Dobson Fly
The dobson fly, or creeper, is New Zealand’s largest stream insect and looks a bit like a centipede. It is also referred to as a “toe-biter” because of its pincer-like jaws which can give a painful nip. The larvae are…
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
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Gary Begley’s Bodgin Half Hitch
This is an excerpt from BT’s Fly Tying Friday, 27 January 2023 – Gary Begley Ties His Favorites. BT’s Fly Tying Friday is a weekly BTS zoom session run by Al Beatty. Contact Al by email and get onto his…
Pogo Pheasant Tail Nymph Variant
This can be a dropper with a dry fly or another nymph. Strip Strip pause the fly should pogo up and down. That is why it is called a Pogo. Materials Thread – Black 14 Hook – Nymph 2x size…
Fly Fishing Skills by Dutch Baughman
Dutch Baughman, a fly fisher from Texas, has this excellent website with PowerPoint presentations free to download. The website is intended as a personal resource to explore your fly fishing journey. Each Fly Fishing Topic includes a slide presentation or document you…
Rabbit Strip Bream Fly
This month’s fly should be tied in four parts. The plan is to production tie. Complete step one on 10 or 6 hooks. Then step two on all the hooks etc, until you have the finished product. Keep them in…
Steindl’s Green Mudeye Variant
The Green Mudeye was developed by Adrienne and Peter Scheindl around 1960 to imitate the Hemi-cordulia tau or more commonly known as the Mudeye found at Lake Eucumbene in NSW. What follows is Paul Fedeles’ variant: Materials Hook – Size…
(As Yet) Unknown/Unnamed Mullet Fly
Smith’s Lake at the Frothy Coffee sandbar. Forty minutes with the bread flies for nothing. When the mullet would chase but not eat the bread flies, regardless of size, floating or sinking, I went for this. Thirty minutes with the…
Sparkle Charlie, Fedeles Variant
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.[...]
HFF Flycast, August 2022
Welcome to the August edition of Flycast. I know it’s great fun but when I fish for carp I always have a guilty feeling that somehow it is less worthy than fishing for trout or our saltwater species. Not any…
Drop Nose Minnow
Distant club members Gretchen and Al Beatty have given us permission to use their pictures and information for this month’s fly from their book How to tie LaFontaine’s Legacy Fly Patterns. There is also a video series of LaFontaine’s Legacy…