, the required tackle and some detail about insect life.

1977
Gilmour, Don (1977)
Trout Fishing in Australia. Rigby: Adelaide; 8vo; 165pp; illustrated; hard cover; dust jacket.

1977
Gilmour, Don (1977)
Trout in North Western Tasmania: Historical recording of the growth of the coast from 1826-1977 concentrating on the spread and development of the trout fishery. North Western Fisheries Association: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 160pp; illustrated; soft cover. Produced to commemorate 50 years of service to angling.

1977
Inland Fisheries Commission, Tasmania (1977)
The Story of Plenty. Inland Fisheries Commission: Hobart; oblong; 23x11cm; 12pp; map; stapled soft cover.

1977
Jones, Hector [as told to Ray Aitchison] (1977)
Recollecting the Early Days of Tasmania’s Trout Fisheries. R. Aitchison: Tasmania; 8vo; 30pp; soft cover. Ray Aitchison records Hector Jones’ reminiscences as a man who was curator of the Salmon Ponds for the Fisheries Commission for 34 years. The contents include Round Great Lake by Boat, Life in the Fisheries 50 Years Ago, Early Days in Tasmania, Reflections at Lake Sorell, Salmon Ponds Before and After the Turn of the Century, Early Days of the Hatcheries and Ceremony at Salmon Ponds.

1977
Mancktelow, Margaret (1977)
Trout in South Australia. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (Fisheries Division): Adelaide; 29cm; 5pp; pamphlet.

1977
Fleming, Arthur and Fleming, Matilda (n.d., c.1977)
Arthur Fleming 1899-1976: Great Lake at the turn of the century. [M.I. Fleming: Launceston, Tasmania]; foolscap; 17 leaves. Manuscript. The State Library of Tasmania has a copy.

1978
Sautelle, John (1978)
Fishing for the Educated Trout. Murray Book Distributors: Sydney; 8vo; 206pp; illustrated with black and white and colour photographs; foreword by Sir Roden Cutler; hard cover; dust jacket.
 
1978
Scholes, David (1978)
Trutta the Trout. Gryphon Books: Toorak, Victoria; small 4to; [88]pp; illustrated; hard cover; dust jacket (some in an clear acetate jacket). In the style of Williamson’s Salar the Salmon and Tarka the Otter, David Scholes observes the events shaping the life of a trout in the upper Liffey.
Also produced as a soft cover edition.
Also produced in a limited edition of 20 copies bound in leather and signed by Scholes and the illustrator, Monika Bisits.
2005: Tom Edwards edition of 40 copies.

1978
Stewart, Douglas (1978)
Fishing Around the Monaro: A selection from The Seven Rivers. Australian National University Press: Canberra; 12mo; (vi), 90pp; illustrated by Margaret Coen; soft cover.

1978
Stokes, Max (1978)
Tasmanian Trout Fly Patterns. Cat and Fiddle Press: Hobart; 8vo; (xii), 48pp; illustrations in colour of flies on the front and rear covers, and the inside rear cover; foreword by David Scholes; sketches of flies; soft cover. An excellent manual describing Tasmanian flies and how to tie them.

1978
Cabalzar, Reg (1978)
The Practical Fly Fisherman. Seddon Press: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 63pp; black and white photographs and line drawings; soft cover.

1978
[Mackenzie, Ron] Dinas Vawr (1978)
The Ratbag Mind of Dinas Vawr. Algona Publications: Montrose, Victoria; 8vo; 175pp; foreword by Sir Peter Crisp; hard cover; dust jacket. The Ratbag Mind of Dinas Vawr, a collection of angling stories, poetry and trivia was produced to raise funds for the Assembly for the publication of papers on fishing.

1978
Clayton, A.M. (1978)
New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society: The first 75 years. NSW Rod Fishers’ Society: Sydney; 4to; 17pp; illustrated. Special Jubilee Issue of Tight Lines (July 1979), the journal of the society.

1978
C.H.F. [Clive Fitts] (n.d., c.1978)
Waterfall Farm Fly Fishers’ Club. [Printed by] The Dominion Press: North Blackburn, Victoria; 8vo; 56pp; line drawings; map (Flie Ffyshynge Waters of Ye Olde Waterfalle Clubbe); soft cover. In writing this little book, Fitts’ intention was to tell the story of [the club] from its origin until the advent of the Snowy Mountains Authority marked the end of an era.

1979
Coy, Neil (1979)
Freshwater Fishing in South West Australia: Including the most comprehensive review ever compiled on the region’s freshwater fish and crayfish fauna. Jabiru Books: Perth; 8vo; 216pp; colour and black and white photographs including one plate of flies tied by Terry Piggot and maps (the river systems of Western Australia and the Waroona and Harvey districts); foreword by Sir Charles Court; extensive bibliography for Western Australia fish and fishing (pp. 209-211); author’s biography; soft cover.

1979
Spry, Mike (n.d., c.1979)
My Favourite Five. Mike Spry: Khancoban, NSW; 4to; 36pp; illustrated; soft cover (stapled). Mike This booklet by the late Khancoban–based guide comprises a series of six articles first published in Modern Fishing.

1980
Tasmanian Report (Launceston, Tas.) (1980)
The Associations: Launceston: Tasmania; 21cm; illustrated. This report resulted from the merger of Northern Tasmanian Fisheries Association and the North Western Fisheries Association of Tasmania. In the following year (1981), there was another merger, with the Southern Tasmanian Licensed Anglers’ Association and subsequent reports were titled Tasmanian Angling Report. The 1980 edition was also titled Tasmanian Report: Northern and Northwestern Tasmanian Fisheries Associations.

1980
Australian Tourist Commission [1980]
The Tasmanian Trout Story. Australian Tourist Commission: Australia; 30cm; 12pp; colour illustrations and colour map; pamphlet.

1980
Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (n.d., c.1980)
Tasmanian Trout and Gamefishing. Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau: Hobart; 8vo; illustrated; soft cover.

1980
Tasmanian Government Tourist Bureau (n.d., c.1980)
The Tasmania Trout Story. Tasmanian Tourist Commission: Hobart; 4to; 12pp; illustrated; map; soft cover.

1981
Wedlick, Lance (n.d., c.1981)
Fly Tying for Trout and Other Game Fish. Wedneil Publications: Melbourne; 8vo; 72pp; numerous diagrams and coloured photographs; soft cover.

1982
Laughton, Kevin, and others (1982)
OTAS Reflections: Orange Trout Acclimatisation Society 1932-1982. [The Society: Orange]; 8vo; 75pp; black and white photographs; soft cover. Subtitled: A documentary compiled in the first fifty years of the Orange Trout Acclimatisation Society, by Kevin Laughton, Bob Stevenson, Rodney Tonkin and Dr. Alan Winkworth.

