A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Water boatmen exhibit versatility in their swimming habits, switching between agile swimmers and sedentary bottom-dwellers. This behavior inspires fly patterns like Paul Fedeles' variant, featuring bead chain eyes, lead-free wire for weight, olive Zlon, and turkey biots for legs.
Mudeyes are the nymphal stage of the Dragonfly. They come in two main varieties, the most common being the spider or bug mudeye and the second is the larger and less common couta mudeye. Most fly fishers will have one…
The dobson fly, or creeper, is New Zealand’s largest stream insect and looks a bit like a centipede. It is also referred to as a “toe-biter” because of its pincer-like jaws which can give a painful nip. The larvae are…
Designed by Terry Griffiths and Peter Gathercole in the 1960s, the Black Tadpole takes the use of turkey marabou for highly mobile wings and tails to it's logical conclusion. The Tadpole's tail is highly mobile and much longer than its body, giving it plenty of movement in still water.