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New Zealand
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NEW ZEALAND'S TONGARIRO RIVER
For winter fishing (June to September) we mainly use Hare and Coppers on a long shank hook size 10 with full length wraps of lead and a 4 mm tungsten bead on a 15ft 6lb flurocarbon leader then a dropper of about 3 foot to a size 14-16 Pheasant Tail / glow bug / prince nymph / or hare and copper, but to the point the flies aren't that important, but the way you present them.
Summer fishing on the other hand is a totally different kettle of fish, fly selection and presentation are very important, fishing long 4lb leaders and light weight nymphs or dry flies.
We use a large selection of dries everything from size 18 Adams right up to size 8 Royal Wulffs and Cicada's depending on the time of season and weather depends on what works. The up side is you can see the fish in summer clear as day, so you can see if they are turning it down or not.
Mike Burgin (All About Trout/New Zealand Guides)
NEW ZEALAND FLY FISHING
Top 10 Dries for stream and Rivers
Parachute Adams hook size 16
Adams hook size 16
Dad's Favourite hook size 16
Kakahi Queen hook size 16
Blowfly Humpy hook size 10
Cicada hook size 12 and 10
Caddis hook size 16
Green Beatle hook size 16
Royal Wulff hook size 14
Humpy various colours hook size 14
Top nymphs for streams and rivers
Pheasant Tail hook size 16
Beaded Pheasant Tail hook size 16
Beaded hare and Copper hook size 16
Hare and Copper hook size 16
Gold Ribbed Hares Ear hook size 16
Brassie hook size 16
Corixa hook size 16
Top 10 in Lakes
Super Snail hook size 14
Damsel nymph hook size 14
Midge Pupa hook size 16
Dragonfly Nymph (Oct-Dec) hook size 10
Woolly Bugger hook size 8
Corixa hook size 16
Pheasant Tail hook size 16
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NEW ZEALAND FLY FISHING
For winter fishing we mainly use Hare & Coppers on a long shank 10 with 2 full length wraps of lead and a 4mm tungsten bead on a 15ft 6lb fluoro-carbon leader then a dropper of about 3ft to a size 14-16 pheasant tail / glow bug / prince's nymph or another hare & copper. But to a point the flies aren't as important as they way you present them.
Summer fishing is a totally different kettle of fish, fly selection and presentation are very important, fishing long 4lb leaders and light weight nymphs or dry flies. We use a large selection of dries, everything from size 18 Adams right up to size 8 royal wulffs and cicada's depending on the time of season and weather depending on what works. The upside is that you can see the fish in summer clear as day, so you can see if there turning it down or not. Kind regards, Mike Burgin, All About Trout |
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FLY FISHING IN SOUTH EAST AUSTRALIA
I fish these flies in the lakes and rivers around the Snowy Mountains of New South Wales and Victoria in Australia
Fresh Water Flies
Irresistible size 12
Humpy size 12,14
Renegade size 10, 12, 14
Parachute Adams size 10 - 16
Royal Wulff size 8 - 14
CDC Rusty Spinner size 10 - 18
Elk Hair Caddis size 10 -18
Green Cicada size 6 -14
Black Ant size 14 - 18
Saltwater and Bass
Surf eel size 1/0, 2/0
Broadside Minnow size 1/0 2/0 4
Clouser Deceiver (Yellow, Pink, Blue Green) size 1/0 - 3/0
Foam Spider size 10 - 12
Crayfish size 1/0
Deerhair Bass bugs size 2, 6, 1/0
Tropical Punch size 1/0 - 3/0
Shrimp (orange/brown/red) size 2 - 8
Crazy Charlie (pink) size 2 - 8
Ezy Duster Charlie size 4 - 8
Ron Williams, Australia
WESTERN AUSTRALIA FLY FISHING FLIES
In regard to flies, I use mainly
Black Woolly Buggers in hook size 8 and 10
Olive and Black Woollies in hook size 10
Mrs Simpson Blue in hook size 10 and 12
Mrs Simpson Green in hook size 8 and 10
I also use to a much lesser extent
Dark brown stone fly hook size 12
Red Ants hook size 12
White Moths hook size 12 and 14
White Muddler hook size 8
Hares Ear Emerger hook size 14
Hamills Killer with the dark body and a flash of red in hook size 10 and 12
Jim Boot
Western Australian Trout and Freshwater Angling Association
SNOWY MOUNTAINS FLY FISHING FLIES
I mainly fish in the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales. The Eucumbene River is my main destination. The most useful fly for us in the Eucumbene River is the Royal Wulff in a size 12. It floats well and the boys can see it easily and it works! The trout in the Eucumbene don't seem to be very fussy eaters and there doesn't seem to be big hatches of particular insects that makes them selective.
In mid summer we do get good numbers of grasshoppers and the Royal Wulff seems to work as a grasshopper patters as well. I suspect its success is because it is a good sized meaty chunk that will bring a fish up through a meter or so of fast water as the energy it appears to contain is more than the fish expends in coming to the surface. This is perfect for novices as we fish the fast water where presentation is less important and even if there is no obvious fish activity we still have a good chance of bringing one up.
I also use a Klinkhammer (olive or brown seems best) as sometimes the fish just flash at the dry and don't take it. The emerger is more likely to get a hookup under those circumstances. The bead head is used on a dropper under a Royal Wulff early in the season when the river is up and the fish are lying low. Only my experienced boys can handle casting two flies. I do get them to use a black wooly bugger as a wet cast across and down on occasions but taking fish off the surface is more visually exciting for them.
TASMANIAN TROUT
I love talking about fly fishing, here is a list of what I would normally use:
Dries - Red Tag 12, Adams 12, Caddis 12, Royal Wulff 10 & 12
Wets - Mrs Simpson 6 & 8, Hamills Killer 8, White Baby Doll 8
Nymphs - Hare and Copper 12 & 10, Flashbacks 10, Pheasant Tail 10
Most Fishing is done for brown trout in Tasmania and Steelheads in New Zealand
Harvey J Taylor, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
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