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{{+1}}Clouser – synthetic{{-1}}
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The down side to a bucktail clouser is that it is not a durable fly. This is a very viable and durable synthetic version which visually, in form and in function is hard to pick from a natural bucktail version.{{end}}
Last Updated: July 10, 2013
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{{+1}}Gusto{{-1}}
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This is a Peter Morse fly and a great variation on a Wooly Bugger that is making its mark in fresh water fly fishing. It's dressed on a wide gape hook that creates an effective "keel" effect and sports a relatively long marabou tail and a dense collar which together create plenty of currents around the fly that really get the marabou moving. It is adaptable for a range of species and situations.{{end}}
{{+1}}TBH fuzzy wuzzy{{-1}}
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If you went back just a few years and you a asked an average fly fisher to name his for her favorite fly chances are it would be an unweighted, or lightly weighted probably with a few turns of lead wire, Fuzzy Wuzzy. The traditional Fuzzy Wuzzy has always been useful as a river and lake fly leading up to, through and just after the spawning season. This fly just extends the application of the standard Fuzzy Wuzzy an little further and the simple addition of the tungsten bead head makes it easier to get this fly down and bumping along the bottom where the fish are.{{end}}
{{+1}}Mud prawn – medium 7cm to 8cm long{{-1}}
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In my experience that are very few fish, that we as fly fishers target, that will not readily eat a prawn or a shrimp. This fly is designed to not only to provide representation of a prawn or shrimp that is readily taken by fish but a fly that can be fished like a soft plastic or a faster moving fleeing prawn or shrimp and on top of that a fly that is durable and swims hook point up so that it's fairly snag resistant.{{end}}
{{+1}}Chatto’s Mangrove fly{{-1}}
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I like to fish it on either a floating line or an intermediate line with the depth of water just outside the target area being the determining factor. Fishes best if cast deep into the target area and just let it sit for up to 10 seconds. After that wiggly your rod tip so that the fly just shudders in the water activating the rattle. You can then retrieve the fly using a medium stripping action punctuated with plenty of stops and even let the fly float back to the surface and rattle the rod tip again.{{end}}
{{+1}}Parachute adams{{-1}}
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Perhaps the best known Para Dun Emerger is the Parachute Adams. It was derived form the Adams Irresistible and whilst the Irresistible sits high on the surface film the parachute version sits comfortably in the film making it a very useful emerger pattern.{{end}}
Categories: Emergers, Flies, My "trout" dry fly box, Trout flies
Tags: barbless, dry, Emergers 
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{{+1}}Lake fishing in the Snowy Mountains 2012{{-1}}
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In Jindabyne and Eucumbene that trend continued and whereas the midge/damsel fishing season which is generally a highlight of our November and December fishing was fantastic in 2011 it was almost non existent leading up to Christmas 2012.{{end}}
{{+1}}Propeller bugger{{-1}}
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This fly is one of just 4 flies that I carry in my native fish fly box that will take fish sub-surface when surface flies are just not working. Not surprisingly it's got elements of a woolly bugger but importantly it has the bit of bling and movement that is so important to our predatory native species.{{end}}
{{+1}}Creamy smoked trout and bacon pasta{{-1}}
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This one of those easy recipes that good to have in mind at any time but lend itself to comping trips.{{end}}
{{+1}}Hot spot yabby bugger – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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Large populations of dark olive Yabbies of the Cherax Genus have developed in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene and many other places. Many anglers suggest that the Yabby has been responsible for changing the feeding habits of trout in the lakes as the populations of Yabbies have increased. In fact in both Lake Jindabyne and Lake Eucumbene you seldom catch a trout with a full stomach when the contents doesn't include yabbies.{{end}}