Boobies
Boobies are an essential fly if your going to cover all the bases with your impoundment fly fishing techniques. They are also great flies for targeting other species especially Australian Bass. because they cross over between species, have specialist applications and and are bigger flies any way I have separated them out into a separate fly box.
Have a look at a full list of boobies featured on this web site: QUICK LINK
From the above list I choose to carry just these few:
Standard booby |
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Black / opal / white Black / opal / orange Black / opal / black Red / opal / white Black / chartreuse / white |
Bearded booby |
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Olive/black /red/orange Black/black / chartreuse/orange |
AKA "All depth booby". Boobies have been generally fished as a wet fly to target trout and other species This version is relatively neutral in buoyancy but can be fished at a a range of depths with the depth being determined by the speed of the retrieve and the fly line it's fished on. With a...
Last Updated: April 2026Boobies are a fantastic bass fly when fished on the surface but occasionally they hang so low in the water they get a bit hard for me to see. To overcome that when seeing the fly is necessary I added a back of 2mm closed cell foam - works like a dream. This is undoubtedly my favourite bass fly....
Last Updated: April 2026One of the best search flies in slow moving or still deeper water using a sinking line and a booby. If fishing from a fixed position cast it out, let the line sink to the desired depth, and then retrieve the line using a constant stripping motion, a pumping retrieve or a combination of both. The...
Last Updated: April 2026This is a nifty little fly that merges the hares ear nymph and the traditional booby both very high pedigree flies into one very useful loch fly. It also has a bit of flash about it which helps the fly fill an important role in my fly box for an attractor fly to use on my middle dropper when I loch...
Last Updated: April 2026