A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
According to both the Australian Museum and Wikipedia the Silver Drummer grows to about 80cm in length and a maximum weight of 1.1kg, however a Queensland spear-fisherman has officially recorded a 6.8 kg specimen. There are also several photographs on the internet of fish approaching 7kg and these are clearly silver drummer and cannot be confused with the much larger black drummer. Read More »
Volume 15, No. 2, September 2022
Welcome to the September edition of Flycast.
Editor: An individual who does precise guess-work based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.
In this month’s edition I have taken advantage of John Juracek’s kind approval to use his articles in our Newsletter. Read More »
from “Fly Patterns by Fishing Guides”
Original fly was designed by Simon Young in the Tom Lolli Book Fly Patterns by Fishing Guides.
This fly came about after Simon read an article in an American magazine about anglers spinning for bonefish. It occurred to him that a very bright fly version of the proven Crazy Charlie could be tried. Read More »