Misadventures, Hangovers, and Swearing in Tasmania’s Central Highlands
by Kate Triebe
If you’ve ever stood knee-deep in freezing water, line tangled around your boots, shouting at a rising trout while your mate laughs and spills his beer — this book is for you.
Trout Are Bastards is an uanapologetically funny, adults-only collection of true-to-life stories from Tasmania’s Central Highlands. It’s not a fishing guide. There are no techniques, no serene reflections, and absolutely no life lessons. What it is, is a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud account of what actually happens on fishing trips once the cameras are off and the beer comes out.
Inside you’ll find:
Trout that rise everywhere except where you cast
Boat ramps that turn grown adults into public spectacles
Shacks filled with smoke, cards, whisky, and terrible decisions
DIY repairs that make things worse
Night visits from Fisheries and police
Burnt sausages, exploding thermoses, and raven-related food theft
And the undeniable truth that trout are smug, clever, and deeply vindictive
Set against the wild beauty of Tasmania’s Central Highlands — Great Lake, Dee Lagoon, Woods Lake, Lake Sorell, and beyond — these stories capture the chaos, mateship, and dark humour that keep anglers coming back, season after season, despite all evidence suggesting they shouldn’t.
⚠️ Important Warning
This book is written for adults only. It contains strong language, alcohol-fuelled misadventures, questionable behaviour, and zero political correctness. If you’re after peaceful fly-fishing philosophy, this is not your book.
But if you want:
Genuine belly laughs
Relatable fishing disasters
Stories that sound exactly like your own worst trips
And a reminder not to take fishing (or yourself) too seriously
Then Trout Are Bastards will feel like sitting around the shack fire with a drink, listening to the stories that only get told after dark.
Because at the end of the day, it’s not about the fish.
It’s about the stories.
And there’s always one more cast.
Misadventures, Hangovers, and Swearing in Tasmania’s Central Highlands
by Kate Triebe
If you’ve ever stood knee-deep in freezing water, line tangled around your boots, shouting at a rising trout while your mate laughs and spills his beer — this book is for you.
Trout Are Bastards is an uanapologetically funny, adults-only collection of true-to-life stories from Tasmania’s Central Highlands. It’s not a fishing guide. There are no techniques, no serene reflections, and absolutely no life lessons. What it is, is a brutally honest, laugh-out-loud account of what actually happens on fishing trips once the cameras are off and the beer comes out.
Inside you’ll find:
Trout that rise everywhere except where you cast
Boat ramps that turn grown adults into public spectacles
Shacks filled with smoke, cards, whisky, and terrible decisions
DIY repairs that make things worse
Night visits from Fisheries and police
Burnt sausages, exploding thermoses, and raven-related food theft
And the undeniable truth that trout are smug, clever, and deeply vindictive
Set against the wild beauty of Tasmania’s Central Highlands — Great Lake, Dee Lagoon, Woods Lake, Lake Sorell, and beyond — these stories capture the chaos, mateship, and dark humour that keep anglers coming back, season after season, despite all evidence suggesting they shouldn’t.
⚠️ Important Warning
This book is written for adults only. It contains strong language, alcohol-fuelled misadventures, questionable behaviour, and zero political correctness. If you’re after peaceful fly-fishing philosophy, this is not your book.
But if you want:
Genuine belly laughs
Relatable fishing disasters
Stories that sound exactly like your own worst trips
And a reminder not to take fishing (or yourself) too seriously
Then Trout Are Bastards will feel like sitting around the shack fire with a drink, listening to the stories that only get told after dark.
Because at the end of the day, it’s not about the fish.
It’s about the stories.
And there’s always one more cast.
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