1983
Sloane, Robert (1983)
The Truth About Trout: Observation, presentation and the functional fly. Tas-Trout Publications: Rosny Park, Tasmania; 8vo; (xii), 178pp; illustrated, including 16pp of colour plates; hard cover; dust jacket. This is a great book, innovative and persuasive. The doctrine I preach, writes Rob Sloane in the preface, is more than just the involvement of a biological base for trout fishing, it encompasses an overall attitude towards observation, learning, and experimentation on the part of the angler.
2002: The Truth About Trout Revisited: Observation, presentation and the functional fly. FlyLife Publishing: Richmond, Tasmania; 4to; (vi), 145pp; illustrations by Trevor Hawkins of flies; black and white photographs; laminated boards. The original text of Rob Sloane’s 1983 book with additional comments and observations spanning the twenty-year period since the original book was conceived.

1985
Barrow, Graeme, ed. (1985)
John Gale’s Brindabellas and Australian Alps. Dagraja Press: Canberra; 4to; (vi), 61pp; occasional photographs; map; preface by Graeme Barrow; soft cover. Includes two pieces by Gale: Six Days on the Mountains of Cowley (p.17) and An Alpine Excursion (p.42). The latter includes Trout-Fishing in the Goodradigbee as originally published in the Queanbeyan Observer in 1903, and numerous other references of interest.

1985
Inland Fisheries Commission, Tasmania (n.d., c.1985)
Trout Fishing in Tasmania: An introduction for visitors. Pamphlet, 22x28cm, folded in three. There is an extensive (given the limitations of the pamphlet’s dimensions) summary of trout waters and angling information, a list of books on trout fishing in Tasmania (18 in all, and notes that just three are still in print) and a foreword by Dr. R.D. Sloane, Commissioner.

1985
Brown, Raymond T. (1985)
Dry Flies of the Fleurieu Peninsula. Privately published: Port Noarlunga, South Australia; 4to; 100pp (97pp of text; 3pp at rear headed Notes); hard cover. Dry Flies was published in a limited edition of 30 copies numbered 1 to 30 and signed by the author. Five deluxe copies (no. 1 to no. 5) were bound in blue kangaroo hide and 25 copies (nos. 6-30) were bound in blue canvas with gold inlay hard covers. Original and natural fly tying materials are incorporated.

1986
Scholes, David (1986)
Trout Days: Some reflections and conclusions after many years of grand and eventful fly-fishing. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 8vo; 160pp; black and white illustrations by Peter Leuver; map; foreword by Malcolm Fraser; index; hard cover; dust jacket (the jacket design incorporates a Scholes watercolour).

1986
Sloane, Tony (1986)
The Truth About Trout Flies: Tying the basic collection. Tas-Trout Publications: Rosny Park, Tasmania; 8vo; 56pp; colour illustrations of trout flies by Catherine Rhee on the inside of the covers; foreword by Rob Sloane; soft cover. Tony Sloane describes a brief history of and recipes for the flies from The Truth About Trout.

1986
Cabalzar, Reg (1986)
Tricking Bigger Trout. Max Berwick and Sons: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 80pp; black and white photographs and line drawings; soft cover. Cabalzar’s chapters include How Quick Does a Fish Learn, Fishing Streams with High Banks, Chasing the Dragon Fly Chasers, Thoughts on Flies, The Mudeyes and The Messengers.

1987
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1987)
Fishing and Tourists. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [110pp]; mounted black and white photographs, vignettes and extracts and photographs from the ‘Weekly Courier’ and the ‘Illustrated Tasmania Mail’ to give added insight into (Harrison’s) involvement; hard cover. A facsimile of the 1934 publication by Charles Harrison (Fifty Years a Railwayman) with additional commentary by Brian Cadle.

1987
French, Greg (1987)
Trout Fishing in Tasmania. Mercury-Walch: Moonah, Tasmania; 4to; (ix), 242pp; colour photographs of fish, numerous black and white photographs (including one of Ludwig Zotch’s 1971 colossus), line drawings and maps; foreword by Dr Robert Sloane; soft cover.

1987
Rowney, G.E.P. (1987)
Pursuit of Fly Tying. G.E.P. Pursuit Publications: Melbourne; 8vo; (xiii), 198pp, [8]; 16 colour plates of flies and numerous black and white drawings by Eric Lyon; foreword by Ron Mackenzie; two appendices (Dyeing; Author’s Fly Box Check List); index; hard cover; dust jacket. Issued in soft cover, hard cover and edition of 100 signed copies bound in leather.

1988
Dewar’s VIIIth World Flyfishing Championship. Tasmania. Australia [1988]
Southern Angler Publications: Melbourne; 30cm; 19pp; foreword by Robin Gray, Premier of Tasmania; brochure for Tasmania trout guides loosely inserted; soft cover. Production by Bill Classon; probably edited by Robert Sloane.

1988
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1988)
Yesterday’s Fishermen. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [161]pp; illustrated with vignettes, facsimiles and mounted colour and black and white photographs; hard cover. Limited to 20 numbered copies signed by Cadle. Includes The Shannon Rise by Alan Walker and Adam Smith, The Miena Accommodation House by E.M. Mayes and Rene Campbell, The Great Debate by V.H. Riggs and L.E.O. Ready and The Great Lake Bunyip by Brian Cadle.

1988
Clements, John (1988)
Salmon at the Antipodes: A history and review of trout, salmon and char and introduced coarse fish in Australasia. J. Clements: [Ballarat], Victoria; 4to; (viii), 391pp; illustrated throughout; Message from the Minister (Joan Kirner); bibliography (pp.374-380); index; decorated boards. Salmon at the Antipodes was published for the bicentenary year, 1988, to commemorate the introduction of Salmonids into Australia. Salmon at the Antipodes is a book of rigorous scholarship.

1988
O’Brien, R. (1988)
Ballarat Fish Hatchery. A History: The first 117 years. Ballarat Fish Acclimatisation Society: Ballarat, Victoria; 8vo; (xiv) 201pp; illustrated; introduction by G.B. Cramer, President of the Society; foreword by Malcolm Fraser; hard cover; dust jacket. The story of the Ballarat Fish Hatchery is the story of the introduction of trout to Victoria.

1988
Ritchie, Jack (1988)
The Australian Trout: Its introduction and acclimatisation in Victorian waters. Victorian Fly-Fishers’ Association (VFFA): Melbourne; 8vo; 104pp; black and white photographs and drawings; preface by S.A. Lancaster, President of the Victorian Fly-Fishers’ Association; index; bibliography (pp.97-99); hard cover; dust jacket. Limited to 2000 copies.

