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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.

Foxy’s Horror

  • Julian TappingJulian Tapping
  • October 4, 2017
  • Fly of the Month
Home The Fly Box Fly of the Month Foxy’s Horror

A fly designed by Rod Fox, of Hunter Valley Fly Fishing Club, appropriately named Foxy’s Horror. Great bass fly for rivers.

Foam for the body (the yellow for visibility), zonker strip for the tail and cactus chenille for the underbelly.

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