Flies
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Last Updated: January 31, 2019
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{{+1}}Articulated swimmer{{-1}}
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This is a fly which I developed progressively over the period from 2012 to 2015 to fill a gap in my arsenal of flies to target barramundi around Gladstone. As it turns out these flies are also great for other salt water species including mackerel, GT's, queenfish and golden trevally.{{end}}
Categories: Other species, Saltwater - tropical
Tags: #fishonfly, articulated, barra, Barramundi 
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{{+1}}Christmas Island Special – pink{{-1}}
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There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. This is my list of CXI flies that more often than not consistently work.{{end}}
{{+1}}Tidal flats shrimp – tan{{-1}}
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This fly is basically my original mud prawn that I released in 2003 and have now miniaturised and modified so as to represent the sort shrimp that you find on tidal flats in tropical waters. As an aside I note there is anecdotal evidence that there are permit and even bonefish on some of the local Central Queensland tidal flats so the search is on to find them. This tan version is the most translucent of my tidal flats shrimp and is my go to version for crystal clear water.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Saltwater - tropicalTags: #fishonfly, Bone fish, bones, Bream, Estuary flies, golden and blue fin trevally, Permit, Trigger fish, trigger fish. triggers No Comments »
{{+1}}Pheasant tail and partridge TBH spider{{-1}}
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If you were to suggest to a North Country (UK) fly fisher that there is such a thing as a tungsten bead head spider they would think your a rod section short of a fly rod.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated slow roller – garfish{{-1}}
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Basically a mutant version of the quintessential fresh water trout streamer fly the Woolly Bugger this fly has and articulated shank and a down bib that gives the fly plenty of movement. One of my favourite prospecting flies that can be fished on any type of fly line. It is slowly building a reputation of being a great prospecting fly in both fresh water impoundments and estuary fisheries. Put in a good cast and work through a range of retrieves until you find what's working on the day.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated swimmer – big fish #4/0 version{{-1}}
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My articulated swimmer is one of my most successful prospecting fly for Central Queensland. This #4/0 version has caught everything from barra to bream with plenty of other species in between.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated swimmer – sunburst with down bib{{-1}}
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This fly is a down bib version of my 'articulated swimmer' range of flies and adopts the "sunburst colours" of a number of popular barramundi lures. Like those lures this fly comes into its own when fishing water that is tannin stained or carrying a lot of sediment.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated slow roller – size #1 to #1/0{{-1}}
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I tie these downsized version of my original articulated slow roller fly in sizes #1 and 1/0 sizes and fish them on my #8 weight fly rods with 20lb Maxima Ultra Green leaders. They are an absolute treat for native bass and all sorts of estuary and coastal species including bream, flathead, and mangrove jack and smaller pelagics including trevally and queenfish.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Other species, Saltwater - estuaryTags: Bass, Bream, Flathead, gladstone, Mangrove Jack, Tropical species flies No Comments »
{{+1}}Cake-n-eat-it – paddle tail soft plastic{{-1}}
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As the name implies these flies are built using a soft plastic lure body. I am happy to call this a fly because I fish it on a fly rod and fly line, cast it, retrieve it and land fish caught on it in the same way that I do when fish a traditional fly made of say fur and feather for say a brown trout in Lake Jindabyne NSW.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Foam and poly flies, Saltwater - estuary, Saltwater - tropicalTags: Paddle tails No Comments »