Trout Flies - tied in our shop, in Tasmania

A classic Tasmanian pattern, great on the highland lakes.

The Black and Peacock Snail is one of our best all-round performers.
Daniel Hackett featured this fly in his Brumbys Creek expose, published in
FlyLife Magazine.

An absolute must-have pattern for Tasmania, this is one of Daniel Hackett’s original 1864 patterns.

The definitive parachute dun for Australian waters, made famous by Brett Wolff of Arthurs Lake fame.

This is a very good all-purpose dry fly for lakes and fast rivers. The orange is the bright-day version, the claret is the dull-day version. This is a top polaroiding fly.

A deadly little imitation suitable for mayfly and ant falls.

The Chernobyl Ant revolutionised the way that Australian fly fishers create and use big flies. Daniel Hackett first wrote about this pattern in Tasmanian Fishing and Boating News, back in February 2004! Since then it has become a favourite on Tasmania’s Great Lake, the South Esk and Lower Macquarie rivers, the Western Lakes, as well as Lake Echo and Arthurs Lake. The Orange and Black variation is the most popular, but the yellow and black is very effective when gum beetles or grasshoppers are on the water. We only tie these in one size—large!

This is the best wet fly for mayfly hatches on the lakes. Designed as a top fly in a loch-style setup, this fly excels when fished through the waves, just below, or in the surface film. The takes are explosive, and often right at your feet as the fly is ‘hung’ momentarily before backcasting.

A great early and late season dry fly, especially when things are quite. The large footprint and easy to see qualities make it deadly on the fish, and easy to use.

A deadly nymph for fastwaters. This is a great nymph for Euro-style nymphing techniques.

An excellent go-to fly for fishing the rivers when duns or caddis are out. The Fastwater Dun also doubles as a highly visible, and effective dun pattern on the lakes.

A great early season fly for tailing trout and frog feeders.

Originally created by cutting-edge fly tier Muz Wilson, the Fuzzle Bugger is our absolute favourite wet fly for early season prospecting along lake edges and shallow flats. We’ve created a Mk2 variation for Tasmanian waters, where the bright tail flashes mimic those of the Tasmanian froglet during frogging season.

Tied with Muz Wilson Fuzzle Dub.

Our go-to flies for bright days on the rivers. This is an excellent fly for fooling the selective trout at Tasmania’s famous Brumbys Creek.

This is a great pattern when beetles are around, and doubles as an excellent generic polaroiding pattern.

A traditional British pattern, great for baetid and caenid hatches. Tied in Tasmania.

Developed by Daniel Hackett between 2010 and 2012, this is the perfect imitation and pattern to cover the smaller of the hopper species. The pattern was inspired by hybridising the best attributes of our popular WMD Hopper, and Muz Wilson’s famed Wee Cree Hopper. The result is a fly that always lands the right way up, hits the water with a presence, and most importantly triggers an agressive feeding response in the trout.

Our classic Tasmanian wet fly, with a 1/8″ tungsten bead. This is our number one point-fly whe fishing wets on the highland lakes.

A deadly mayfly nymph imitation.

A UV reflective version of our icon 1864 pattern, the Pheasant and Peacock Nymph. These ties feature Ice Dub on the thorax, and is a go-to pattern for Tassie’s faster streams such as the St Patrick’s or Meander rivers.

Our all-round nymph for fastwaters creeks and streams, featuring a small tungsten bead and all natural cock pheasant and peacock materials.

This fly, and it’s Black Spinner variant, have been a secret pattern of ours for seven seasons. It is the pattern of choice for spinner sippers and leapers on the Upper Macquarie and Brumbys Creek. The unusual ‘porcupine’ hackle creates a highly buoyant, highly visible fly, while the traditional materials of pheasant tail and seals fur offer the perfect buggy effect.

This is the most famous Tasmanian loch-style fly. It is a superb fly before and during mayfly hatches, and is a favourite among guides.

This is an awesome variation on the traditional Shaving Brush emerger. The possum is super-buoyant, easy to see, and the fish love them!

A great loch-style and polaroiding fly.

The classic Australian mayfly pattern. A must have for fly fishers. Excellent on all mayfly waters, and especially good on Arthurs Lake, Little Pine Lagoon and Brumbys Creek.

This is a staple pattern, suitable for any of Austrralia’s lakes or slow flowing rivers. It’s simple, and it’s deadly. This is especially good on hard-to-fool cruising trout.

A classic British fly that has proved its deadly appeal on Australian waters. Great for using when loch-style fishing a team of nymphs or wets.

The Tasmanian version of the classic Royal Wulff. Features a UV reflective body, and a possum fur tail. Tied in Tasmania.

Inspired by a FlyLife Magazine article by Mat McHugh, this earthworm pattern created by RiverFly guide Patrick Horan is deadly on high and flooded creeks and streams. The limp, lifelike body moves in the current, while the contrasting body colours look realistically ideal when wet. This is our favourite fly during August.

This is our awesome hopper imitation. It also doubles as one of the best terrestrial dries you’ll ever find, and is effective on all waters including rivers and Tasmania’s Western Lakes.

A great fly for tailing trout and early season sight-fishing. This was a featured fly in Daniel Hackett’s expose of Brumbys Creek, published in FlyLife Magazine.

A classic all-prupose fly pattern with an Australian twist. This is a must have for any fly box. This pattern is tied specifically for shallow-water searching and sight-fishing, perfect for the Tasmanian lakes.