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How to Powder Coat Dumbell Eyes
Fly Tying

How to Powder Coat Dumbell Eyes

By admin May 2, 2020 September 11, 2020  bass flies, dumbell eyes, powder coat

Have you ever wanted a specific colour or style of dumbell eye? I know that fish react differently to colours, for example, Flathead love Pink, bream orange etc, so I like to sometimes change the …

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Nix’s Shrimp Fly
Fly Tying

Nix’s Shrimp Fly

By admin April 6, 2020 April 7, 2020  bream, fly tying, Jimmy Nix, shrimp fly

This pattern was originally tied by Jimmy Nix, and we started tying it at least 18+ years ago for the local bream around the oyster racks at night in Brisbane Waters. Those racks are now …

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Reel Review – Daiwa LT Range
Reviews

Reel Review – Daiwa LT Range

By admin January 23, 2020 January 23, 2020  Daiwa, Freams, review, Revros, spin reel, Tierra

The Daiwa LT (LT = Light and Tough) range is relatively new or updated versions of some of their more popular models. I have been using 3 in particular of late, so here is my …

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Make your own Mono Shrimp Eyes
Fly Tying

Make your own Mono Shrimp Eyes

By admin January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020  crab fly, fly tying, mono eyes, shrimp fly, yabby fly

These days you can buy pre-made mono eyes for your shrimp, yabby and crab patterns. But if you make your own, you can customise the colours, size, thickness and lengths. This video shows you how …

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Braided Loops
Fishing Tips

Braided Loops

By admin January 3, 2020 January 3, 2020  backing, braided loops, fly line, leader

Ever had a problem with a welded loop on your fly line breaking or just sick of tying nail knots between your backing and fly line? Here I look at braided loops and how to …

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Oyster Rack Bream @ Night
Fishing Tips

Oyster Rack Bream @ Night

By admin September 10, 2019 September 10, 2019  bream, night, oysters racks, pull hard

Fishing oyster racks for bream is nothing new. We have been fishing them for years on the coast on all types of tackle. However it’s a totally different proposition fishing these racks in the dark …

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Tips – Finding Flathead
Fishing Tips

Tips – Finding Flathead

By admin July 27, 2019 August 4, 2019  estury, flathead, lowrance

I know I have written about flathead on fly before, but this time I am going to focus in on some tips on how to find them in our estuaries. More specifically NSW estuaries. Finding …

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Going Deep for Redfin on Fly
Fishing Tips

Going Deep for Redfin on Fly

By admin February 9, 2019 March 7, 2019  fly fishing, impoundment fishing, lowrance, redfin

Like them or loath them, redfin are a fun species to catch on fly. Sadly they are becoming more prevalent in a number of our fresh water streams and impoundments, but as they are a …

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(re) Creating a Fly Pattern
Fly Tying

(re) Creating a Fly Pattern

By admin January 26, 2019 March 17, 2019  bream, estuary flies, experimentation, flathead, fly tying, shrimp

Shrimply Irresistible The making of a pattern to suit a particular prey or to match the hatch is nothing new, nor is creating a fly that mimics a lure that someone has had success with. …

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The Lure of Fly
General Discussion

The Lure of Fly

By admin January 21, 2019 January 24, 2019  fly lure fishing barra

I find it interesting that there are many fly fishers that refuse to use other fishing methods – ever! Purists you might call them, but many would say these are the people that give off …

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