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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 Albright knot
The Albright knot is my goto knot when I am fishing with rods suited to bottom baiting for offshore species....
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. ...
featured image Low snag fly - jelly prawn
I tie this fly on a #1 or #3/0 unweighted worm hook to which I add my own weight. Even though the natural jelly prawn is only about 4cm long versions bigger than that dont seem to worry bigger fish and I am guessing that they are more tuned into the...
featured image Fly fishing in CQ – my default fly outfit
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featured image Silver TBH CDC black sparkle fuzzel bugger
This one of the 4 colours of TBH jig buggers that I carry in my river fly box. It's a great buggy looking fly that sink well and swims hook point up so less likely to get hooked up on the bottom othan flies that swim hook point down....
featured image Knots - Chatto's snelled front stinger knot for flies & lures
This is a process that I have developed over the last year or so to mount a stinger hook in front of big soft plastics that I fish in low light or in dirty water. I am confident that this process will be fantastic for adding a stinger to a fly....