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featured image 2020 Venom - Lake Awoonga Open
On 29th September I was fortunate to be invited by Scott McAuley, who I have fished with socially on quite a few occasions, to partner up with him to fish the 2020 Venom - Lake Awoonga Open. Many thanks to Scott ... I had a wonderful time and learne... featured image Knots - surgeons knot
I have fished with a few surgeons and asked them about this knot and they certainly don't use it in the practice of their surgical art so I don't know where its name comes from. That doesn't worry me because it is simply the best knot I know off for ... featured image Fishing for scroungers - on fly and the dark side
We are very lucky around Gladstone in that we have a healthy population of Mangrove Jacks, Fingermark, Barred and Silver Grunter and Flathead in our local waters and all four of them are reseptive to both fly and lure presentations.... featured image My favorite 9 knots
Just behind poor fishing technique and inept netting technique the most prolific reason for fish being lost is a problem with a knot. There are more knots than you can poke a stick at that can be used in fly fishing and over time you will settle on a... featured image Borumba Dam
Located near Imbil south of Gympie Borumba Dam is unique in that it offers both great Bass and Saratoga fly fishing.... featured image Mallard and claret - Chatto's soft hackle version
One of the first loch flies I was introduced was a mallard and claret tied in a traditional way with a pair of feather slip wings. I thought it was the bees knees as a bob fly and used it any time when mayflies were around. For me this is a vastly su... featured image Chatto's estuary fly
This fly has now accounted for bream, flathead, whiting, trevally, mullet, tailor, flounder, bass and trout. I expect it will be attractive to many other species also. Native fresh water Bass are a favourite of mine and if I could only carry one type... featured image Lake Maroon
Lake Maroon is one of South East Queensland's best freshwater fly and surface fishing destinations It lays close to the base of the Great Dividing Range on Burnett Creek, a tributary of the Logan River. ... featured image Low snag fly - baitfish
This fly can be cast onto a muddy bank, right into mangroves and onto rock bars and then can be retrieved over and through all manner of structure with an extremely low incidence of getting snagged up. ...