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{{+1}}Fish on fly – Central Queensland{{-1}}
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This post is a work in progress and lists the different species of fish I have landed on fly in Central Queensland. I have had a look through my photos from the last couple of years and added those that I have found but there are still some photo gaps which I'll add as I find the photos or will re-photo next time I catch the fish and add them at that stage. As I get time I will also add some text about each species and also some fly suggestions.{{end}}
Last Updated: August 7, 2018
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{{+1}}Perdigon (Spanish nymph) – gold micro glint{{-1}}
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| A streamlined fast sinking fly that will anchor your team. |
Materials
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| Hanak 300BL #14 / #16 | 3.0mm / 2.5mm slotted faceted gold tungsten bead | 0.010 lead wire | Fl fire orange UTC UV thread | Coq de Leon Fibres | Brown Micro Glint | Black nail polish | UV Resin and then Varnish. |
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Categories: Bead head nymphs, Flies, My 'trout' river wet fly box
Tags: #fishonfly, #spotters, spanish nymph 
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{{+1}}Claret caddis{{-1}}
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Any time there are caddis on the wing this fly is worth a swim in the middle position of a team of three loch flies. One of the most important things to remember when tying this fly is not to overdress it ... make sure you can see a gap between the two wings even when the rabbit fur is dry and fluffed out.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Trout fliesTags: Caddis, sedge, Streamers No Comments »
{{+1}}Half-dunk{{-1}}
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This is one of the flies that I have tied for an impending trip to N.Ireland to fish in the 2018 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships. My research shows that there can be Autumn hatches of caddis and occasionally olives and midge. Those sort of hatches often occur in relatively shallow water and often the fish are taking the emergers just as they are trying to break away from the surface.
This is what I came up with.
It's the wing half of a elk hair caddis or a Sedgehog type fly (hence the "Half") married into the body of a Dunkeld (giving me the "dunk")... anyway it deserved a name.
Materials
| Hook | Thread | Tail | Rib | Body | Hackle | Wing |
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| Tiemco 3769 #10) | Danvilles 70 denier in red | Yellow hackle fibres | Uni soft wire #33 Sm in gold | 50/50 Hends spectra #35 & orange seals fur | Orange | Natural deer hair |
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{{+1}}It’s a hatch of booby blobs …{{-1}}
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I tied up a few extra coral and white booby blobs today. I'm hooping that they will work as well in N.Ireland at the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships as they work on rainbows here in Australia.
Head off on 24th August.
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{{+1}}TBH / CDC river jig bugger – brown{{-1}}
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In rivers they lend themselves to being swung down and across shallow water or to being swum down where the fish are holding in deeper pools. They also work well in a two fly Euro Nymph style team. In still water they are a great option fished alone at any depth to nervous fish and are an ideal middle dropper or point fly in a team of two or three buggers.{{end}}
{{+1}}Epoxy midge – black with hot butt & UV cheeks{{-1}}
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When Chironomids are around they tend to be around in large numbers and trout become quickly switched on and gorge on them. There are number of techniques to target chironomid feeders and one of my favourite is to fish three chironomid imitations with the heaviest on the point with a long leader on a floating line and fish relatively static. You will be surprised how many fish find your flies.{{end}}
Categories: Emergers, Flies, Loch flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Nymphs, Trout fliesTags: buzzers, Chironomids, Emergers, midge No Comments »
{{+1}}Booby blob{{-1}}
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Both boobies and blobs are each tremendous search flies in their own right particularly for stocked rainbow trout. This fly presents the best of both of those worlds and has the head an tail of a booby and the body of a blob. With a little flash in the tail it's one screamer of an attractor pattern.{{end}}
Categories: Boobies, Flies, Foam and poly flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Trout fliesTags: #fishonfly, Blobs, Boobies, rainbow trout, Rainbows, stockies No Comments »
{{+1}}Articulated booby{{-1}}
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A great fly for barra and mangrove jack ... put a good cast into the target area and to allow the fly to settle for a few seconds before doing tiny twitches of the rod tip to cause some rings on the surface suggesting it's a natural struggling and then if that doesn't induce a strike to commence either a slow roly poly retrieve, or a series of stop start strips, back to the boat or bank. Whatever the retrieve the occasional pause followed by some twitches of the rod tip area good idea.{{end}}
{{+1}}Olive epoxy bugger -silver TBH, UV spine & orange butt{{-1}}
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Because of the lack of body dressing and the epoxy body this fly sinks quickly and the mirage tinsel spine that I have added flashes, in a way I am confident will be enticing, to stocked rainbows in particular, as the fly is being worked back to the boat or shore are very enticing.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, Trout flies, Woolly buggers & variantsTags: Ireland, rainbow trout, stocky bashing, UK No Comments »