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.
The Possum Simpson is Fed’s Australian take on the classic Mrs Simpson, a well-known streamer pattern that has been used successfully for trout and other predatory fish.
For the second fly in the Dunmore Six, Fed has given the traditional pattern an Australian flavour by replacing the original materials with possum fur.[...]
The Killer Bug is one of those wonderfully simple fly patterns that has earned legendary status among fly fishers. Originally developed by English riverkeeper and fly tyer Frank Sawyer in the 1930s, the Killer Bug was designed primarily for fishing for grayling on the River Avon.[...]
When our club members head to Dunmore Trout Waters for one of our semi-annual fishing trips, there is always one fly that seems to find its way onto the end of someone’s leader: the good old Woolly Bugger!
But there are plenty of other flies worth trying.[...]
The Last Resort is a classic soft hackle fly originally created by Tim Bedford (1909–1985) of California. Renowned for its simple construction and lifelike movement, it remains an effective trout fly that imitates emerging insects and other subsurface prey. In this article, we tie Fed’s Last Resort Soft Hackle Variant, based on the version tied by Matt O’Neal (@SavageFlies), with one notable Australian twist.[...]
Rick Takahashi
Fed’s Spruce Moth variant is inspired by Tak’s Spruce Moth from Modern Terrestrials: Tying & Fishing the World’s Most Effective Patterns. The book by Rick Takahashi and Jerry Hubka is a comprehensive guide to modern terrestrial fly patterns from around the world.[...]
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…
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…
This week in the CDC Fly Fest, we’re highlighting a true hidden gem: Lucian Vasies’ Micro Olive CDC Dun. Favoured by Polish anglers on the River San and Dunajek, this delicate micro fly has proven itself far beyond local waters.[...]
The third instalment in our CDC Fly Fest brings us to a true springtime essential: Lucian Vasies’ Deadly Grannom Caddis. When trout are dialled in on caddis, this pattern delivers with a perfect mix of buoyancy, movement, and natural profile.[...]