The top quality fly fishing of the Arthur River will next year be revealed to the world when it features in The Source – Tasmania, the feature film for the 2009 Rise-Fly Fishing Film Festival.

The film’s director and producer Nick Reygaert began the five week filming around Tasmania at Arthur River on the weekend.

“We want to get this in the bag first because it will be the highlight of the movie … there’s some really really good fish caught in the area, some of the biggest trout in the world come from the Arthur”

Mr Reygaert said at least a dozen good fish have been caught in the river over the past few weeks.

Circular Head Chronicle November 12, 2008 

The white bait are running! Sea run trout and schools of cocky salmon are in the river feasting on the annual migration. Locals and visitors are enjoying the sport and the taste of just caught fiesty fish. Cockies can be caught from shore or boat with lure or bait. I prefer to chase sea runners late afternoon off the rocks 35o metres west of the villas or head up the river and spin the first rapids. I’m also doing maintainence on my dive gear for the opening of the Crayfish season on the long weekend in November. The best fish to date that I know of was Plaza’s 15 pound sea runner trout.