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{{+1}}Tiger midge{{-1}}
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This is a great dropper fly in lakes where there are populations of midge and my good mate Peter Walsh, who first came up with particular tie, fishes it with plenty of confidence and results. It's a lot like my Bibio variant except that the dominant colours are black and orange as apposed to back and red and it is tied without a front hackle.{{end}}
Last Updated: December 21, 2013
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Categories: Flies, midge, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, Trout flies
Tags: Attractors, Corixia, Loch style wet flies, midge 
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{{+1}}Hares ear booby{{-1}}
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This is a nifty little fly that merges the hares ear nymph and the traditional booby both very high pedigree flies into one very useful loch fly. It also has a bit of flash about it which helps the fly fill an important role in my fly box for an attractor fly to use on my middle dropper when I loch style fish fish just before, through and after the trout spawning season.{{end}}
{{+1}}Sparkler{{-1}}
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When a seriously flashy fly is needed because of visibility or you just need a fly to excite fish this fly may save the day.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: Attractors, Loch style wet flies, trout No Comments »
{{+1}}Roping peacock herl{{-1}}
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This is my favorite way of forming bodies on flies. peacock herl is a wonderfully organic material and takes on a very live aura when used as part of a fly. Try this technique on dry flies and wet flies ... you will be surprised how good it is.{{end}}
{{+1}}Hybrid spider nymph – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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This is more a class of flies rather than just one fly and is a hybrid of a spider fly and a bead head nymph with a tungsten bead up front. I carry 4 different hybrid spider nymphs in two sizes and find them particularly useful in situations where I need a bit of weight to get a fly down yet still want the anchor fly to fish well and be enticing to trout rather than just being an anchor for other flies in the team.{{end}}
Categories: Bead head nymphs, Bead head spiders, FliesTags: Beadheads, fly, Nymphs, Spiders No Comments »
{{+1}}BH silver surfer{{-1}}
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I was ripping the black tailed version of this fly through the chop with some success when my boat partner asked what fly is that 'silver surfer'. I explained to him that it was just a woolly bugger variant tied with a black tail and silver UV straggle fritz. I tried to give it a real name such as 'silver woolly bugger' but unfortunately 'silver surfer' has stuck.{{end}}
{{+1}}BH olive damsel bugger{{-1}}
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At different times of the year you will start to see swallows dipping on the water feeding on midge. This is the time to start thinking about fishing either damsel buggers or olive woolly buggers because unfortunately for the midge it's not only swallows that have them on their menu it's also carnivorous damsel nymphs. Damsel nymphs come in a range of colours ranging from dull browns through to light and dark olives.{{end}}
{{+1}}Mark II woolly bugger – alternate tie{{-1}}
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The MK 2 woolly buggers evolved from standard black and olive woolly buggers as a fly that would imitate an American frog that had bright red between its hind legs and consequently the red tag is traditionally tied in below the tail. This tie is a little more popular than the original tie these days and is main point of difference is that the tag tied in on top.{{end}}
{{+1}}Chatto’s marabou bugger{{-1}}
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My first fish on fly fell to the magic of a Woolly Bugger and many have gone the same way since then. Tied predominately as a prospecting fly for barra in Awoonga this fly also gets a swim in estuary and coastal waters when I am looking for grunter and fingermark.{{end}}
{{+1}}Snowy Mountains trout season 2012/13{{-1}}
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We should never be surprised when our fishing expectations are dashed because after all it's called "fishing" not "catching". What I am getting at here is that as the season on both lakes progressed it became increasingly patchy and whilst there were individual days with reasonable catches by in large the common thread on both lakes were very hard fishing.{{end}}