Posts Tagged ‘Chartreuse’

Flies that are predominantly chartreuse are very popular with some fly fishers in Queensland and I have had the mantra if it is not chartreuse it of no use put to me an many occasions. I do not subscribe to that but I do carry a couple of flies in chartreuse over white, shrimp or off white for flats fishing.

Chatto’s articulated slow roller

This is a variation of my very successful articulated swimmer and is my alternative goto fly when targeting barra in the relatively static water of Lake Awoonga and other barra impoundments. It can be fished on any line but my preference is a clear intermediate line. Retrieved with a slow roly poly or a long draw the fly has a nice shoulder role from side to side.

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