A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Welcome to The Fly Box, our comprehensive repository of fly patterns. Here, you’ll find a meticulously curated collection of flies, each designed to enhance your fly fishing experience. Whether you’re targeting trout in a mountain stream or bass in a local pond, The Fly Box offers detailed patterns, tying instructions, and insights on the best conditions for each fly.
Discover traditional favourites and innovative new designs, all contributed by expert anglers from our community. Dive in, explore, and elevate your fly fishing game with the perfect fly for every occasion.
The Last Resort is a classic soft hackle fly originally created by Tim Bedford (1909–1985) of California. Renowned for its simple construction and lifelike movement, it remains an effective trout fly that imitates emerging insects and other subsurface prey. In this article, we tie Fed’s Last Resort Soft Hackle Variant, based on the version tied by Matt O’Neal (@SavageFlies), with one notable Australian twist.[...]
If you’re chasing whiting, bream, flathead, or even tropical species that love a flashy shrimp imitation, Fed’s Crazy Charlie Variant is a simple yet highly effective pattern worth adding to your fly box.
Inspired by a pattern from renowned South African fly tier Arno Laubscher, Fed’s Crazy Charlie Variant keeps the classic Crazy Charlie profile while introducing bold pink tones and subtle movement that can trigger aggressive strikes.[...]
Fed’s Gotcha Variant is a highly effective saltwater shrimp fly pattern designed to imitate the small prawns and crustaceans that are a primary food source for many inshore gamefish. Based on the proven Gotcha fly design, this modern variation features a body of Fly Tyer’s Dungeon FF Braid Shrimp, creating a realistic translucent profile with subtle segmentation that closely resembles a natural shrimp.[...]
Fed’s Wonga Pigeon Minnow is a highly effective baitfish imitation that showcases the natural movement and mottled colouring of Wonga pigeon feathers. Designed to create a lifelike profile in the water, Fed’s Wonga Pigeon Minnow combines a fake zebra wool patch tail with four carefully positioned Wonga pigeon feathers that form the body wings.[...]
The Brassie Emerger Variant is a highly effective modern nymph and emerger pattern featured in the FFF Fly Pattern Encyclopedia. Originally designed by David Curneal, and expertly tied by Paul Fedeles, this fly blends the simplicity of a classic Brassie…
Shota’s Paraloop Griffith’s Gnat is an innovative variation of the classic Griffith’s Gnat dry fly, developed and popularised by fly tyer Shota Jokhadze of ShotaFlies. Designed to improve both visibility and presentation, this highly effective trout fly replaces the traditional…
Fed’s Badger Soft Hackle is a simple, lively wet fly built to suggest a wide range of emerging insects and drifting food forms. A slim body of possum under-fur gives it a natural, slightly scruffy translucence, while the soft badger hen neck hackle pulses enticingly in the current.[...]
Fed’s Begley Crayfish is an Australianised re-interpretation of a pattern created by Tim Collins of the Gary Begley Ohio Fly Tying Guild. Fed laughs that this fly is “pretty ugly … until it gets wet” — but that’s part of…
Fed’s Crackleback Caterpillar is a Paul’s take on a proven classic, blending old-school versatility with contemporary design ideas. This pattern is inspired by Rick Takahashi’s Crackleback Caterpillar from his book Modern Terrestrials: Tying & Fishing The World’s Most Effective Patterns, and builds on a fly that has been catching fish for over seventy years.[...]