GUIDES

Snowy Monaro Fly Fishing (Mainland Australia - New South Wales)
Paul Bourne is the premier guide in the Snowy Monaro region, with 25 years experience flyfishing the area, and 12 of that as a dedicated guide. Paul is also an excellent tutor for those wanting to try fly fishing for the first time.

Fly Fish Tasmania (Australia - Tasmania)
Peter Hayes has been the leading guide in Tasmania for many years, and is Australia's leading casting instructor. I have personally benefitted a lot from his casting tuition. Peter is also a fan of bamboo - you should see what he can do with a six and a half foot cane rod!

Stu's Fly Shop and Bionic Flies (New Zealand - South Island)
Stu Tripney is a revolutionary fly designer, based on the Mataura River on the South Island of New Zealand. He and wife Mel run the world famous fly shop in Athol. As well as tying radical foam flies (that WORK), Stu is also a leading guide in the region. Stu's video, "A Foam Odyssey", is featuring at the 2nd annual Fly Fishing Film Festival in NZ and Oz in 2007. Check out:
Stu and Mel's Fly Shop (Shop info)
Bionic Flies (Fly info)
Born to Fish (Guiding info)

RODMAKING RESOURCES

J D Wagner Rodmaker
I learnt the rodmaking craft from Jeff. Jeff is a master craftsman, a great guy - an honorary Australian! He and his wife Casimira are leading rodmakers and have a wonderful website.

Classic Sporting Enterprises (CSE)
Yes, this isn't really a link at all... Bailey Woods, and his stepson, Steve, make the finest bamboo rod ferrules and other rodmaking components - the industry standard. They seem too busy making quality hardware to mess with this internet thing, so the only way to get them is via phone or fax - just check the time in Vermont, USA before you call them... Aside from others who offer CSE hardware (such as Jeff Wagner, or me!), you can get them on:
Phone: +1 802 525 3623, or
Fax: +1 802 525 3982

Snake Brand Guides
Mike McCoy from Snake Brand guides makes the beautiful agate strippers which are featured on some of my rods, as well as uniform, lightweight, pre ground snake guides and tip tops as well.

The Bamboo Broker
Andy Royer (of Trout Grass fame), based in Seattle, sells high quality bamboo for rodmaking.

Charles H. Demarest, Inc.
Long time supplier of Tonkin Cane, Demarest has provided bamboo to famous rodmakers for over 100 years!

MAGAZINES

The Drake Magazine
An alternative fly magazine from the USA. I need this in my life. I think you might too...

Flylife Magazine
Australia's longest published magazine dedicated solely to fly fishing. They have a great web site and forum too.

The Flyfisher Magazine
Published by AFN, this high quality quality flyfishing magazine comes out twice a year.

Tasmanian Fishing ang Boating News
Tasmanian Fishing and Boating News is published six times a year by Mike Stevens at Stevens Publishing. It contains a wealth of information on salt and freshwater fishing in Tasmania. Mike also publishes many high quality fishing books, including fine reprints of hard to source Australian classics. Tasfish is another Tasmanian fishing site under development.

The New Zealand Troutfisher
New Zealand's only 100% trout fishing magazine.

Fly Rod and Reel Magazine
Leading US magazine, full of fishing and conservation info. FR&R has been hard to track down in Australia for a while. I carry it here, and have some back issues as well, so drop me a line to get hold of it...

TroutBeat
Who is TroutBeat?

VIDEO/MEDIA

Spinning Reel Audio Visaul
Based in Queanbeyan, Richard Snashall has a audio/visual production company. His "Alpine Stories" series, produced for ABC radio and digital TV, consists of a Winter and Summer series, covering a diverse range of characters and topics from the mountains. Check out his website for audio, video, and still pictures of the series (including some flyfishing with yours truly), and his other work.

Gin-clear media
Nick Reygeart's Production company, which includes work on "The Troutbum Diaries", awesome flyfishing films. Volume 1 is based in Patagonia, and Volume 2 in New Zealand. The new film for 2008 is "The Search", seeking out monster bonefish in Tahiti.

Rollcast Productions
Steve Apple and Dave Wilson at Rollcast put together Fishizzle! - destined to be one of the most inspirational sporting movies since "Caddyshack". Fishizzle! was a real hit at the Film Festival this year, combining fishing action, humour, and a story about a guide (Steve) who has returned to the "real world" from guiding for the time being... Rollcast have a great new movie currently in production. Check out the trailer on Youtube (search for fishizzle).

Burl Productions
Burl Productions is Proferssional snowboarder, fishing guide and film maker, Mikey Weir's fast paced fly fishing production company. Mikey featured on the first "Troutbum Diaries - Patagonia" film. Mikey's film, "Soulfish" was a real hit at the Film Festival this year too. Burl production also has produced several editions of "Fisheye" DVD/Video magazine, featuring tips and fishing action from the Lake Tahoe and elsewhere.

OTHER

Greg Brown - Music
A customer (who's become a good friend - thanks Gary!), put me onto Greg Brown, a folk singer from the American midwest. Greg sings about flyfishing, love, food, family, life, and death, as well as other, less important things like politics. Greg's music has been an inspiration to me. Check out his website and his record label Red House Records to get hold of some of his music. Start out with "The Live One", a live recording where he sings and talks about fly fishing a in a few songs.

The Artists Shed
The Artists Shed is a unique creative environment, located in Queanbeyan. The Artists Shed is a working studio (with artists in residence Margaret Hadfield and Dennis Mortimer), teaching facility and exhibition space.

Eucalypt Banjos
Roger and Anne Simpson, based in Southern Queensland, make beautiful banjos, including use of Australian Timbers. I'm the proud owner of one of their wonderful pieces of work.

Pocketwater
Local mad keen fly fisher, Blake Swadling's site. Blake wrote the search tool for the Flylife website.

Genetic Prints
Local artist, Marina Larcombe, has produces a series of beautiful prints of her "7 Trout" series. Prints of the series are available in a number of formats, from postcard size to full sized framed prints.

ABC Radio Canberra (666 AM)
While working in the shed, when I'm not listening to Greg Brown or other music, I'm tuned into local Canberra ABC radio (666 AM). They're a great part of our community, with a really entertaining and informative team.

"Last Stop" Ambledown Brook B&B, Hall (Canberra)
On the subject of ABC Radio, one of my favourite presenters, David Kilby, has recently retired from 666 ABC. In his "retirement", David and his wife, Jenny are running a wonderful B&B in Hall, on the Northern edge of Canberra. If you're planning a trip to the Nation's capital, check it out. Accommodation includes a choice of two 1928 restored railway carriages!

Hayden Fly Reels
Terry Hayden makes wonderful fly reels in Australia. His main focus is saltwater/game fly reels, but has recently entered the freshwater fly reel market.

Canberra Exotics - Reptiles, Amphibians...
Canberra exotics is a leading maker of reptile/amphibian enclosures. They sell a wide range of amazing pets and everything else you need to look after them, and also have an amazing array of creatures on display at the showroom/private zoo in Kambah (Canberra/ACT). We have some lovely Green Tree Frogs and Red Eyed Tree frogs from there. Like fly fishing, herpatology can be addictive - Next on the list are geckoes...

Trout Books New Zealand
THE source of fishing books for those destined for New Zealand!

The Australian Trout Foundation (ATF)
We have a wonderful but delicate fishery in Australia. It is under threat. Join the Australian Trout Foundation and help preserve trout in Australia.

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