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.
Clark’s Lady Stone Variant is a fly can be used for any stonefly (e.g., Little Yellow Stone, Little Green Stone, Salmonfly). Coordinate the thread and body colour, changing the thread to match the underwing.[...] Read More » “Clark’s Lady Stone Variant”
The Bloody Mary came about as a way, after much trial, error and experimentation, of imitating the adult and larval stages of large stoneflies. The following is, after some experimentation of his own, Paul Fedeles’ variant.[...] Read More » “Bloody Mary Variant”
The Micro Crayfish is is very versatile in the way you can fish it. It can be fished like a nymph, but also like a crayfish streamer as well. You could float it under an indicator, or put it on as the sole fly, and site cast to fish.[...] Read More » “Micro Crayfish – Jig Nymph and Streamer”
Designed by Skip Morris, the Morrisfoam Predator was orignally developed as a trout fly, however it is equally effective as a trout fly.
While it is an effecitve top-water bug, it best fished on on a sinking line – the line finds the bottom while the fly (on an active retrieve) hovers just above the lake bed.[...] Read More » “Skip Morris Predator”
The Bead Head Hastings River Mayfly is a dry fly creation by Paul Fedeles designed for fishing in the Hastings and Ellenborough Rivers.[...] Read More » “Bead Head Hastings River Mayfly”
This is a combination hopper, Chernobyl ant and cicada in black and orange foam. I tied it in the morning for the first time. Toss it, flop it down, let is set and water movement is enough.[...] Read More » “Paul Fedeles’ Orange Bass Flopper”
Tied by Paul Fedeles, the Shute-Hill Special is a freshwater nymph fly created specifically for fishing on the Hastings River, NSW.[...] Read More » “Shute-Hill Special”
A foam derivative of the Turck’s Tarantula, the Stealth Bomber is a foam diver/slider designed to duplicate the Tarantula’s diving motion and the resulting bubble trail made when the fly is stripped hard.[...] Read More » “Stealth Bomber”
Step 1
Tie on bead chain eyes and run thread to bend of hook.
