What trout eat - Central Victoria
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| Adult yabbies |
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Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Booby |
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| Small yabbies |
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Woolly bugger Floating yabby Shrimp shell yabby Booby |
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| Ants & termites |
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Foam flying ant / termite Foam flying ant / termite 2 Ant |
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| Midge |
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Midge | ||||||||||||
| Beetles |
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Red tag Cocky-y-bonddu Foam beetle |
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| Caddis / sedge |
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Elk hair caddis Trailing shuck caddis Wedge sedge |
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| Caenidae mayflies |
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Caenis dun | ||||||||||||
| Mayfly |
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Lepto dun Twilight beauty Iron blue dun Quill Gordon |
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| Emergers |
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Emerger patterns | ||||||||||||
| Daphnia |
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Woolly bugger | ||||||||||||
| Grass hoppers |
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Grasshopper patterns | ||||||||||||
| Mudeyes |
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Chatto’s mudeye Woolly bugger |
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| Nymphs |
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Bead head nymphs Bead head spiders Nymphs, spiders, carixia and shrimp Midge pupa, grubs and snails |
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| Snails |
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Chatto’s snail Black & peacock |
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| Caddis on wing |
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Elk hair caddis Trailing shuck caddis |
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| Spinners |
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Spinners | ||||||||||||
| Stonefly (running water only) |
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Nymphs Stonefly |
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| Tadpole (rising water only) |
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Tadpole Woolly worm Small woolly buggers |
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