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January’s fly of the month is the Eye fly, essentially a miniature variation of the Surf Candy fly pattern made famous primarily by American fly tyer Bob Popovics. The Eye fly is a very effective tiny baitfish pattern that is great for hunting smaller baitfish feeding saltwater species like Herring,...

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December’s fly of the month is the Backing Rod Popper originally shown to us (SWFRWA) by Peter Morse (not sure who actually developed it) as a cheap, easy to tie, popper that creates a good silhouette from below and pushes out heaps of surface commotion. This fly is a very effective popper fly that ...

The mono weed/snag guard fitted to these flies can be folded down at 90 degrees or even cut in half into two downward facing tabs after being removed from your fly box before fishing them.

November’s fly of the month is the Bunny fly. This fly is a baitfish pattern that has tremendous movement (once zonker strip is properly wetted) in the water due to the fine rabbit hair on the zonker strips used in its construction. Pretty much any fish that eats baitfish can be caught on this fly i...

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The October FOTM is the 'Wooly Bugger', this is one of the most popular freshwater flies around the world. This fly is one of the original ‘Wet’ (sub-surface) flies used primarily for Trout and other freshwater species in rivers, streams and lakes, but can also be used in our saltwater estuary syste...

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September’s fly of the month is the Clouseiver or Half & Half. This fly as its name suggests is a combination of the Clouser and Deceiver fly patterns and is one of the most popular deep water, big fish flies around. As with the Clouser and the Deceiver an infinite number of fish species can be caug...