More news, and fishing closures, from Essential Flyfisher for

Published: Fri, 03/27/20

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Still open, but very cautious - shop by phone or online

We are open, but shop safely from home by phone or online. If you come in to the shop, please keep your distance from us, and others that may be instore. Use the sanitiser as much as you want. We wipe down the hard surfaces often as well.

Everything in our store is also in our online store.

If directed by Authorities, we will close the shop front immediately.

Regular Shipping is now FREE on all items. Express is $15 or FREE over $150 purchase. Everything we ship is tracked and must be signed for.

Do not go fishing for a social outing

The world is in serious trouble and transmission of Coronavirus between people can not happen if you are distanced from others.

National Parks and reserved land closed to Public Access in Tasmania

The Tasmanian Government has determined that our community should limit unnecessary travel during the COVID-19 pandemic therefore all National Parks and reserved land managed by Parks and Wildlife Service is closed to public access until further notice.

This means that NO FISHING can occur on this land from midnight Thursday 26 March 2020.

This includes NO FISHING ACCESS to the following:

Brushy Lagoon Conservation Area
Central Plateau Conservation Area (includes the Western Lakes and Nineteen Lagoons)
Cameron Regional Reserve
Cradle Mountain – Lake St Clair National Park
Franklin - Gordon Wild Rivers National Park (Lake Pedder, Lake Gordon)
Great Lake Conservation Area
Mt Field National Park
Tooms Lake Conservation Area
Walls of Jerusalem Nation Park (includes the Western Lakes)
Waterhouse Conservation Area (Blackmans Lagoon)

If you require any further information, please email infish@ifs.tas.gov.au or telephone 1300 463 474

More information on this and Covid-19 is available from the following web sites:

parks.tas.gov.au

coronavirus.tas.gov.au

Be restrained

Please care for, and about, people around you. Many outstanding employees have lost their jobs. Importantly, call your friends for a chat - or call us.

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