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Rivers – setting your gear up for dry fly fishing Rivers – fly positioning on droppers 2020 Venom – Lake Awoonga Open Lakes – loch style … fast sink lines for ‘deep sulking or feeding trout Fly suggestions – Central Tasmania (Arthurs, Penstock, Little Pine & Bronte)

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Fly lines that I use – #3 & #4 trout in rivers Fly lines that I use – #6 trout in lakes Fly suggestions – Central Tasmania (Arthurs, Penstock, Little Pine & Bronte) Fly suggestions – Snowy Mountains (Eucumbene & Jindabyne) Lakes – loch style … all pumped up / booby pumping Lakes – loch style … fast sink lines for ‘deep sulking or feeding trout Lakes – loch style … static and slow retrieve fly fishing Lakes – polaroiding tips Leaders – set ups for trout (post 2018) Rivers – “Euro Nymphing” Rivers – across and down and swinging spiders Rivers – fly positioning on droppers Rivers – French leader / longer leader set up Rivers – setting your gear up for dry fly fishing Rivers – short line nymphing Rivers – traditional up stream nymphing Rivers – up stream wet under dry (duo and trio)

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What Trout Eat
Aquatic insects – fresh water Caddis (sedge) Chironomids (aka buzzers and midge) Dragonflies and Damselflies Fly fishing options – Central Victoria Fly fishing options – Snowy Mountains of NSW and Victoria Fly fishing options – sub-alpine NSW and Victoria Fly fishing options – Central Tasmania Freshwater crustaceans Hoppers Life cycle of the mayfly (order ephemeroptera) Tadpoles and small fish What trout eat – Central Tasmania What trout eat – Central Victoria What trout eat – Snowy Mountains of NSW and Victoria What trout eat – sub alpine NSW and Victoria

What Trout Eat

Data base of fly tying skills
Adding a lead split shot to the hook shank Adding weight to a fly Anti snag guards – “bass” weed guards Anti-snag guards – “tropical” double weed guards Bead heads – adding weight or eyes to a fly Bending hackles Body segments on flies Booby eyes made from bean bag beads Brush type wings – deerhair Burnt monofilament eyes Closed cell foam bodies Coils or springs as indicators for nymphing rivers Dahlberg diver type tails Deer hair – brush type wings Deer hair – hot legs Deer hair – spun bodies Deer hair – tails Deer hair – uses in fly tying Deer hair – posts for parachute dun emergers Divided hackle or hair tails Down wings – dry fly Dry fly – hackle Dry Fly – wings Dry fly proportions Dry fly upright divided hair and hackle wings Dubbing – loop method of dubbing Dubbing – making dubbing from wool Dubbing – two different techniques Dubbing – the single strand method Dumbbell eyes Epoxy Eyes Eyes – booby eyes from bean bag beads Eyes – dumbbell, real eyes, sink chain eyes and glass rattle eyes Eyes – monofilament eyes Eyes – Plastic bead chain Feather slip wings – dry fly Feather slip wings – wet fly Feather tip wings – dry fly Fly tiers pinch Foam beetle hackle legs Glass rattle eyes Hackle – ‘beard’ type legs Hackle – dry fly Hackle – fabricate a hackle Hackle – legs for foam beetles Hackle – wet fly Hackle, hair and synthetic tails for dry and wet flies Half hitches & multiple hitches Hook – description & correct placement in the vice Hook – winding thread onto the hook Hooks – selecting the right hook Hooks – understanding them Hot legs – deerhair Killer type flies Knitted trout flies Knotted pheasant tail barbule legs Legs Legs – flat over thorax legs Legs – hackle ‘beard’ type Legs – palmered hackle Loop method of dubbing Monofilament eyes Multi hitches by hand Multiple hitches done with a biro (remove the refill first) Neat thread heads Palmering hackles Parachute fly- post and hackle Peacock herl – roping peacock herl Proportions – dry fly Proportions – trout flies Proportions – wet fly Real eyes Roping peacock herl Roping peacock herl Segments – body segments on flies Single hitches done with a biro (remove the refill first) Single strand method of dubbing Sink chain eyes Spun bodies – deer hair Synthetic fibers Tag tails Tails Tails – dahlberg diver type tails Tails – deer hair tails Tails – divided hackle or hair Tails – tying in a tag tail Tails – woolly bugger tails / flash on the outside Thread heads Tropical double weed guards Trout fly proportions Understanding hooks Upright divided hair and hackle wings – dry fly Weed guards – bass Weight – adding weight to a fly Wet fly – hackles Wet fly – proportions Wet fly – wings Wings – dry fly down wings Wings – dry fly feather slip wings Wings – dry fly feather tip wings Wings – wet fly feather slip wings Wings on flies Wings – dry fly upright divided hair and hackle wings Wings – dry fly wings Wings – wet fly wings Woolly bugger hackles Woolly bugger type tails

Data base of fly tying skills

On top of that, for financial members, all the links to the comprehensive data base of fly tying skills become active within each of the three fly tying courses :

a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies
2019 trout river season – almost upon us a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies – module 1 a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies – module 2 a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies – module 3 a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies – module 4 a b c of Fly Tying – Trout Flies – module 5 Bibio blob Chatto’s emerging alpine buzzer

a b c of Fly Tying – Bass flies
a b c of Fly Tying – Bass, perch & saratoga flies – module 2 a b c of Fly Tying – Bass, perch & saratoga flies – module 1 a b c of Fly Tying – Bass, perch & saratoga flies – module 3 a b c of Fly Tying – Bass, perch & saratoga flies – module 4 a b c of Fly Tying – Bass, perch & saratoga flies – Module 5

a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary flies
a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary & saltwater flats flies – module 1 a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary & saltwater flats flies – module 2 a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary & saltwater flats flies – module 3 a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary & saltwater flats flies – module 4 a b c of Fly Tying – Estuary & saltwater flats flies – module 5

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