Trout

These articles are predominately related to fishing for trout.

Rubber legged gotcha – orange & pearl

If your heading off on a fishing trip the gotcha fly in a few colour combinations and a couple of sizes should definitely be included in you fly box. I was looking at the Fulling Mills bonefish flies and one of them was predominately orange with a pearl body ... this is my version of that combination. It doesn't matter if it's fresh or salt water orange is one of those trigger colours for fish.

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Rubber legged gotcha – Etu inspired

The story line was that the bonefish had refused every fly they had offered the day before so for the next days outing Etu tied this fly on the beach and then they walked straight into the water and immediately hooked a fish ... gee it must be a good fly. Anyway I do like it because Aitutaki bonefish do seem to like flies that incorporate a yellow component.

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Red TBH CDC black fuzzel jig bugger

This fly is one of a series of 4 woolly bugger flies that I tie specifically for river fishing and if I only had one woolly bugger in my river fishing fly box this would be the one.

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Silver TBH CDC black sparkle fuzzel bugger

This one of the 4 colours of TBH jig buggers that I carry in my river fly box. It's a great buggy looking fly that sink well and swims hook point up so less likely to get hooked up on the bottom othan flies that swim hook point down.

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Rivers – “Euro Nymphing”

In this post I describe all the aspect of my current river fishing set up and techniques. The way I set my river fishing gear up and the way I fish has allowed me to hold my own in river sessions in Australia and overseas.

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Rivers – fly positioning on droppers

Proceeding through an orderly process as described in this post is a good way of making your fly selection for any trout river.

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Tidal flats shrimp – orange and brown

This orange and brown size #2 hook version of my tidal flats shrimp is my first choice of fly when targeting feeding trigger fish. It stands out in the storm of mud and other debris that trigger fish stir up as they forage around for food.

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Fly suggestions – Snowy Mountains (Tantangara, Eucumbene & Jindabyne)

This is a list of flies that I know all work well for Lakes Tantangara, Eucumbene and Jindabyne.

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Fly suggestions – Central Tasmania (Arthurs, Penstock, Little Pine & Bronte)

This is a list of flies that I know all work well for the lakes around Miena and Bronte in Central Tasmania. I hope this will help you get more out of your next fly fishing trip to the Central Highlands of Tasmania.

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Black spinner

The term spinner is generally used only in the context of referring to a small number of Mayflies including Black, Red and Orange Spinners when they are both on the water and in the air. The following Spinner is a generic representation for members of the “Leptophlebiidae” family of Mayflies and the various Highland Duns & Spinners, which are members of the “Oniscigastridae” family. Hatches generally occurs between the months of October and March.

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