Flies
Flies
Adams
The general mayfly dry that covers most Australian hatches — anatomy of the parachute and the classic tie, what makes it work, the materials, and how to fish it on creeks and lakes.
Elk Hair Caddis
The adult caddis dry for the evening riffle on any Australian trout stream — anatomy, why the tented wing works, the materials, and how to dead-drift and skate it as the light goes.
Hare's Ear
The tungsten bead-head nymph that reads pocket water anywhere in Australia — anatomy, why scruffy works, the materials, and how to fish it under a dry or on a tight line.
Hopper
The grasshopper imitation for any Australian trout water with a grassy bank — anatomy, what makes it work, the materials a modern foam hopper is tied from, and how to fish it tight to the edge.
Klinkhammer
The emerger that hangs its body under the film — anatomy, why the curved hook matters, the materials, and how to fish it to a wary trout that is sipping and refusing every fully dressed dry.
Pheasant Tail
The slim, dark nymph that searches any Australian trout stream — anatomy of Sawyer's original and the bead-head, what makes it work, the materials, and how to fish it through pocket water and runs.
Royal Humpy
The deer-hair-backed attractor dry that floats through anything — anatomy, why the hump works, the materials, and how to fish it on fast alpine and tableland creeks across Australia.
Royal Wulff
The hair-wing attractor dry that anglers can see in broken light — anatomy, why it floats and gets eaten, the materials it is tied from, and how to fish it as a searching dry on any fast Australian stream.
Stimulator
The big, buoyant stonefly-and-caddis attractor for pocket water anywhere in Australia — anatomy, what makes it float like a cork, the materials, and how to fish it alone or over a heavy nymph.
Woolly Bugger
A weighted marabou-and-hackle streamer that shows up in trout advice from Tasmania to the Kimberley — anatomy, what makes it work, the materials, and how it is fished across the country.