Posts Tagged ‘Qantas colours’

Qantas colours of red or orange over white are very popular hard body lure colours in Queensland and equally successful for flies. This is my favorite ‘all rounder’ colour for flies in Queensland and works in both fresh and salt water, day or night. It seems that reds and oranges are up there among the most visible colours as water gets dirtier or darker. Red or orange head or backs over white, off white or shrimp coloured body and and /or back are the go.

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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