The Great Lake Gum Beetle (Size 12) is a deadly dry fly for Tasmania’s highland lakes, perfectly imitating the gum beetles that trout eagerly sip...

A great hopper pattern for when those little fellas are hopping about. A thinner footprint on the water, a good choice when delicacy is the key....

A staple mayfly pattern Bassano on the Para Black Spinner: I don't think that this fly needs an introduction to people who fish in Tasmania and a...

DescriptionSpecialty flies that match the natural but highlighting trigger points making them irresistible to fish.

After a mayfly mates, it dies and often falls into the water. We call this a ‘spent’ mayfly. Its life is over, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t ...

On those tricky days when fish are rising once and then disappearing, this fly will pull them up. Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Loop W...

Fishing Tassie in March-May, you'll want to be carrying these. My go to fly when the Jassids are about, gathers dust in the fly box waiting fo...

Davy's brown termite is a go-to classic for darker-coloured imitations. A great sedge pattern designed by Davy Wotton featuring a looped elk hai...

Manic Tackle has done it again, making this unbelievably buoyant deer hair cicada.  With a wide profile, small protrusion of flash and shaped win...

A foam bodied hopper that is super bouant and deady in the head of summer when the paddocks have dried out and the fish are looking up.  Natural ...

An excellent all-round attractor pattern. This pattern is considered a must-have for anglers fishing the South Island of New Zealand and is just...

DescriptionA best seller. All sorts of adult terrestrial or aquatic bugs are represented by these flies which float perfectly for delicate fishing....

If you could choose just one lake dry fly, this would be hard to go past. The CDC Bibio is a variation on the original Hopper as it uses the nat...

The claret hopper with a touch of CDC not only makes this pattern extremely realistic but also buoyant. The classic hopper has been given the CD...

The orange Poly Spinner is equipped with bright colors with the classic spinner shape. This fly will stand out way more than the traditional blac...

DescriptionPrecise depth control for when you want a nymph to hang right under the surface film, these are possibly the answer, tied with a buoyant...

Brilliant texturing and an easily visible sighter make this a go-to sedge pattern for many anglers.  The buoyant poly yarn under-wing paired with...

Weirdly, selective trout can often be undone using this pattern. The classic Bibio given the Hopper treatment, this style has become a modern cl...

DescriptionThe classic Greenwell's Glory, but tied with a parachute hackle so that it sits low and delicately on the water. Some anglers use nothin...

Simple, buoyant and deadly effective.  Willow Grubs are a favourite among trouts' various food sources, so when the hatch is on, the fish are too!

A smaller cicada pattern, deadly for fishing hopper hatches or to cicada feeders when fish may be spooked by a bigger fly A Cicada pattern from R...

A big, buoyant foam Cicada ideal for turbulant water when natural materials wont cut it.

This fly is a stunning beauty and a pleasure to fish. The design captures the slender body and segmentation of a natural dun, and the wing is angl...

The deer hair wing makes this fly a reliable top-water performer, and the loopwing makes for an easily recognisable emerging profile.     This s...