Posts Tagged ‘Translucent flies’
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Translucent flies are my first choice for daytime fishing in any water that is isn’t carrying too much colour. Those flies can be in colours such as white, off white, silver, olives, browns and tans that imitate naturals such as baitfish, prawns, shrimp, crabs etc or colours such as red, orange, chartreuse, purple or black that trigger aggression or inquiry responses.
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{{+1}}Jig fly{{-1}}
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This fly is designed as a bait to jig along the muddy and sandy bottom of local rivers and estuary bays when targeting fingermark, grunter and and flathead in particular.{{end}}
Last Updated: November 1, 2019
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{{+1}}Baitfish fly- pink over pink and / or white{{-1}}
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My clousers have progressively mutated to being tied out of synthetic Flash Blend. This is my best mutation to date and as well as being very durable it is slightly translucent and moves well in the water making the representation of a bait fish better than the original. It also sheds water well on the pick up and back cast making it easy to cast.{{end}}
{{+1}}Candy – pelagic{{-1}}
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Matching the hatch is the key to catching pelagics such as queenfish, tuna, Australian salmon and herring on fly. These unweighted flies are like candy to pelagic fish because they closely match the form and function of a lot of naturals they are targeting. In smaller sizes, particularly in pink, they are a handy fly for targeting flathead and bream in estuary waters.{{end}}
Categories: Big fish flies - temperate & tropical destinations, Flies, Fly colour choices - #10 weight tropical destination, Saltwater - offshore, Saltwater - tropical
Tags: #fishonfly, #spotters, Big fish flies, Central Qld, GT's, pelagics, Pink and / or white, Queenfish, salmon, Small pelagics, Translucent flies, Tropical species flies, Tuna 
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{{+1}}Pregnant prawn – size #2/0 9 cm long{{-1}}
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This bigger pregnant prawn fly is one of my goto flies here in Central Queensland estuary waters. I often fish it when targeting barra, grunter, jacks and flathead in estuary and harbour waters but it's not unusual to hook up on queenfish, travally or other fish that eat prawns.{{end}}
{{+1}}Mud prawn – large 9cm or 10cm long{{-1}}
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This is the biggest version of my Mud Prawn Fly and the one that I use when chasing barramundi in relatively clear salt water around structure such as drowned timber. It's a very durable fly that swims hook point up so that it's fairly snag resistant. It is designed not only to provide a representation of a prawn that is readily taken by barra of all sizes but it can be crept slowly over logs and other structure giving the maximum time for fish to respond, can be fished like a soft plastic or can be fished as a faster moving fleeing prawn.{{end}}