A NSW creek that flows into the Tumut River, with brown and rainbow trout recorded in it and stocked in recent seasons, best approached with dries and nymphs.
Adjungbilly Creek runs into the Tumut River in NSW, and the reason to fish it is the trout: browns and rainbows are recorded in it and have been stocked into it in recent seasons.
Treat it as one creek and start at an access point on the access card. Fish upstream in the warmer months with a dry and a small nymph under it.
The NSW trout guide decides when you can fish and what you can keep, so read it before you pick a date.
Species records
Historical records and regulatory mentions. They do not establish current abundance, a suitable angling target or permission to fish.
A creek that flows down into the Tumut River. In our experience trout on water like this sit where the current gives them cover and food: the head of a pool where the run tips in, the seam beside faster water, and the slack behind a log or boulder. Even, shallow water holds fewer fish and spooks them first.
Fish and forage
Brown and rainbow trout are the fish to build a day around. Both are recorded in the creek and both have been stocked in recent seasons, which is why the stocking chart is worth a look before you plan. River blackfish, Macquarie perch and mountain galaxias have also been recorded, so you may meet a native fish on a nymph.
For flies, a good bet is a buoyant attractor dry such as a Royal Wulff, a hopper through summer where the banks are grassy, and a Pheasant Tail or Hare’s Ear nymph for the days when nothing is rising.
Stocking history
Reported past stocking. These records do not establish survival, present abundance or a current stocking programme.
Stocking recorded for Adjungbilly Creek
10 source records · latest 10 reported periods
Labels such as 2023/24 cover July to June. Each financial-year record is a site total, not an individual release. Missing periods are not reported as zero.
Season dates come from the NSW trout guide, not from us, so settle those first. Inside them, in our experience the warmer months suit dry flies best, with hoppers coming into their own from late spring through summer. Cooler or brighter days call for nymphs fished deeper and slower.
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Dry and dropper on the warmer days
Fly · Nov–Mar
A guide’s read, not a record. A Royal Wulff with a small bead-head nymph under it is a sound first rig on a trout creek once the weather warms. Take any season for the creek from the current NSW trout guide before you plan the trip.
Hoppers along grassy banks
Fly · Dec–Mar
In our experience late summer is hopper time wherever grass meets the water. Land it tight to the bank and let it sit.
Nymphs when nothing is rising
Fly · Oct–Apr
A Pheasant Tail or Hare’s Ear fished short and upstream through the deeper runs is the fallback on a cool or bright day.
How to fish it
Move upstream so the fish see you last, and keep casts short and accurate. Read the water for the head of each pool and the seam beside quicker current, and give those spots a few drifts before you move on. Dry and dropper is a good first rig; if the dry is ignored for a dozen casts, take it off and fish the nymph alone. Walk quickly past thin, even water.
Access and safety
The access card lists the access points as locations. They are a place to start, not a permission: read the signs and fences on the ground before you cross anything. As on any creek, tell someone where you are going, check the weather before you leave, and be ready to leave the water if it rises.
No water-specific rule was found for Adjungbilly Creek. Before you fish, check the current NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development fishing guide, including its trout-water lists and closed-waters list, and take any season, bag and size limits from it.
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Links to the current licence and fishing guides, to read before you fish.