1988
Scholes, David (1988)
Ripples, Runs and Rises: The charm and mystique of fly-fishing. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; oblong 21x28cm; 96pp; colour frontis of the author and illustrated with colour photographs throughout (some full-page), sepia endpapers (of fishing paraphernalia); index; hard cover; dust jacket.

1988
The 8^th World Flyfishing Championship was held in Tasmania and won by the England team. Rob Sloane reported on the event in Freshwater Fishing Australia (no. 4; fourth quarter, 1988). A one-off collation of ephemera from the Championships was put together by Brian Cadle. Titled Fly Fishing: Dewar’s World Fly Fishing Championship, Tasmania 1988, the two leather-bound are now in the State Library of Tasmania.

1989
Cabalzar, Reg (1989)
Futuristic Fishing. Max Berwick and Sons: Launceston, Tasmania; 12mo; 80pp; black and white photographs and line drawings; soft cover. Cabalzar writes about El Nino, lines and leaders, trolling, boat safety and bunyips, amongst other things.

1989
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1989)
Fishing Diary of John Horatio Savigny: September 1894 – April 1898. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [121]pp; vignettes; hard cover. Savigny was the fishing partner of C.F. Harrison. Limited to 35 copies signed by Cadle.

1989
Cadle, Brian, comp. (1989)
Fly Fishing: Dewar’s World Fly Fishing Championship, Tasmania 1988. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 29x37cm; two volumes; illustrated. These beautifully presented leather bound volumes, now in the State Library of Tasmania, contain a collation of ephemera— photographs, articles and information—pertaining to the Championship.

1989
Jetson, Tim (1989)
The Roof of Tasmania: A history of the Central Plateau. Pelion Press: Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; (xxvii), 174pp; illustrated; foreword by Dr. L.L. Robson, bibliography (pp.160-167); index; soft cover. This is a thorough and very readable study. In part, Tim Jetson details the history of fishing for trout on the Plateau from 1868, including a short section on the Shannon Rise.

1989
Tasmanian Government (n.d., c.1989)
Trout-fish Tasmania. I.C. Carter, Acting Government Printer: Hobart; 4to; 15pp; colour illustrations; one map; bibliography (p.14). Includes the headings Trout Fishing in Tasmania, Wet Fly, Dry Fly, Spinning, Baiting and Trolling, Famous Waters and Tasmania’s Seasons.

1990
Modern Fishing’s Fly Fishing for Trout (n.d., c. 1990-1995)
Glen Booth, ed. Federal Publishing: Alexandria, NSW; 27cm; illustrated; soft cover. An annual. The title changed slightly but significantly with vol. 2 to Modern Fishing’s Fly Fishing; later it was just Fly Fishing (e.g., vols. 4 and 5).

1990
Cassidy, Jill (1990)
The Lure of Trout: Launceston Maritime Museum, 10 May – 26 August 1990. Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery: Launceston, Tasmania; photography by Brian Allison (there are photographs of Noel and Lois Jetson and of David Scholes); bibliography. The Lure of Trout is a folding sheet exhibition catalogue (a single sheet 42x60cm folded to 21x30cm).

1990
Fleming, Arthur (1990)
Highland Memories. Marie McCulloch: Port Sorell, Tasmania; 8vo; 26pp; photographs; illustrated by Brian Truscott; map; soft cover. An edition of Fleming’s Great Lake at the turn of the century (written in part after his death by his wife, Matilda), “re-edited and compiled” by his niece, Marie McCulloch. McCulloch conveys the history and character of a man closely associated with the golden years of Tasmanian angling, and who is now part of the folklore of the Central Highlands.

1990
Sautelle, John (1990)
Champagne Fly Fishing. Tas-Trout Publications: Rosny Park, Tasmania; 8vo; 137pp; illustrated with black and white and colour photographs; foreword by Rob Sloane; hard cover (100 copies); dust jacket. Chapters include Early Memories, The Thirties, War Years, Post-War, Tools of the Trade, Favourite Flies and Monaro Tactics.
Also issued in soft cover.

1990
Scholes, David and Ritchie, Tony (1990)
Fly Fishing Pictorial. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; oblong 23x28cm; 128pp; photographs; decorative endpapers; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

1991
Grinly, Rennie, ed. [1991]
A Guide to Fishing in the Tumut District: Compiled by the Tumut Acclimatisation Society. The Society: Tumut; 8vo; 32pp; black and white photographs; maps including a map on the back cover; sketches; foreword by Rennie Grinly; soft cover. The guide includes a history of trout acclimatisation in the Tumut district.

1991
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1991)
Memoirs of George Cramp. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [109]pp; photographs; hard cover. Limited to 40 numbered copies signed by Cadle.

1991
Dunn, Bob (1991)
Angling in Australia: Its history and writings. David Ell Press: Sydney; 4to; 320pp; illustrated extensively with 250 colour and black and white plates throughout the text; foreword by angling writer and legend, Vic McCristal; an extensive and thorough bibliography of works dealing with Australian fishing and related natural history; index; hard cover with gold blocking on the spine; dust jacket. Angling in Australia is an essential book for all anglers—for the tackle fanatic, for the collector of fishing books (it includes his 19-page Bibliography, described by Dunn as a selective list of all reasonably accessible publications on the subject), for people who fish for species from luderick to marlin to trout, even for the student of social history.

1991
Leuver, Peter (1991)
Fur and Feather: Fly-tying for trout. Kangaroo Press: Sydney; 8vo; 224pp; exceptional diagrams and colour photographs by the author throughout; foreword by Malcolm Fraser; glossary; index; bibliography (pp.218-219); hard cover; dust jacket. A compilation of 58 patterns from Peter Leuver’s articles in Fishing World, each presented with its story, colour photograph and step-by-step line drawings.

1991
Sloane, Robert and French, Gregory (1991)
Trout Fishery Management Plan: Western Lakes—Central Plateau, Tasmanian wilderness world heritage area: Summary findings and recommendations. Department of Parks, Wildlife and Heritage: Hobart; 4to; 85pp; bibliography (pp.80-85); spiral bound.

1991
Sloane, Rob and French, Greg (1991)
Trout Guide: A guide to trout fishing in Tasmania’s Central Highlands. Tas-Trout Publications: Rosny Park, Tasmania; 8vo; 139pp; numerous illustrations and maps; index; soft cover.

1992
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1992)
Tales of Three Anglers. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [68] leaves; vignettes and black and white mounted photographs; hard cover. Limited to 45 copies signed by Cadle and dealing with the writings and reminiscences of Willie Love (Lake Leake), Critchley Parker (Trout Fishing in Tasmania—earlier published in the Industrial Australian and Mining Standard of 25 November 1920—and To Augusta) and Jack Savigny (Frogs).

