Chatto’s minnow – Qantas colours

 

Qantas colours of red or orange over white are very popular hard body lure colours in Queensland and equally successful for flies.

This is second to only wild olive over shrimp as my favorite ‘all rounder’ colour for many flies that I use in Queensland.

In the smaller sizes it's great for estuary and coastal species such as bream, flathead and whiting. Moving up to #2/0 sizes and you have smaller pelagics, drummer, fingermark and jacks covered and in the #3/0 and #4/0 sizes you ready to target big pelagics including tuna, queenies, mackerel and GT's.

MC- qantas

Materials

 

Hook Dumbbell eye thread Dumbbell eyes Thread Beard Belly back
Mustard 34007 Stainless steel #1 to #4/0 Uni big fly thread. Spirit River Real Plus eyes - red with black pupil Veevus Denier 100 SF Flash Blend - white SF Flash Blend - shrimp, white or off white SF Flash Blend - bleeding red

 

The only colour combinations I tie this fly in are:

Natural- olive over shrimp
Guns & roses - red over chartreuse
Brown Bomber - black over bronze back & orange
Pink - pink over pink and/or white

 

Process for tying this fly is set out here.