Flies

Black Beetle - Dry Fly In Tasmania there are great numbers of beetles throughout the whole season. The cockchafers, tea tree and soldier beetles, the black click beetle, and many others. This is a good generic beetle, dry fly imitation. This fly could stand alongside the Red Tag. Hook: size 8 - 1 Body: dark palmer cock hackle, tied in from the tail to head. Some clipping, especially under and over the hackle, is required. Wing Case: black raffia or dark or black duck wing is pulled over the whole lot from tail to head, before the last hackle is tied on. Hackle: dark [...]

Palmered Red Spinner - Dry Fly The Palmered Red Spinner (or variant of the Macquarie Red) fly shows up well in the water as a good attracter when the Red Spinner are in numbers on the wing. This fly was made famous by Max Christensen on the Macquarie Red Spinner (Atalophlebia Australis) Hook: size 12 Tail: ginger fibres from the longer, broader hackles of the cape Body: red seals fur Thorax: black silk Hackle: palmered ginger tied through, stout ginger at front