1992
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (1992)
A Gentleman Angler: The life and times of Douglas L. Bridges, one of Tasmania’s well known angling identities. Privately published: Judbury, Tasmania; 8vo; 84pp; old black and white photographs; hard cover (red leatherette; gilt). Edition limited to 60 numbered and signed copies.

1992
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (1992)
The Huon Anglers. Privately published: Judbury, Tasmania; 8vo; [60] leaves; illustrated; hard cover (red leatherette; gilt). Edition limited to 50 numbered and signed copies.

1992
Australian and New Zealand Flyfishers Annual (1993) First issue.
Sloane, Rob, ed. Southern Angler Publications: Melbourne; 4to; 98pp; photographs, line drawings; soft cover. Subtitled: A Freshwater Fishing Magazine Special Issue, 1993, Fly-Fishers Annual No. 1.

1993
Bourke, Graeme (1993)
Come Fly Fish with Me: A way with trout. MBA Publishing: Hobart; small 4to; 104pp; nine illustrations and numerous line drawings; foreword by David Scholes; index; bibliography; decorated boards.

1993
Cadle, Brian, ed. (1993)
Port at Thirty-Four Hundred. Privately published: Devonport, Tasmania; 4to; [56]pp; black and white mounted photographs, vignettes and a map; hard cover. Limited to 45 signed and numbered copies. This is Louis Shoobridge’s story of his family’s history at Tods Corner.

1993
Lyon, Eric, comp. (n.d., c.1993)
A Collection of Fly Patterns. E.D. Lyon: Beaumaris, Victoria; 8vo; 150pp; illustrated with black and white line drawings; foreword; index; soft cover protected by a stiff, clear plastic, outer cover. 50 copies.

1993
Hawkins, Les (1993)
Basic Fly-fishing. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 4to; 104pp; black and white frontis, 8pp of colour plates, black and white illustrations; foreword; afterword (The Phases of a Fisherman); appendix; bibliography (p.[101]); index; decorative boards.
Reprinted in 1995 (soft cover), 1998 (soft cover) and in 2001 with minor revisions.
2003: revised edition.

1993
Hole, Chris (1993)
Heaven on a Stick: A self-illustrated anecdotal examination of fly-fishing and fly-fishing retreats around the world. Kangaroo Press: Sydney; 4to; 216pp; photographs and watercolours by the author; bibliography; index; hard cover; dust jacket. This is the record of the fulfilment of Hole’s dream.

1993
Nickless, Jeannie and Spry, Mike (1993)
Your Guide to Fishing the Upper Murray: Including Lake Dartmouth and the Mitta Mitta River. Spry Fly: Khancoban, NSW; 8vo; 91pp; numerous back and white illustrations and maps throughout; services dictionary; laminated boards. Also issued in soft cover.

1993
Opper, Lindsay (1993)
Reflections of an Angler. Janine Morrison: Geelong West, Victoria; 4to; 80pp (three blank at rear); photographs (colour and black and white) and line drawings; foreword by the Reverend Canon E.H.V. Pitcher; introduction by John C. Moody; postscript by Janine Morrison; soft cover.

1993
Scholes, David (1993)
Trout and Trouting. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 4to; 88pp; frontis portrait of David Scholes in action; 26 full-page photographs by Peter Whyte; decorative endpapers; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

1993
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (n.d., c.1993)
Shannon Rise Revisited. Privately published: Huonville, Tasmania; 8vo; (ix), [85] leaves; old black and white photographs including nine full-page; typescript on rectos only; hard cover (red leatherette; gilt). Edition limited to 60 numbered and signed copies, accompanied by a paperweight of a Shannon Moth fly tied by Allison Reid and embedded in clear Perspex. An historical glimpse of this most famous of hatches.
1994: Shannon Rise Revisited: A story of Tasmanian angling folklore. Blubber Head Press: Hobart; 8vo; (ix), 68pp; portrait frontis, 16 illustrations, references; soft cover.

1993
Sloane, Robert (1993)
Fly Fishing Fundamentals: An introduction to fly fishing for trout. Tas-Trout Publications: Rosny Park, Tasmania; 8vo; (viii), 142pp; photographs, line drawings; index; laminated boards.

1994
Dawson, Chris (1994)
Woolly Worms and Wombats: A sidelong glance at flyfishing downunder. Johnson Books: Colorado, USA; 8vo; 163pp; maps; soft cover. Dawson relates his adventures fishing through Australia and New Zealand.

1994
Terry, Ned [1994]
The Great Trout of Lake Pedder. Artemis Publishing and Marketing Consultants: Hobart; 8vo; (vii), 120pp; illustrated; facsimiles; maps including a folding map tipped to inside rear cover; foreword by Keith Alcock; glossary; hard cover; dust jacket.

1994
Stapleton, Rod [1994]
The Ballarat Flyfishers’ Club: An essay on the Club’s history 1919 to 1994. Rod Stapleton: Victoria; foolscap, [12]pp, soft cover. Printed on rectos only. Rod Stapleton writes: This is primarily an essay, based on the Club’s odyssey and as such, one is not able to portray in detail all the activities, the adventures, the successes and the setbacks which have occurred during that journey through the years.

1994
Fly Fish Australia Inc. (1994)
1st Tasmanian Fly Fishing Championships. Little Pine Lagoon & Bronte Lagoon. 23 & 23 October 1994. Fly Fish Australia: Tasmania; 30x42cm folded to 30x21cm; illustrated. Brochure advertising the event.

1994
French, Greg (1994)
Tasmanian Trout Waters. Greg French: Hobart; 8vo; 336pp; black and white photographs and maps; tables; laminated pictorial cover.

1994
Ritchie, Tony (1994)
Dry Fly-Fishing for Trout. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 4to; 96pp; 12pp of plates; some illustrations in colour; maps; foreword by David Scholes; bibliography (p.92); index; laminated boards.

1994
Ritchie, Tony (1994)
Finding Feeding Trout. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 4to; 40pp; colour photographs; bibliography (p.38); index; soft cover.

1994
Weigall, Philip (1994)
Trout ‘n About: A Victorian flyfisher. Australian Fishing Network: Ringwood, Victoria; 4to; 95pp; foreword by Rob Sloane; illustrated; laminated boards.

1995
Cadle, Brian and Cadle, David (1995)
Tassie Trout Tips and Tactics. Brian Cadle: Devonport, Tasmania; 8vo; (viii), 133pp; illustrated extensively by Victor Tasaga; index; decorated boards.

