A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Volume 14, No. 5, December 2021
Bonnie and I would like to take this opportunity to wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Many thanks to all for the friendship that you have shared with us these past years. We have had, and look forward to many more great times on the water and out of it in 2022. Read More »
The common coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus), is more correctly known as the leopard coral grouper, also leopard coral trout, blue-dotted coral grouper or spotted coral grouper. In Australia it is found at Beacon Island in Western Australia, the Ashmore and Cartier Islands in the Timor Sea, around the tropical north coast as far south as Sydney. Read More »
The Bully Bluegill Spider is the creation of fly tier Terry Wilson. It was first introduced to the wider community in the 1999 book that Terry wrote with his wife, Roxanne, Bluegill Fly Fishing & Flies. According to the book, Terry accidentally hooked the rear end of a bull while casting a bass bug. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 4, November 2021
By the time you read this column some of our members will already be at Dunmore Trout Waters and will be immediately followed by another party of eager anglers hoping to take advantage of the initial group’s experience and not to waste time fishing with flies that proved unproductive for them. Read More »
The titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large distinctive triggerfish with a dark heavily scaled body, a deep groove in front of each eye, a naked area around the lips, and about five rows of small forward-curving spines on either side of the caudal peduncle. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 3, October 2021
The Covid virus struck again last month and the long-awaited trip to Dunmore to celebrate the opening of the 2021 trout season had to be cancelled as Port Macquarie went into a seven day lockdown. Fortunately our Club had arranged for the trout release to take place on Monday 27th September, the day before the lockdown was declared. Read More »
Volume 14, No. 2, September 2021
Once again myself, Rodney and Co have been thwarted in our attempts to go fly-fishing up North. Myself to join son Craig in Darwin and Rodney and Co. to Hinchinbrook. All thanks to Delta – No not the airline.
Queensland and the Territory have shut us out. Read More »
The existence of bonefish in Australia was probably first recognised when surf anglers fishing along the Queensland coast caught “oversized sand whiting” exceeding 2kg in weight. While superficially similar to sand whiting, bonefish are easy to tell apart in a variety of ways including only having one dorsal fin, a more robust body and a more underslung mouth. Read More »
The Giant Trevally, or GT, is the largest trevally of the Indo-Pacific Region growing to a verified size of 170 cm (67 in.) and a weight of 80 kg (176 lbs.) Read More »
Cover back two thirds of hook with thread, bring thread back to starting point. Read More »