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{{+1}}Sandfly bites{{-1}}
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Contrary to popular belief sandfly bites are not associated with laying eggs. They are in fact bites associated with feeding. The fact that almost immediately they start to itch and the itching increases is related to the fact that during the feeding process they urinate and the bites become infected.{{end}}
Last Updated: May 18, 2016
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{{+1}}Gladstone – my normal fishing locations{{-1}}
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There are a lot of fishing options around Gladstone in Central Queensland and these are my current favourites.{{end}}
{{+1}}Fly boxes – how I set mine up and why{{-1}}
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How you organise fly boxes is important as it can make a big difference to how much you enjoy your fishing outings. This question and answer explains my approach.{{end}}
{{+1}}Metalic pink TBH brown woolly bugger{{-1}}
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This is a variation of a bead head woolly bugger that has worked very well for me in Lake Eucumbene and Tantangara Reservoir on brown trout and on Lake Maroon for bass.{{end}}
{{+1}}Bonefish shrimp{{-1}}
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Bonefish are an amphidromous species which means they migrate from fresh to salt water or from salt to fresh water at some stage of the life cycle other than the breeding period. They live in inshore tropical waters and moves onto shallow mudflats and sand flats to feed with the incoming tide. Adults and juveniles may shoal together, and they may be found singly or in pairs.{{end}}
{{+1}}Humungus – black and gold{{-1}}
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The tie of my fly is very close to David Downey's fusion of those two flies which he describes as perhaps the best still water fly in the world. I use it as a top dropper attractor and for that reason use a brass rather than a tungsten bead. Particularly in water that is a little discoloured I am confident this fly brings a lot of fish to my team.{{end}}
{{+1}}Todd’s Vampire (variant){{-1}}
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Based in Maple Ridge, B.C. Todd Oishi designed his "leach" (Vampires are also a blood sucker hence the name) fly with a tail of black rabbit fur or black marabou and with Vampire Vippy as the body. I have not been able to find any Vampire Vippy and tie my Vampires with UV straggle fritz.{{end}}
{{+1}}Fly suggestions – Christmas Island fly suggestions{{-1}}
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This fly box is very much a work in progress. I am pre-occupied tying flies for the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships at the moment so have had to do the unthinkable and have purchased a range of Fulling Mills Xmas Island Specials to start my Christmas Island fly box off. I will find time to tie the rest of the flies I need and will add other venue specific flies to this post over the next few months.{{end}}
{{+1}}Will this be the end of invasive carp?{{-1}}
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Scientists at CSIRO have wrapped up almost a decade of testing to prove the bug kills only the so-called “rabbit of the river” clogging the Murray Darling Basin, The Weekly Times reports. Applications to introduce the virus in Australia are now being submitted while an unlikely alliance between industry and environmental groups, including the National Irrigators Council and Australian Conservation Foundation, support the measure.{{end}}
{{+1}}Destroyer – Chatto’s variant{{-1}}
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My variant does not include the shroud of mara wool tips around the zonker tail. I have left that off because for me the currents around the body of the fly produce more movement in the tail when it is not shrouded. I like hot spots on flies and accordingly have added a hot spot of red Wapsi palmer chenille under the tail. For my deeper water flies, as many other users have done, I use bead chain eyes rather than the unweighted plastic chain eyes as on the original.{{end}}