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When Eight is Enough!

By | February 26, 2011 | Articles, News, Products | No comments
Up close and personal with a giant trevally. For some reason the fish took a preference for a fly with green. I also find this with the majority of my lure fishing too.

For anyone born or living in the years from 1977 through to 1981, you may remember an American comedy-drama which aired on ABC called, strangely enough, Eight is Enough. While I would not class this as a fishing show, it is somehow strangely related to this article on fly fishing!

A recent trip out from Maningrida with good mate, Chris Nelson, highlighted this. And no he doesn’t have a family of eight!

I help set Chris up with a rod that in his words ‘had to do everything’. Chris was initially wanting something like a #10 weight outfit. While I am a fan of the #7 weight rods, I knew that Chris may be asking for a little more so I opted for a fly rod in the #8 weight range and went straight for a 4-piece TFO #8. Read more…

NEW BOOK FOR SALTWATER FLY FISHERMEN

By | December 1, 2010 | Products | No comments

NAFA’s Fly Fishing Editor, Peter Morse, has released a new book titled A Few Great Flies…and how to fish them.

New books about fly fishing are scarce enough in Australia, let alone books that are predominantly about saltwater fly fishing and tropical species. The only other dedicated SWF book on the subject was Peter’s earlier classic book Saltwater Fly Fishing Fundamentals which has been responsible for helping launch many a fly fisherman into the pursuit of saltwater species.

This new book is a much more detailed examination of flies and how we should fish them. The fly selection it contains is pretty straightforward — basically, they are the flies that Peter travels with regardless of where he’s going fishing; and there are instructions for tying these basic patterns. But where this book really shines is in its detail on how and why we should fish these patterns. This instructional component of the book is written in a highly entertaining way with endless anecdotes about his considerable and interesting fishing experiences around the country (and parts of the world). Successes and failures are learned from and applied. Read more…