1995
Scholes, David (1995)
Memory Hold the Rod. Compleat Flyfisher: Melbourne; oblong 36x51cm; plus four coloured prints in a folder (35x51cm); 151pp; illustrated throughout, chiefly in colour; illustrated endpapers; foreword by Tom Edwards; introduction by Jim Allen; in the text, further introductions to the different Scholes titles by Frank Bond (Fly-fisher in Tasmania), Noel Jetson (The Way of an Angler), David McIntyre (Trout Quest), Bob Baxter (Fly Fishing in Australia), Stuart McDonald (Trutta the Trout); Andrew Braithwaite (Trout Days), Ken Littlejohn (Ripples, Runs and Rises) and Len Smith (Trout and Trouting); photography by Peter Whyte; 10 full-page reproductions of his original watercolour paintings in a separate folder; errata slip inserted; certificate of authenticity (signed by David Scholes) loosely inserted; bound in leather with a colour facsimile of one of Scholes watercolours (Apsley River from Coles Bay Road) tipped to the front cover; limited edition of 1000.

1996
Craker, F.G. Fred (1996)
Trout—Flyfishing and the Environment. F.G. Craker: Beaufort, Victoria; 8vo; 270pp; illustrated; soft cover. Very few copies produced.

1996
Gilmour, Don (1996, 1997, 1998)
Trout Fishery of Tasmania. Privately published: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; three volumes: (xviii), 157pp; (xiv), 166pp; (xvi), 164pp; illustrated; introduction by Professor Nigel Forteath (vol. I); index (the index is to all three volumes is in vol. III); hard cover. Details the history of trout fishing in Tasmania from 1865 to 1998 (vol. 1: 1865-1910; vol. II: 1910-1950; and vol. III: 1950-1999).

1996
Hawkins, Les (1996)
Trouting Tales. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst; 8vo; 88pp; illustrated (including colour photographs); index; soft cover. A fine collection of reminiscences.

1996
Hole, Chris (1996)
Exotic Fly-fishing in the South Seas. Kangaroo Press: Sydney; 4to; 96pp; illustrated by colour photographs, illustrations and maps by the author; index; decorated boards. Includes New Zealand trout fishing and fly-fishing for barramundi in north-western Australia.

1996
Spencer, Jan and Stevens, Mike [1996]
Testimonial by Friends to Noel V. Jetson. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania, 8vo; [20]pp including covers; illustrated by Mike Stevens and Trevor Hawkins; introduction by Mike Stevens, foreword by Jan Spencer; soft cover. This memento was produced for Noel Jetson’s testimonial dinner of Saturday, 12 October 1996 and was limited to 100 numbered copies in (buff-coloured) soft cover, and a Special Edition of ten copies, produced with a pale blue/grey cover.

1996
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (1996)
Tasmanian Angling Memories. Privately published: Huonville, Tasmania; 8vo; 80pp; illustrated; hard cover. Edition limited to 80 numbered and signed copies.

1996
First issue of FlyLife magazine.

1997
Crosse, Malcolm, comp. and Sloane, Rob, ed. (1997)
Australia’s Best Trout Flies. FlyLife Publishing: Hobart; 4to; 135pp; brilliantly illustrated with photographs by David Roche, trout fly illustrations by Chris Hole and fly tying sketches by Trevor Hawkins; foreword by Malcolm Fraser, introduction by Rob Sloane; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Australia’s Best Trout Flies was conceived to raise funds in support of the World Fly Fishing Tournament in 1998.
Australia’s Best Trout Flies was also issued as a limited edition of 250 copies signed by Malcolm Crosse, Rob Sloane, Trevor Hawkins and every tyer featured.

1997
Gleisner, Tom and Sitch, Rob (1997)
A River Somewhere. Working Dog in association with the ABC: Sydney; two videocassettes (VHS) (c.158 minutes). There’s always a river, somewhere is an expression recognised by fly-fishers everywhere.
2005: Issued on DVD.

1997
Rule, R.; Keam, R. and Classon, B. (1997)
Richard Rule’s Flyfishing Lakes. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 16mo; 35pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1997
Rule, Richard and Classon, Bill (1997)
Richard Rule’s Flyfishing Rivers. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 16mo; 35pp; illustrated; soft cover.

1997
Scholes, David (1997)
Air War Diary: An Australian in Bomber Command. Kangaroo Press: Kenthurst, NSW; 8vo; 144pp; 16pp of black and white photographs; glossary; index; soft cover. This is the story of David Scholes’ war service, compiled from a diary he kept throughout his tour of duty in Britain during World War II. From time to time there is some fishing. Also published in a leather bound limited edition.

1998
Dean, Roy (1998)
Memories of the Shannon Rise: 1936-1964. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 111pp; illustrations by Trevor Hawkins; foreword by Ken Littlejohn; soft cover.

1999
The 19th Annual World Fly Fishing Championships were held in the Snowy Mountains.
Chris Hole put together a commemorative production, Snowy Mountains, Australia’s High Country: Monaro fly fishing venues for the XIX Annual World Fly Fishing Championships, 27 November – 5 December 1999, on behalf of Fly Fish Australia.

1999
Barren, Richard (1999)
Trout Anglers Tasmania 1999 Calendar. Trout Anglers Calendars: North Hobart; oblong; 26pp; soft cover. Each month features an angling photograph by Richard Barren and a fly dressing by Noel Jetson.

1999
Cadle, Brian (1999)
With Rod and Reel: Angling memories. Privately published: Queensland; 8vo; 32pp; soft cover. A collection of poems by Brian Cadle. 100 signed and numbered copies.

1999
Dawkins, G.E.J. (1999)
Trouting in Tasmania. Brobok Agencies: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 97pp; photographs, illustrations by May Dawkins, folding map; prologue by Michael Bok; introduction by Selwyn Chidley; edited by Michael Bok; soft cover. An account of a 1937 trip undertaken by the renowned Victorian fly tyer Ted Dawkins and his mates.

1999
Hughes, Robert (1999)
A Jerk On One End: Reflections of a mediocre fisherman. Harvill Press: London; 8vo; 117pp; illustrated; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Hughes includes stories of fishing in Australia.

1999
Morse, Peter (1999)
Saltwater Fly Fishing Fundamentals: An introduction to saltwater fly fishing. FlyLife Publishing: Tasmania; 8vo; 119pp; photographs, line drawings; index; decorated boards.

1999
Pearn, Major-General John (1999)
The Medicinal River. Amphion Press: Brisbane; 8vo; 19pp; illustrated with woodcuts and full-page colour plates of trout and salmon flies with a medical association; soft cover. Limited to 200 copies.

