Bunny Clouser
The Bunny Clouser, tied by Norm Norlander, is a great all-around fly. Materials Hook: 8 to 2 Long Shank Thread: Colour of the rabbit fur Tail: Mylar Silk Braid Rib: Mylar fluoro tinsel Eyes: Dumbbell eyes Wing: Rabbit strip The…
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.
saltwater flies
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Rabbit Strip Bream Fly
This month’s fly should be tied in four parts. The plan is to production tie. Complete step one on 10 or 6 hooks. Then step two on all the hooks etc, until you have the finished product. Keep them in…
(As Yet) Unknown/Unnamed Mullet Fly
Smith’s Lake at the Frothy Coffee sandbar. Forty minutes with the bread flies for nothing. When the mullet would chase but not eat the bread flies, regardless of size, floating or sinking, I went for this. Thirty minutes with the…
Poppin’ Flats Shrimp – Fedeles Variant
The Poppin’ Flats Shrimp is a great saltwater pattern for baby tarpon, snook, bonefish, and anything else lurking near the mangroves or on the flats. It is easy to cast with great movement in the water. In shallow water fishing it on a floating like will work, but a full sinking line can give it some different action.[...]
TDF Shrimp
The TDF Shrimp, from Blue Ribbon Flies and tied by Craig Matthews, is the “To Die For” Shrimp is a capital bonefish fly all over the tropics. It can be tied in white or olive. Materials Hook – Umpqua XS420…
The JOS Gurgler
I first made this fly back around the turn of the century (I like saying that) to replace the small Dahlberg divers that I had begun using to fish for bream. They were too fiddly and time consuming to tie…
John O’s Whiting Gurgler – an Update!
The gurgler has been refined little since the original version. Hook Size I have been occasionally using size 6 O’Shaughnessy hooks rather than size 8 to create a bigger commotion in the water when the wind is extreme and to…
LMP Deceiver
Lefty Kreh, one the most recognised fly fishermen in the world, created the original Lefty’s Deceiver back in the late 50´s to fish saltwater. He was looking for a streamer that would be easy to cast and would not wrap…
Yendor Pinkie
Materials Mustad Aberdeen #2 hookPink threadSF flash blend – WhiteSF flash blend – Bleeding blackPink tubingBead chain eyes or dumbbell eyes As tied byRodney Adams Instructions Step 1 Tie on bead chain eyes and run thread to bend of hook.[...]