How to Organise Your Fly Box
This guide was found on the Flymen Fishing Co website by Club member Gary Pearton. Thanks, Gary! This guide will give you a good understanding on the many ways you can assemble your fly box and provide some tips on…
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.
Julian Tapping
Sno Ball Beetle Variant
Paul Fedeles’ Sno Ball Beetle variant Developed by Dennis Collier, the Sno Ball Beetle is a smaller more streamlined version of the popular Chernobyl Ant. The Sno Ball is quick and easy to tie, durable and super buoyant. The following…
Paul Fedeles’ Easy Hopper
An easy hopper pattern that will help you to learn and practice techniques for tying hoppers. Tying instructions can be found in the May issue of the HFF Flycast. Materials Thread – Wooly nylon (Nylon stretch over locking thread) Hook…
Saratoga
Scleropages jardinii There are two species of Saratoga found in Australia – Scleropages jardini and the Scleropage leichardti. The distribution of the two species is quite different with the generally larger jardini found in the Northern Territory from the Gulf…
Quigley Film Critic BWO
The Film Critic is a great looking fly that imitates the natural mayfly at its most vulnerable moment when it is hatching in the surface film. Fish it as a dry fly but only put floatant on the forward portion…
COVID-19 and Hastings Fly Fishers
To all our Club members and friends,
Due to the concerns regarding the COVID-19 virus and the social distancing requirements as well as the subsequent mandatory closure of clubs in Port Macquarie, the Executive Committee has made the decision to suspend all club activities until further notice.[...]
Watson’s Fancy Bead Chain Caddis
Source: FlyLife Magazine.
No other insect suits fly-fishing more than the caddis. Numerous species cover all trout habi-tats and in such abun-dance to feature regularly and often dominate the trout’s diet. Think of caddis as onmipresent — if there is water, it will have caddis in it.[...]
Know Your Fish – Brook Trout
Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) are a slender and elongated fish that generally resemble a Brown Trout in form. Brook Trout can be differentiated by their large mouth which extends beyond the level of the eye. They have an olive-green background…
Hackle Stacker Emerger Adams – Paraloop
From Utah’s Fly Corner
The hackle stacker is great dry fly pattern. It was devised by Bob Quigley. The fly utilizes a paraloop technique by winding the hackle around a post and then pulling them over the top of thorax. The pattern can be a bit of a bitch to tie at first but once you do a couple you will have it down.[...]
Is Fly Fishing Relaxing?
The following is from Guide Recommended, a great little site I stumbled upon filled with useful hints and tips from fly fishing guides themselves.
We’ve all struggled with something while fly fishing. The struggle could be as simple as, “Am I using the right fly?”
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