1999
Weigall, Philip (1999)
The River Behind the Hill: A celebration of Australian fly fishing. New Holland: Frenchs Forest, NSW; square 4to; colour photographs, maps; foreword by Peter Luck; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

2000
Featherstone, D.R. (2000)
An Australian Fly Fisher. The author: [Melbourne]; oblong folio; not paginated; numerous line sketches and tipped-in colour photographs; an array of 15 wet flies (the actual flies, not photographs) inside the front cover and a further array of 15 dry flies inside the rear cover; foreword by James Leighton Hardy; preface by Alison Featherstone; bound in half leather (fawn suede) and dark green buckram; a dark green buckram slipcase (the spine and a few centimetres of the book extend past the end of the slipcase); title in gold tipped to a red leatherette label and attached to the front cover; title and author’s name recorded similarly on the spine. Some 60 copies were produced, including 50 for sale.

2000
Gilmour, Don (2000)
Trout Fishing Guide to Tasmania: Where! When! What to use! One of the world’s greatest trout fisheries. D. Gilmour: Launceston, Tasmania; 294pp; illustrated; maps; soft cover.

2000
Scholes, David (2000)
The Enchanting Break O’Day. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; 160pp; decorated endpapers (of a superb map of the Break O’Day by Trevor Hawkins); illustrated throughout with sepia photographs and illustrations by Trevor Hawkins; foreword by Jim Allen; index; hard cover; dust jacket. David Scholes begins with a short history then, referring to his extensive diaries, guides the reader through different sections of the river and its tributaries.
Also as a limited edition (250 copies) in leather.

2000
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (2000)
Trout 2000: Special Millennium Edition. Tasmanian angling report of northern, north-western and southern fisheries associations. Nova Design and Print: Devonport, Tasmania; 8vo; 144pp including advertisements; illustrated (some in colour).

2001
Flower, Rob (2001)
Australian Trout Food, Trout Flies: And how to fish them. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria, small 4to; (xii), 124pp; line drawings throughout and nine colour plates of trout flies; foreword by Jason Garrett; appendix (addressing angling manners, property access and safety); glossary; sources of information; alphabetical list of fly patterns; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

2001
Grose, Neil (2001)
Essential Fly Fishing Techniques for Australian Lakes. Fly Guide: Exeter, Tasmania; 4to; 142pp; illustrated; decorated endpapers (of Essential dry flies); foreword by Robert Sloane; index; decorated boards.

2001
Julian, Peter (2001)
Fly Fishing for Trout Down Under. Kangaroo Press: East Roseville, NSW; 8vo; (xvi), 130pp; illustrated by Geoff Wilson; foreword by Philip Weigall; appendix; glossary; bibliography; index; soft cover.

2001
Starling, Steve and Busch, Kaj (2001)
How to Catch Bream on Lures and Flies: The complete guide to spinning and flycasting for Australia’s most popular saltwater fish. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 4to; 144pp; colour illustrations and maps; foreword by Bill Classon; decorated boards. Also issued in soft cover.

2002
Franklin, Adrian (2002)
Trout Tourism: Investigating the growth potential for international and national trout tourists to Tasmania through a comparative study of New Zealand and Tasmanian trout fisheries. Co-operative Research Centre for Sustainable Tourism: Gold Coast, Queensland; 8vo; (iv), 89pp; bibliography (pp.87-88); soft cover.

2002
French, Greg (2002)
Frog Call. New Holland Publishers: Australia; 8vo; 287pp; notes on sources; glossary; two maps (Tasmania and The Western Lakes); hard cover; dust jacket. Short, autobiographical pieces.

2002
Gilmour, Don (2002)
Wild Trout on a Fly: Exploring Tasmania’s magnificent waterways with Don Gilmour. The author: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xiv), 160pp; illustrated; double-page map; introduction by Tom Edwards, pictorial boards.

2002
Gooderham, John and Tsyrlin, Edward (2002)
The Waterbug Book: A guide to the freshwater macroinvertebrates of temperate Australia. CSIRO Publishing: Collingwood, Victoria; 8vo; 232pp; more than 300 photographs of specimens; extensive glossary; bibliography (pp.219-226); index; soft cover. The Waterbug Book was conceived and written with anglers as one of the target audiences.

2002
Hall, Mick (2002)
Alfred Ronalds: Australia’s first fly tyer. Art of Angling Journal, vol. 1, no. 4, pp.6-16. Mick Hall’s biography has details of Ronalds’ daughter, flytyer Maria Shanklin, and other family members.

2002
Weigall, Philip (2002)
Call of the River. Viking: Camberwell, Victoria; 4to; (v), 231pp; illustrated by Trevor Hawkins; decorated endpapers; foreword by Steve Vizard; glossary; hard cover; dust jacket, featuring a photograph by Bill Bachman.

2003
The Fly. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; 63pp; illustrated endpapers (facsimile in colour of a Wigram fishing diary); acknowledgements and foreword by publisher Michael Stevens; original introduction by (Sir) Hudson Fysh; frontis of The Author, Dick Wigram, fishing Tasmania’s Macquarie River; four colour plates of flies tied by Jan Spencer; photographs and drawings throughout; endpapers in colour of A page from one of Dick Wigram’s diaries; acknowledgements and introduction from the original manuscript in 1965 by Wigram and Carl Massy; index; hard cover with a photograph of the author tipped to the front cover. The edition is limited to 250 numbered copies, bound in full leather An extraordinarily handsome book.

2003
Grose, Neil (2003)
An Introduction to Fly Fishing. Fly Guide: Exeter, Tasmania; 8vo; 64pp; line drawings by Phill Jones and photographs (including four colour plates of flies) by Peter Havery, Nicole Grose and Neil Grose; further reading (p.64); soft cover.

2003
David Scholes: Macquarie River Reflections. Stevens Publishing: Launceston; 4to; 112pp; endpapers of colour facsimiles of David Scholes’ diary entries from September and October 1971; illustrated; foreword by John D. Brookes; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Trade edition limited to 1000 numbered copies.
Also produced in a leather bound limited edition.

2003
Weigall, Philip (2003)
Victorian Fly Water: A fly fisher’s guide to Victoria’s trout streams and lakes. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 4to; 112pp; illustrated; maps; soft cover.
2010: revised and enlarged edition. Fly Waters: Victoria and Snowy Mountains. Australian Fishing Network: Croydon, Victoria; 4to; 112pp; colour illustrations; maps; index; soft cover with plastic jacket.
Also issued as a signed and numbered limited edition of 100 copies, bound in white leather.

