I was talking to another fly fisher at a nearby small creek in Healesville and the subject of brook trout came up. There are a few isolated spots that hold brook trout on Australia but they are nowhere near as common as brown or rainbow trout. He claimed to have caught them in a very tiny remote creek, a few miles SE of where I live. I know the spot and have driven over the bridge many times. The description given seemed right--greenish grey with small pale spots. So I have to check out this spot, even just to satisfy my curiosity.
Do brookies have any kind of preferences in flies?
Hopefully I'll be able to confirm these brook trout in a week or two. Even if I draw a brook trout blank, I'll still have the pleasure of fishing another small water.
Cheers,
Steve