My estuary & coastal waters fly box

Salt water fly tying has progressed a long way over the last 20 years or so and whilst old favorites like the crazy Charlie, baited breath and Clouse are featured in this fly box you will see that I have used quite contemporary materials to dress those flies in.
Also, in this fly box you will find my own recipes for a number of flies I have developed over the years to consistently target a range of species found in estuary and coastal waters around Australia.

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In terms of popularity with salt water fly fisher folk it probably runs second only to the Clouser Minnow. The Deceiver was designed to be easily tied in a range of sizes and in a range of colors and consequently it has applications across a range of fisheries. The only change I have made to the recipe is to include a foundation of buck tail under the tail hackles and reduce the tail hackles from 6-8 to 2-4.

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