This lovely bream came to a crab pattern.
Gangsters of the Estuary Southern black bream can be fished for all year.They are plentiful, easy to target, but not easy to catch. James Sinnamon shares a few ideas.
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ream were the first species I endeavoured to catch on fly, and I would be glad to have them as one of the last. In my eyes bream are a fantastic fly target, from snags to open sandy flats and everything in-between, they are like the ‘gangsters of the estuaries’, particularly here in Tasmania. I’ve watched a school of bream react insanely to a well-presented fly, racing over to beat it up with shear aggression… They come in hot, sit for a sec or two and bam, they absolutely crunch it!
Most of the bream fishing I’ve done in Tas has been north and east coast estuaries, with my favourite place to chase them being flats and shallow water snags, places where they can be sight fished. Bream are a fantastic fight for their size, commonly going into my backing when fishing on the flats with light leader. Id highly recommend it to anyone who’d like to chase a devil of a fighting fish that knows its defeated when you hold it in your hands. Honestly one
A kayak is a great way to access waters.
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