Fly Fishing Gear | Dry Flies

Hare's fur on a dry fly, and the guard hairs do the rest Most anglers know hare's ear as a nymph, but the dressing started life as a winged dry, th...

For when the ant fall is on When an ant fall is on, trout get infuriating, and never more so than on a glassed-out high country lake where they are...

It has outlasted nearly everything sent to replace it Few flies have a longer record in Australian fly boxes than this one. It has been catching tr...

Floaty and flat at the same time Ken Morrish's design solved a contradiction: hoppers need enough foam to stay up and carry a nymph, but a bulky fl...

For banks that have seen a lot of tan foam Hopper fishing is repetitive by nature. You work the same banks, casting the same silhouette at the same...

The darker of the two Mohicans The darker of the two Mohican duns, and the one to start with early in the season and in dull light, when the natura...

One fly at three depths One fly at three different depths, depending entirely on what you do with it. Treat it with floatant and pull it across the...

The dry half of a dry-dropper A medium-sized foam attractor built to cover the bases when fish are looking up for something substantial rather than...

Chosen for your eyes, not theirs This one is chosen for your eyes rather than the fish's. In a dry-dropper rig the dry fly is also your indicator, ...

Beetles fall off things Olive reads as a beetle, and beetles arrive on the water by falling off things. That makes this the one for shaded banks, o...

The hopper end of the series Tan is the hopper end of the series. Through late summer the grass banks are full of them and a fish holding tight to ...

Greengrocer green The green one, and in this country that is the obvious one. Greengrocers and the other bright green cicadas are all over the sout...

The hook is the whole argument Cicada fishing is worth being ready for, and the whole game is the hook. This one is tied on a short shank with a wi...

A must-have Australian mayfly emerger pattern. The Shaving Brush Hares Ear/Possum is the textbook Kosi-Dun emerger. Tied with hares ear and possum ...

Claret has been quietly working for a century Claret is not imitating anything in particular, and it has still been catching evening fish for well ...

The famous red tag just got better. A variation of the popular red tag, Christopher Bassano's Zulu Tag is a fantastic dry fly for rivers and lakes ...

The Hares Ear Klinkhammer is a versatile necessity in any Angler's arsenal. Highly buoyant, highly visible emerger dry-fly pattern perfect for a dr...

Size matters more than colour with an Adams The same famous pattern, tied by a guide who fishes here rather than somewhere else. Worth knowing abou...

A prolific hatch, particularly in Tasmania, the Black Spinner is hard to resist for rising trout. A very delicate and realistic presentation, perfe...

A fantastic orange spinner pattern perfect for late evenings when trout are feeding. Abundant in Tasmania and other parts of Australia, the orange ...

A staple Australian mayfly emerger that's stood the test of time. Made from 100% possum fur, perfect for rivers and lakes alike, the possum emerger...

This highly visible, highly effective fly designed for rainbow trout in England works surprisingly well for wild browns in Australia. Not designed ...

A successor to Bassano's Carrot Fly the Claret Carrot is a great Australian version as claret is a popular colour for our streams. A somewhat more ...

Why possum fur Possum is prized by tyers for reasons that all matter in an emerger: the fur is light, spiky and holds air among the guard hairs, so...