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.
Denny’s AP Emgerger Variant is a well-known Denny Rickard stillwater fly pattern used on lakes and reservoirs all over. The AP (stands for All Purpose) emerger is basically a larger sized soft hackle that had a wood duck, mallard, or partridge tail, a dubbed body with a wire rib through it, a peacock thorax, and a partridge soft hackle.[...] Read More » “Denny’s AP Emerger Variant”
The Muz Wilson BMS, or “Bullen Meri Special” gets it’s name from Lake Bullen Merri near Camperdown in the volcanic plains of Western Victoria. It is highly regarded as an imitation of the Galaxiid Minnow when tied in olive and when in white, an Australian Smelt.[...] Read More » “Muz Wilson’s BMS “Bullen Merri Special””
As Gogleys Lagoon is saltwater, many of the flies for Lake Cathie also apply. Targeted fish: Flathead, Mullet, Bream, Whiting, Blackfish.[...] Read More » “Gogley’s Lagoon and Lake Cathie”
Bob Popovics’ Surf Candy is the epoxy streamer fly that started a revolution in modern fly patterns for saltwater gamefish. This tough epoxy streamer tied with synthetic materials is a perfect imitation of small, slender baitfish like silversides, sand eels, and small anchovies.[...] Read More » “Surf Candy”
Everybody loves the Woolly Bugger, and a lot of streamer fishermen swear by patterns tied with zonker strips because of the great pulsating action these flies display in the water.[...] Read More » “Squirrel and Herl Bugger”
The Red Headed Step Child is a great small mayfly nymph or general attractor nymph developed by fly tying guru Hogan Brown.
The Red Headed Step Child has a similar look and profile as a pheasant tail, with just a few tweaks.[...] Read More » “Red Headed Step Child”
All the flies listed below target the herring, however they are still very effective on bass – especially if fished around the fringes and in and under cover – especially in the deeper water.[...] Read More » “Harty’s Plains and Kindee”
Here’s an SBS of a nice easy to tie crab fly that’s great for bonefish, permit, reds etc…anything that eats a crab is going to eat this.
Hendo’s Flea Fly is a creation of our Club Patron Brian Henderson. Due to this fly being a new creation/interpretation there is only the folklore of fishing to back up the following pattern.