My ‘trout’ lake wet fly box
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I love my lake fly fishing because it gives me regular access to bigger fish than I am likely to regularly encounter in the rivers and streams that I fish on a regular basis. This box holds a selection of “lake” flies that have been proven in a wide range of trout and other species still water impoundments in Australia and New Zealand. They include a range of contemporary Australian and New Zealand and international lake type flies. I believe that if you carry this fly box and my selection for my dry fly box you will have flies available that can be successfully applied to the vast majority of trout still water options in Australia and New Zealand.
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{{+1}}Humungus variant{{-1}}
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Tied with a woolly bugger tail that allows movement within the fly, a plain, painted or anodised tungsten bead for the head that encourages up and down movement and of course plenty of fleeting colour as it is stripped through the water this fly is very much a top class pulling fly... and very effective in that role.{{end}}
Last Updated: November 20, 2014
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{{+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}}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}}Brown damsel bugger{{-1}}
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Unfortunately for the midge it's not only swallows that have them on their menu it's also carnivorous damsel nymphs and then of course further up the food chain trout.{{end}}
{{+1}}Brown pink hot head bugger{{-1}}
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You can of course tie a hot head on any fly and from time to time when I am tying flies I add hot thread head to a couple of flies just to ensure that I have some options in my fly boxes. This fly takes the hot head concept to the next step and includes a bigger than average thread head which is a significant feature of the fly.{{end}}
{{+1}}Black and red hot head bugger{{-1}}
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I generally only tie it in two versions the fly described below and a brown and pink version. Particularly if the water is a little discoloured I find these flies work well either as middle dropper attractor flies or as my top dropper bob fly but from time to time also fish them on the point particularly if fish are switched onto small flies.{{end}}
{{+1}}Partridge and chartreuse spider{{-1}}
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Spiders are always a good option in rivers and whilst my "goto" spider is a partridge and orange the chartreuse version is always worth having on hand as an alternative. I don't know what the trigger but from time to time trout switch onto chartreuse coloured flies and if you don't have one in your kit your likely to fall behind or even worse, skunk the session.{{end}}
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{{+1}}Olive damsel bugger{{-1}}
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Keep an eye for swallows dipping on the water feeding on midge. That's a sure sign that there will also be damsel nymphs around and then of course further up the food chain there are likely to be trout feeding on both the midge and the damsel nymphs. This is the time to start thinking about fishing either damsel buggers or olive woolly buggers.{{end}}
{{+1}}Royal coachman wet – Chatto’s version{{-1}}
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One of the first wet flies tied was the coachman and that consisted of just a black body and a a set of white hackle slip wings. Over time flies have evolved and one path the coachman took was the substitution of a "royal" body for the simple black body. Many versions have been tied since and this one works for me.{{end}}
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