2004
Brookes, John (2004)
Lifelong Pleasure: Seventy years of fly fishing. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xii), 212pp; sepia photographs throughout, foreword by David Scholes; index; soft cover. John Brookes’ reminiscences of his fishing adventures across the years offer the reader insights into fishing in locations as diverse as Tasmania, the north-east of Victoria, the Monaro, North America and Europe. His stories span the years from the 1930s until the turn of the century.
Also issued in a limited edition of 150 numbered copies, bound in leather with a photograph of John Brookes tipped to the front board.
2005: reprint. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xii), 212pp; soft cover.

2004
Coulson, Peter (2004)
Australian Fly Patterns: Fly patterns for saltwater, trout and Australian native fish; Australia’s most up-to-date and comprehensive fly pattern book. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 4to; (v), 249pp; numerous colour photographs by the author; foreword by Philip Weigall; hard cover; dust jacket. Australian Fly Patterns was published without an index but one is now available through internet sources.
Mostly about trout flies—making up 22 of the 29 chapters—but seven chapters are devoted to saltwater flies and flies for Australian natives.

2004
Gibson, Peter, ed. (2004)
The Flowing Stream: 100 years of angling with the New South Wales Rod Fishers’ Society. Creek of Peace: Paddington, NSW; 4to; (xii), 152pp; colour and black and white photographs; illustrations; two appendices; hard cover; dust jacket. The Flowing Stream, produced for the centenary of the Society and limited to 1000 numbered copies comprises 75 extracts from the Society’s journals over the past 100 years, with introductions to each by the editor.

2004
Hawkins, Trevor (2004)
Fly Fishing: Knots, leaders and rigs. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 8vo; 72pp; illustrated; hard cover. Trevor Hawkins’ colour illustrations set the benchmark for books of this type.

2004
Samerski, Helmut (2004)
The Trout Whisperer: More than just about trout. Helmut Samerski: [Bracknell], Tasmania; 8vo; (viii), 159pp; 4pp of plates; illustrated with photographs and line drawings; bibliography (p.145); glossary; soft cover.

2004
Sloane, Rob, ed. (2004)
Short Casts: A collection of fly fishing stories from Australia and New Zealand. FlyLife Publishing: Richmond, Tasmania; 8vo; 288pp; illustrated by Trevor Hawkins; index of authors; hard cover; dust jacket. A compilation of stories. Also issued in soft cover.

2004
Weigall, Philip (2004)
Trout Stories. New Holland Publishers: Frenchs Forest, NSW; 8vo; 223pp; illustrated by Trevor Hawkins; foreword by Jimeoin; soft cover.

2005
Monson, Les (2005)
Centenary of Angling Culture, 1905 to 2005. [Ulverstone Anglers Club: Ulverstone, Tasmania]; 8vo; 210pp; black and white and colour photographs; advertisements throughout; soft cover.

2005
Ritchie, Tony (2005)
Finding Trout. Australian Fishing Network: South Croydon, Victoria; 4to; 82pp; colour illustrations; index; bibliography (p.80); hard cover.
Also issued in a limited edition of 100 signed and numbered copies, bound in leather.

2005
Robson, Neil (2005)
Tails of a Tasmanian Angler. Foot and Playsted (printers): Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; (xiv), 130pp; photographs (chiefly in colour); foreword by Charles Wooley; soft cover.
Also issued in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50, bound in leather.

2006
Boden, Donald C. (2006)
The Other Side of the Hill: A biography of David William Simpson Scholes, OAM, DFC. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; (xviii), 222pp; decorated endpapers; numerous photographs and other illustrations in colour and sepia; photograph of Scholes tipped to the front cover; foreword by David McIntyre; index; hard cover. Cover title: David Scholes: The other side of the hill. The remarkable story of an aviator, angler, artist and author.
Also issued in a leather limited edition of 125 copies, printed on heavier paper.

2006
Hawkins, Les, comp. (2006)
Great Australian Fly-fishing Stories. ABC Books: Sydney; 4to; 313pp; internal and cover illustrations of the Blue Charm Fly by Chris Hole; soft cover. Also issued as a two-CD set by ABC Audio.

2006
Persse, Jonathan, ed. (2006)
Letters Lifted into Poetry: Selected correspondence between David Campbell and Douglas Stewart, 1946-1979. National Library of Australia: Canberra; 8vo; (ix), 256pp; illustrated; bibliographical index pp.246-255; soft cover. Edited and introduced by Jonathan Persse; foreword by Meg Stewart. Both Stewart and Campbell were keen anglers, and while Letters Lifted into Poetry could never be described as a book primarily about fishing, many of the selected letters include bits and pieces about the pursuit of trout in the Snowy and on the Monaro.

2006
Sloane, Rob, ed. (2006)
Fifty Places to Fish Before You Die: The best fly-fishing destinations in Australia and New Zealand. Viking: Camberwell, Victoria; 8vo; 234pp; colour illustrations; hard cover. Includes contributions by Dean Butler, Greg French, Brad Harris, Peter Morse, Rob Sloane, Andy Trowbridge, Dave Tasker and Carl Walrond.
2007: soft cover. Penguin; 240pp.

2006
Wilson, Peter (2006)
The Cast: From cane to carbon. Prowess Publishing and Media: Miena, Tasmania; 4to; foreword by Peter Morse; index (p.142); reference lists at the ends of Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 10; hard cover; dust jacket. Australia’s first book on the subject. Also issued in a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies, bound in a dark slate-green leather with gilt titles and a tipped-in colour image of the author on the front board.

2007
Cadle, Brian (2007)
Tasmania: The anglers’ paradise. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 4to; 220pp; hard cover (bound in red and green leather with an image of the iconic 1933 Beattie Studio’s rainbow trout travel poster inset to the front cover) in a slip case. Printed on 148gsm archival paper with 230gsm Parchmentine section dividers. A collection of the six Cadle fishing histories in a numbered limited edition of 55 copies.

2007
Cummins, John (2007)
From the Bush to the Bush Capital. John Cummins: [Canberra]; 8vo; 223pp; photographs; frontis: A favourite spot on the Binge Beach, Moruya, NSW; hard cover (half leather). John Cummins’ engaging autobiographical sketches in prose and poetry. Six pieces have a fishing theme: Bare-foot Times, The Trout Upon the Wall, Weir Days, The Thomson, The Eel Thief and Portal Days. 38 copies.
2011: soft cover reprint.

2007
Hackett, Daniel and Harris, Brad (2007)
In Season Tasmania: A year of fly fishing highlights. H2 Media: Tasmania; oblong (23x34cm); 100pp; more than 250 colour photographs; introduction by Greg French; edited by Rob Sloane; decorated endpapers; hard cover; dust jacket. Also produced as a limited edition of 90 numbered copies in green buckram and a matching slipcase, signed by both authors.
2007: reprinted in soft cover.

