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{{+1}}Bearded booby{{-1}}
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One of the best search flies in slow moving or still deeper water using a sinking line ia a booby. As an alternative Boobies can also be fished as a semi-dry fly on the surface.{{end}}
Last Updated: April 11, 2011
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{{+1}}Scud{{-1}}
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I use this fly to represent not only Scuds but also Olive Caddis Pupa which are of course a completely different types of creature. Scuds are true crustaceans of the family Isopod or Amphipods and generally you find them in shallow water in the detritus matter and around weed beds and drowned vegetation.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snails, My "trout" nymph fly box, Nymphs
Tags: flyfishing, Grubs, lake, river, trout 
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{{+1}}Anorexic midge{{-1}}
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These little midges are easy to tie and appeal in a a whole range of situations. I like to fish them on a dry line with a longer leader either in a team of flies either static fishing or retrieving or as a single fly on a long leader to cover rising fish. They also work well as a river fly fished behind a heavier nymph.{{end}}
{{+1}}Fuzzel Katie – Kate McLaren variant{{-1}}
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I particularly find the yellow version useful when yellow winged hoppers or other insects with yellow parts are on the trouts menu. At other times pink is a great trigger color and when combined with the flash of the holographic tinsel and or the movement of the fuzzeled body and the soft front hackle are often enough to trigger a response.{{end}}
Categories: Flies, Loch flies, Streamers & pulling fliesTags: fish, flies, flyfishing, Loch style 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}}Candy – resin head minnow{{-1}}
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This is a great fly to rip through the water in front of Tailor, Australian Salmon, Tarpon and any other fish that is a predator of small fish. The combination of the resin head and the body materials create a fly that is translucent and a very effective imitation of many small thin fish that that are targeted by bigger fish. This fly is much easier to tie than a candy and in my view a better fly overall.{{end}}
{{+1}}Rays beetle variant{{-1}}
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I have found this variation of Ray's beetle to be a good representation for a range of these big bugs. It can be used as a general prospecting fly or to "match the hatch". It lands with a loud plop and floats hook down. I generally fish it on a 2 meter 10lb straight mono tippet. You need fairly heavy tippet to, turn the fly over, pull the fly it out of vegetation when you miscast, and to control bass that are intent in making cover once hooked.{{end}}
{{+1}}Rising midge{{-1}}
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This fly is designed to be fished on the drop and then on the rise. It was originally designed to imitate the action of lake Jindabyne olive midges as they hatched but it has proven useful in other fisheries.{{end}}
Categories: Emergers, Flies, Midge pupa, grubs & snailsTags: flyfishing, lake, tasmania No Comments »
{{+1}}TBH CDC prince nymph{{-1}}
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The bead head prince Cul-de-canard (CDC) nymph is a good buggy looking fly that is a variant of the original tie and has a form and function that in an "impressionistic" way incorporates the above shared characteristics. On top of that the CDC wing adds a lot of movement to the fly.{{end}}
{{+1}}TBH collared adams nymph{{-1}}
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Designed to imitate a caddis grub this fly has additional weight so that it can be fished bouncing along the bottom or close to the bottom. It is very easy to tie and whilst it is not tied to represent any particular caddis grub it has a form and function and of course the hot spot added by the collar which are attractive to fish.{{end}}