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{{+1}}Hybrid spider nymph – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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This is more a class of flies rather than just one fly and is a hybrid of a spider fly and a bead head nymph with a tungsten bead up front. I carry 4 different hybrid spider nymphs in two sizes and find them particularly useful in situations where I need a bit of weight to get a fly down yet still want the anchor fly to fish well and be enticing to trout rather than just being an anchor for other flies in the team.{{end}}
Last Updated: December 17, 2013
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Categories: Bead head nymphs, Bead head spiders, Flies
Tags: Beadheads, fly, Nymphs, Spiders 
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{{+1}}Brown woolly bugger{{-1}}
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This is my favourite. I have absolute confidence in this fly and it's my default point fly in fly fishing competitions. That of course doesn't mean that I don't fish other woolly buggers or woolly bugger variations with specific applications in particular fisheries but it does mean that if the buggers that should work (eg a Magoo in Purrumbete or a Tassi bugger in Arthurs lake) isn't working then I will always give my brown bugger a swim.{{end}}
{{+1}}Yabby /crayfish{{-1}}
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This is my latest addition to the genre and it's more of a polaroiding fly than a stripping fly. I like to use it to ambush sighted fish by casting well in front of patrolling fish and generally a little closer to shore and then let the fly sink and lie doggo.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: crayfish, flies, fly, lake, Shrimp, Wet flies No Comments »
{{+1}}CNN – Chatto’s original{{-1}}
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No this is not a fly promoted by a news network, rather the CNN stand for "Cheap aNd Nasty". I first tied this fly for use around structure where if you don't loose a few flies then your not in the game. The fly I had previously used in those situations was an estuary fly that cost between $2 and $3 to make. Doesn't sound like much but after 5 or 6 snags in a session you have to wonder. The CNN costs less than $1 to tie, is easy to tie and it works really well either fished alone or as a dropper fly behind a popper or beetle.{{end}}
Categories: Bass, EP's, perch and saratoga flies, Flies, Saltwater - estuary, Saltwater - tropicalTags: fly, flyfishing, saltwater No Comments »
{{+1}}Alexandras – Chatto’s variant{{-1}}
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Its a fly that has withstood the test even though it was apparently banned for a time in Scotland where it was developed because it was just too effective. It remains effective today and is an excellent middle dropper attractor type fly or tip fly when fishing for fast moving rainbow trout. My version is tied inverted making it much more stealthy.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, Streamers & pulling flies, Wee wetsTags: Attractors, fly No Comments »
{{+1}}Salty BMS{{-1}}
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This is a inexpensive fly to tie that works well on bream as a specific targeted species or as a second fly fished about a meter above a say a mud prawn or estuary fly.{{end}}