Harding, George (2007)
By George. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (x), 108pp; illustrated; soft cover. A series of Harding’s anecdotes, including about his fishing mates Neil Robson, Wilfred Snow Widdowson, Max Bertram, Fred Atherton and Eric Sims.

2007
Victorian Fly-Fishers’ Association (2007)
Geehi to Great Lake: An anthology of Victorian Fly-Fishers’ Association Newsletters. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (xiii), 210pp; black and white photographs; Foreword by President David Grisold, Introduction by newsletter editor John Philbrick; hard cover. An outstanding anthology of articles written for the Association over the years.
Also published in a deluxe limited edition of 100 numbered copies in Rayas binding, in a clamshell box with two flies tied by Rick Keam (the Geehi and the Great Lake Beetle, both originally designed and tied by VFFA members Keith Zwar and Malcolm Gillies) in a recessed compartment.

2008
Victorian Fly-Fishers’ Association (2008)
The Angling Library of David Scholes: Auction by the Victorian Fly-fishers’ Association Inc. Thursday 15^th May 2008. VFFA: Melbourne; 8vo; 23pp; colour photographs; stapled soft cover. Includes tributes by David Scholes’ son, Roger Scholes, Mary Rogers, Rick Taransky, Rex Hunt and David Grisold, and a bibliography of the writers’ books.

2007
Zaadstra, Pieter (2007)
The Artist and the Flyfisher. Pieter Zaadstra Art Studio: Gravelly Beach, Tasmania; square 4to; 128pp; colour illustrations by the author, soft cover.
Also published in a limited edition of 500 (130 gsm satin paper stock, decorative endpapers, hand sewn hard cover, protective sleeve, signed and numbered by the artist).
2008: large format leather bound book of art plates, oblong (60x35cm), limited to 99 copies.

2008
Eggleton, Glenn (2008)
Noel Jetson: Life and flies. Stevens Publishing: Launceston, Tasmania; 8vo; (x), 168pp; numerous photographs throughout (Chapter 23, Noel’s Fly Box, has colour photographs of individual flies); soft cover.
Also issued in a numbered edition of 125 copies with colour photographs; bound in dark brown leather with gilt titles; colour photograph of Noel Jetson tipped to the front board and a Jet-Fly motif stamped to the lower right; endpapers in colour of Sketches from Noel Jetson’s diary; signed by Noel Jetson on the title page.

2008
French, Greg (2008)
Artificial. New Holland Publishers: Australia; 8vo; 304pp; hard cover; dust jacket. Another collection of short stories. Also issued in soft cover.

2008
O’Leary, Frank (2008)
Art of the Fly: How to tie flies for fresh and salt water. Viking: Camberwell, Victoria; 8vo; (vii), 231pp; colour illustrations; index; hard cover; dust jacket.

2008
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (2008)
More Angling Memories. Privately published: Huonville, Tasmania; 8vo; illustrated; DVD in an envelope at the rear; hard cover (red leatherette with gilt titles). Edition limited to 60 signed and numbered copies. The DVD is of The Lure of the Rod, a 1928 silent documentary film of some nine minutes, of trout fishing in Tasmania.

2009
Taylor, Harvey J., ed. (2009)
An Australian Angler: An autobiography. Privately published: Mildura, Victoria; 12mo; 150pp; illustrated, including 30pp photographs; a signed, folded card pasted to the front endpaper reads My favourite fly – a hare and copper nymph; the fly is concealed by the fold; hard cover (red leatherette; gilt). Limited to 60 signed and numbered copies.

2009
Weigall, Philip (2009)
Fishing Season. Exisle Publishing: Wollombi, NSW; 8vo; (ix), 185pp; illustrated by Trevor Hawkins; hard cover; dust jacket.
Also issued in a signed and numbered edition of 99, bound in leather.

2010
Brothers, R. Anthony (2010)
The Country for an Angler: A history of the Victorian Fly-fishers’ Association. Stevens Publishing (Launceston) for the VFFA; 8vo; (x), 237pp; numerous illustrations (mostly back and white); foreword by Peter Boag, President of the Association; bibliography (pp.228-231); index; Wibalin cloth hard cover with titles in gilt to front board and spine and an image of an unknown fly-fisher, King Parrot Creek, tipped to front board. 250 copies.
Also issued in a numbered limited edition of 100 copies, printed on superior 150gsm paper and with Rayas binding.
Also issued in a numbered limited edition of 25 copies, printed on the same superior 150gsm paper as the edition of 100 and bound in dark brown leather.

2010
Morse, Peter (2010)
A Few Great Flies … And how to fish them. Peter Morse: Leura, NSW; 4to; 240pp; numerous photographs; jacketed soft cover. Peter Morse writes of his list of essential flies for saltwater and native species.

Suitor, Steve (2010)
The Angling Poetry of Steve Suitor. Tom Edwards: Victoria; royal 8vo; 105pp; introduction by Tom Edwards; frontis in colour of the poet; index (p.104); recipe and fishing instructions for the Red-Legged Scud inserted, hard cover, slip case. Limited to 25 signed and numbered copies.

2011
McIntyre, John (2011)
The Zane Grey – Reg Lyne Letters. Australia 1933-1936: And a short account of the Zane Grey fishing expedition to Australia in 1936. John McIntyre: Sutherland, NSW, 4to; 103pp; black and white photographs, facsimiles of letters; soft cover. Just ten copies produced.

2011
Weigall, Philip (2011)
Fishing Sense. Exisle Publishing: Wollombi, NSW; 8vo; 192pp; index; hard cover; dust jacket. Weigall discusses numerous facets of fly fishing for trout with chapters including Feeding, Hiding, Drifts, Retrieves, Cover, Conditions, Water Temperature, Light, Striking, Tippet and Playing Trout. Trevor Hawkins’ brilliant vignettes are a feature.
Also issued as a signed and numbered limited edition of 125 copies.

2011
Miller, Paul (2011)
Secret Creek: Friendships, pheromones and fly-fishing. Creek of Peace: Paddington, NSW; 8vo; pp; illustrated by Glen Preece; decorated endpapers (of a painting by Glen Preece: Before the Evening Rise); hard cover; dust jacket (jacket image also by Preece). Edited by Peter Gibson.
Also published in a limited edition of 150 copies (black and dark green leather; gilt titles; signed and numbered; slipcase).

2011
Wigram, R.H. “Dick” (2011)
The Timeless Trout: An angler’s fishing guide. [Desmond Wyett: Tasmania]; 12mo; 244pp; black and white photographs; soft cover; spiral bound. Compiled by Author and Historian, Desmond K. Wyett. Wyett’s curious production purports to present a compilation of the greater part of the late R.H. Wigram’s works.
Just 25 copies produced.