Hot Collar Hare’s Ear Variant – Dunmore Six #4
Fed's Hot Collar Hare’s Ear Variant adds a vibrant fluoro-orange hot spot to the classic Hare's Ear Nymph, creating a versatile and eye-catching trout fly.
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.
trout flies
Read MoreHot Collar Hare’s Ear Variant – Dunmore Six #4
Black Midge Caddis Variant – Dunmore Six #3
Fed’s Black Midge Caddis Variant - a small, sparse dry fly for selective trout. Tied on size 16–20 hooks, it combines black Congo Plus with a 40:60 Adams Kapok and Black Zelon dubbing mix to create a slim, buggy profile that sits naturally in the surface film.
Fed’s Possum Simpson – The Dunmore Six #2
Fed’s Possum Simpson is an Australian take on the classic Mrs Simpson streamer and the second fly in the Dunmore Six. Tied with possum fur, red Woolly Nylon and four dark pheasant feathers, this simple pattern may not win many prizes when dry, but once wet, it has one job: catching fish.
Charcoal Killer Bug
Shota Jokhadze’s Charcoal Killer Bug puts a darker twist on Frank Sawyer’s legendary Killer Bug – a simple and effective trout and grayling nymph.
The Dunmore Six #1 – Timber Ant Foam Fly Variant
Discover Fed's Timber Ant Foam Fly Variant, the first pattern in The Dunmore Six. Based on the Kypes & Stripes Timber Ant, this versatile terrestrial combines foam, purple ice dubbing, peacock herl and rubber legs to create a highly visible trout fly with a distinctive underwater profile.
Fed’s “Last Resort” Variant
Fed's Last Resort Soft Hackle Variant is an Australian take on Tim Bedford's classic trout fly. Featuring Australian Wood Duck hackle, peacock herl and golden pheasant tippet, this simple yet highly effective soft hackle fly excels as an emerger, searching pattern or dropper for trout, bass and redfin.
Fed’s Spruce Moth Variant
Fed’s Spruce Moth variant is a simple, practical dry fly inspired by Tak’s Spruce Moth. Built with readily available materials and no antennae, it’s designed for effective summer and autumn terrestrial fishing.
Hippie Stomper Hopper
The Hippie Stomper Hopper is Fed’s take on Andrew Grillos’s original Hippie Stomper — a rugged, foam-bodied dry fly that combines buoyancy, visibility and a versatile terrestrial silhouette for trout (or bass!) The Hippie Stomper is rightly praised as a…
Pondage Fly Variants
The Pondage Fly variants are a series of simple yet remarkably effective trout flies originally tied by Victorian angler Rod Groaters for use in the Eildon Pondage on the Goulburn River. Featured in Australian Fly Patterns by Peter Coulson, these…