Alexandra & Thornton, Victoria · Since 1994
From your first cast to the world’s great trout rivers.
The Goulburn is our home river. Some guests come to Alexandra to pick up a fly rod for the first time. Others bring a mate and spend the afternoon fishing sections of river they’ve driven past for years.
Looking for
Where would you like to start?
01 / Learn
Learn to fly fish
Start on the grass on Saturday and fish the river on Sunday afternoon. We supply the gear, so there’s no need to buy a rod before you know what you like.
02 / Fish
Fish the Goulburn
Fish a bank you can’t reach on foot. Half-day and full-day drifts are private, with your guide on the oars and room for one or two anglers.
03 / Travel
Fish further afield
A week beside a Southland river, a road trip through Montana or a lodge in Patagonia. Choose the kind of fishing you’d cross an ocean for.
Our home water
Our first boats were rafts.
We started in a side room at the Four Ways Café in Thornton in 1994. We guided from inflatable rafts in those early years, then brought purpose-built drift boats to the Goulburn. Some of the people who met us in that little shop still fish with us today.
Between Casts / From the guides
Is it worth the drive?
A falling river is one thing. Whether it’s cleared enough to spot a fish is another. Our Goulburn reports put the flows and forecast alongside what we’ve seen from the bank and the boat.
Hosted fly fishing
Beyond the Goulburn
Southland, New Zealand →
Look for big brown trout on foot, then come home to Dunrobin. After dinner, the Aparima is a short walk across the paddock.
Montana & Yellowstone →
Three fishing days at each of three bases, with local guides on the oars. Anthony travels with you from the Missouri to Yellowstone country.
Patagonia, Argentina →
Fish spring creeks and Andean rivers with Patagonia River Guides. Back at the lodge in Trevelin, there’s time for dinner and a glass of wine from the vineyard.
Trip enquiries
Talk to Anthony
Tell me when you’re thinking of coming, who’s coming with you and the sort of fishing you enjoy. A text is often easiest when I’m on the river.
Gift vouchers
Give someone a day on the water
Choose a lesson, a drift or a dollar amount. They can pick the date, and you don’t have to guess which fly rod they’d like.