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{{+1}}Fish on fly – Central Queensland{{-1}}
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This post is a work in progress and lists the different species of fish I have landed on fly in Central Queensland. I have had a look through my photos from the last couple of years and added those that I have found but there are still some photo gaps which I'll add as I find the photos or will re-photo next time I catch the fish and add them at that stage. As I get time I will also add some text about each species and also some fly suggestions.{{end}}
Last Updated: August 7, 2018
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{{+1}}Perdigon (Spanish nymph) – gold micro glint{{-1}}
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| A streamlined fast sinking fly that will anchor your team. |
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| Hanak 300BL #14 / #16 | 3.0mm / 2.5mm slotted faceted gold tungsten bead | 0.010 lead wire | Fl fire orange UTC UV thread | Coq de Leon Fibres | Brown Micro Glint | Black nail polish | UV Resin and then Varnish. |
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Adding extra weight to the fly.On this fly my preference is to keep the bead size down a little and to add extra weight to compensate for that. |
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Categories: Bead head nymphs, Flies, My 'trout' river wet fly box
Tags: #fishonfly, #spotters, spanish nymph 
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{{+1}}Booby blob{{-1}}
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Both boobies and blobs are each tremendous search flies in their own right particularly for stocked rainbow trout. This fly presents the best of both of those worlds and has the head an tail of a booby and the body of a blob. With a little flash in the tail it's one screamer of an attractor pattern.{{end}}
Categories: Boobies, Flies, Foam and poly flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Trout fliesTags: #fishonfly, Blobs, Boobies, rainbow trout, Rainbows, stockies No Comments »
{{+1}}Articulated booby{{-1}}
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A great fly for barra and mangrove jack ... put a good cast into the target area and to allow the fly to settle for a few seconds before doing tiny twitches of the rod tip to cause some rings on the surface suggesting it's a natural struggling and then if that doesn't induce a strike to commence either a slow roly poly retrieve, or a series of stop start strips, back to the boat or bank. Whatever the retrieve the occasional pause followed by some twitches of the rod tip area good idea.{{end}}
{{+1}}Gusto – sunburst variant{{-1}}
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This is my variant of Peter Morse' Gusto fly and is one of my go to flies when targeting barramundi in Lake Awonga.
It's dressed on a #3/0 34007 stainless hook which is quite a heavy hook and that creates an effective "keel" effect. It has a long marabou tail and a dense hackle collar which creates plenty of currents around the fly that really get the marabou moving.
The overall length of the finished fly is around 10cm long.
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| Tiemco 34007 stainless in size #3/0 | Spirit River 'real eyes' 7/32" | My preference is white cotton | Yellow marabou blood plume | Sure Strike violet krystal flash - 6 strands | FNF jelly chenille in Picricish colour | One red saddle hackle and one grizzly hackle died deep red |
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This fly need a dense array of hackles that fill the remain free space on the hook shank so select hackles that have some fluffy barbules and a majority of hackle barbules that are about 1.5 times the gape of the hook. For this fly I have selected a red saddle hackle and a grizzly hackle that has been died red. Depending on the length of your hackles you may need up to 4 hackles. |
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{{+1}}Red TBH damsel{{-1}}
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I first used this fly in Canada in 2016 at the Commonwealth Fly Fishing Championships. Tied by Josh Flowers from Tasmania I doubt that a session on the lakes passed without every team member tying this fly on for at lease some of the time. I have since learned that it’s a very successful fly in Central Tasmania at any time when damsels are around.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, My 'trout' lake wet fly box, Trout fliesTags: #fishonfly, #spotters, damsel, midge No Comments »
{{+1}}NSW – Fishing season reminders{{-1}}
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Closed seasons for popular fresh water species in NSW for 2018.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated swimmer – “brown bomber” with optional rattle{{-1}}
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Hard bodied Brown bomber lures are very popular as a lures for targeting barra and jacks in Queensland waters and most lure fishers have at least on in the lure tray. Based on the colours of the 'brown bomber' lure, particularly if I am targeting barra in fresh water dams like Awonga that are often a bit tannin stained, it's a fly I don't hesitate to tie on.{{end}}
{{+1}}Articulated swimmer – mega – orange & yellow with rattle{{-1}}
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This mega sized version of that original fly is my go to fly when I know I am targeting particularly big barra. It's tied on a size #3/0 Mustard 34007 hook and at 15cm long it's an uncomfortable fly to cast properly for long durations but I am happy to tie it on to target a specific fish or to fish that short period of the ebb tide when I am targeting big barra known to haunt bridge pylons and mid river structures that are only accessible for the short period of the ebb tide.{{end}}
{{+1}}Cania Dam{{-1}}
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Cania Dam has been on my bucket list now for a couple of years and consequently I have been undertaking quite a lot of research so that when I do get up there hopefully this year I have enough information to make a reasonable job of that fishing trip. This is what I have found so far.{{end}}