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Acheron & Rubicon Rivers - Thornton/Buxton areas

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27 December 2009, Marcus
Location: Rubicon River Time: 7am-10.30am
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Shore
Target Fish: Trout
Bait\Lure\Fly: Scrubworms
Fish Caught: 1 x rainbow trout @ 26cm
2 x brown trout @ 22cm
1 x redfin @ 10cm
Comments: None

6 April 2009, Nick H
Location: Rubicon River Time: Various
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Shore
Target Fish: Trout
Bait\Lure\Fly: Fly
Fish Caught: None
Comments: Went exploring, the fish are still here,  why aren't you?

8 March 2009, Paul Ingram
Location: Rubicon River Time: All day
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Shore
Target Fish: Trout
Bait\Lure\Fly: Worms, lures
Fish Caught: 1 x rainbow trout @ 30-35cm
5 x black fish @ 15-22cm
5  x redfin @ 7-15cm
Comments: Fishing for trout, most black fish caught at night. Got the nice trout at about 3pm. All on worms, also plenty of small reddies. All fish but trout released, he is heading for the smoker.

15 January 2009, Billy big bass
Location: Rubicon River Time: All day
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Boat
Target Fish: Brown eye billy bass
Bait\Lure\Fly: Squid
Fish Caught: 5 x chilpa @ 100g
2 x sea bound brown trout @ 2kg
3 x brown eye billy bass @ 1.34534kg
Comments: Heard squid was the go for freshwater rivers and it worked a treat, fish loved it. The boat was a tight squeeze in the river as it is very narrow, water was turbid. All in all fab day.

31 December 2008, Sven
Location: Taggerty River Time: 5pm-8pm
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Wading
Target Fish: Trout
Bait\Lure\Fly: Yellow sally, CDC, elk
Fish Caught: 3 x brown trout @ to 40cm
2 x rainbow trout @ to 30cm
Comments: Nice and quiet away from the bigger rivers. Fished the Steavenson river early and took two pan sized rainbows in the faster water on Yellow Sally. Moved to the Taggerty river where there were a lot of delicate rises in the glides before the faster water. The CDC & Elk was taken enthusiastically. All fish returned.

7 December 2008, Brendan
Location: Rubicon River Time: 2pm-3pm
Type of Water: River Type of Fishing: Wading
Target Fish: Trout
Bait\Lure\Fly: Hare's ear nymph under a hopper
Fish Caught: 1 x rainbow trout @ pan size
Comments: Fly fished at the picnic area using a hare's ear under a hopper.

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