There are a lot of colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. Some work sometimes and not others and some work more often than not. The prawn pink coloured and my version of the ring burner he CXI … Read more
It seems that these days the term ‘VIVA’ has been given to the very popular and successful colour combination of light green or chartreuse and black.
Somewhat of a fusion of a traditional caddis pupa emerger and a squirmy wormy this fly has earned a place in my fly box as a great middle or top dropper fly for both a loch style team and a river team.
I was introduced to loch style fly fishing when I became involved in competition fly fishing through Fly Fish Australia and i now regard it as one of my preferred fly fishing techniques and certainly a way of targeting fish that I was not previously aware could be caught.
In 2018 I was introduced a fly called a Droz nymph that had skipped my attention even though it has been used for several seasons with great success in Tasmania, Victoria and even NSW. It’s now one of the first river flies that I tie on.
When it all boils down setting up a loch style or river leader doesn’t have to be as complicated as it’s made out to be. I have set out below how I set up my trout leaders for both social and competition fly fishing and I hope that will provide some incite for you.
This fly swims well and the propeller at the front adds an element of action that fish find enticing. You can tie this fly in any colour combination to mimic the colour of some of the more popular lure colours that your mates that fish the “dark side” use so successfully.
This is the newest addition to my top six CXI special colours. It’s a little more subtle than the electric camel but I think that adds to its appeal to bone fish.
Definitely one of my favourite colours for a CXI fly and an absolute must in my top 6 colour selection.
Orange pearl is one of my favourite colour combinations of Christmas Island Special (CXI) flies that my mates and I have seen on our various trips to Christmas Island and Aitutaki. It is generally in the top 6 producing colours of CXI flies on every trips.
