TRADIRIONAL PLASTERSOL SOFT PLASTICS Castaic-jerky-j-swimbait-5″ Powerbait Hollow Belly paddle tails Grub-tail-prawn Molix RT Shad 4.5″ VIBES Jackall-transam-95 Samaki-vibelicious-vibe-lure-8-5cm Zerec-fish-trap 90 & 110mm Reel-Action-Vibes 95mm with 20gram & 115mm with 45grams TPE PPRAWNS Chasebait – flick prawns HARD BODY LURES SURFACE LURES Bassday Sugapen Floating 70mm and 95mm walk … Read more
[map state=”QLD”] Mast head and other off shore reefs Rundle Island (top of Curtis Island) Facing island reefs including Perl Rocks and Sable Chief Jenny Lind and Seal rocks Channel markers Gear options: 1) General fishing: 15/50 with 30lb braid, 50 flouro and a #4 fastatch clip. This can fish for “big fish” (particularly, barra … Read more
This amazing estuary fly tied in Qantas colours of red and white or natural colours of olive and shrimp is like candy to many estuary species. This estuary version is tied on a size #2/0 hook with a 3/16″ dumbbell eyes.
Whilst not designed to represent any particular bait fish I have designed this fly to have a shape, form and function similar to many of the little fish that predators hunt. This #2/0 estuary fly is 9 cm long and because it’s unweighted it’s relatively easy to cast. It’s a great fly to use when … Read more
Hard body lures in brown bomber colour have earned a place as a popular lure colour combination for barramundi in estuary and coastal mangrove edged water. The same colour scheme is a great colour combination for flies used to target barra along the edge of mangroves.
Guns and Roses coloured of red over chartreuse are very popular hard body and soft plastic lure colours in Queensland and work equally well for flies particularly in low visibility water.
This is my favorite ‘all rounder’ colour for many flies that I use in Queensland and works in both fresh and salt water, day or night.
if I could only carry one colour mutant clouser that would be olive over UV shrimp. That one colour tied in a range of sizes covers a big cross section of fish that I target in Central Queensland.
This is the biggest pregnant prawn fly that I tie and is one of my goto flies here in Central Queensland when targeting barramundi in estuary and harbor waters. It’s not unusual to hook up on queenfish, travally, flathead or other species that eat prawns.
in the process of Tiewell being sold and reinvented the large rubber tails for #2/0 versions of my estuary fly never came back on the market. What I have come up with as an alternative is using the rear half of the 2.5? Z Man Grub Z. That has created an even better fly.
