My tropical Pacific sand flats & coastal flies
This fly is basically my original mud prawn that I released in 2003 and have now miniaturised and modified. This orange and brown size #2 hook version of my tidal flats shrimp is my first choice of fly when targeting feeding trigger fish. It stands out in the storm of mud and other debris that…
Last Udpated: May 2024This is a popular rubber tailed Gotcha type fly designed by Christopher Hall, an Aitutaki regular for targeting big bonefish. Materials Hook Threads Bead Tag Body Beard Legs Wing 3X strong Gamakatsu SL11-3h Uni big fly thread throughout except for 3/0 Olive for the whip finish Double pupil orange…
Last Udpated: May 2024There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. Below is my list of CXI flies that more often than not…
Last Udpated: May 2024There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. Below is my list of CXI flies that more often than not…
Last Udpated: May 2024There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. Below is my list of CXI flies that more often than not…
Last Udpated: May 2024If I could only carry one type of fly when fishing for bonefish on Christmas Island, Aitutaki, The Bahamas, tropical Australia or other Pacific Islands or The Seychelles or other Islands in the Indian Ocean it would undoubtedly be the Christmas Island Special. The recipe is very much a tropical…
Last Udpated: August 2023If your heading off on a fishing trip the gotcha fly in a few colour combinations and a couple of sizes should definitely be included in you fly box. I was looking at the Fulling Mills bonefish flies and one of them was predominately orange with a pearl body … this is my version of that…
Last Udpated: May 2023If your heading off on a fishing trip the gotcha fly in a few colour combinations and a couple of sizes should definitely be included in you fly box. Whilst preparing for a trip to Aitutaki I came across a video of Etu tying a fly like this for Paul Worsteling from the Tackle World franchise ……
Last Udpated: May 2023There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. Below is my list of CXI flies that more often than not…
Last Udpated: May 2023This is a fly that I developed specifically for sight fishing on the flats to the likes of bream, flathead, bonefish and permit. It's a very fishy looking fly and has a little blood spot that adds to the appearance of the fly being a wounded fish. It sinks quickly and because of the relatively…
Last Udpated: April 2023This is a popular rubber tailed Gotcha type fly which is very similar to other ties for rubber legged gotcha flies. It has it's place in your bonefish fly box for those occasions where the bones shy away from the bright colours of most other bone fish flies. Materials Hook Threads Bead Tag Body…
Last Udpated: October 2020There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. Below is my list of CXI flies that more often than not…
Last Udpated: October 2020