As far as caddis nymphs go, you can't look past cased caddis variants. The Blind Caddis by Christopher Bassano is at home in slightly deeper water ...

Description Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Carrot fly... As with the ‘Claret Carrot’, this fly was introduced to Australia by Englishman, ...

Description Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Claret Carrot fly... The carrot fly was introduced to Australia by famous English fisherman, Jo...

This is a brilliant all-purpose nymph for clear water. Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Claret Nymph...The black tungsten beade...

This is a brilliant all-purpose nymph for high or coloured water. Also great for getting down to weedbeds on lakes. Tassie flyfishing guide Chris...

When there's mayfly around, make sure you have these in your fly box! Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Claret Nymph...Claret h...

A go to pattern for smelt feeders. The Flashy Humungous has the the perfect amount of flash to balance being an attractor pattern with more natura...

A killer early-season still water pattern. A subtle presentation with an attractive hot spot - a great pattern for bright days. Christopher Bassa...

This is one of the best streamer patterns for Aussie trout.  Description Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Humungous trout fly...

  This fly is a “Tasmanian” version of a wonderful English fly called the “Bristol Hopper”. This style of fly was first introduced to Australia by ...

The index fly is an unweighted damsel imitation when fished slowly, and a potent baitfish imitation when fished more quickly. Bassano on his Inde...

On those tricky days when fish are rising once and then disappearing, this fly will pull them up. Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Loop W...

  One of the most popular streamer patterns for both Tasmanian and Victorian lakes  Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his McGoo fly...

A deadly fly fished year round and can be used to imitate a range of patterns Bassano on the Mcgoo The olive thread head McGoo is another terrifi...

This is a great fly fished with a fast retrieve early, and late in the season and throughout winter Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano o...

A deadly fly all year round on Tasmanian and Victorian stillwaters as both a damselfly or smelt imatation  Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Ba...

A must in every Tassie fly fisher's fly box for when trout lock in on orange mayfly spinners. Description There are many orange spinner patterns...

If you like the Red Tag, try these! Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Palmered Orange Tag... It is always dangerous when you mes...

A staple mayfly pattern Bassano on the Para Black Spinner: I don't think that this fly needs an introduction to people who fish in Tasmania and a...

A staple mayfly pattern Bassano on the Para Orange Spinner: I don't think that this fly needs an introduction to people who fish in Tasmania and ...

Description Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on his Parachute Possum Emerger... Being tied almost entirely out of possum fur, this fly floats brill...

This fly is suggestive of many stages of mayfly and is a must-have pattern for tough mayfly feeders. Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Po...

This fly is suggestive of many stages of mayfly and is a must-have pattern for tough mayfly feeders. Tassie guide Christopher Bassano on the Pos...

The bugginess in this nymph and it's slender profile make it deadly on mayfly feeders. Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Possum/H...

The ideal fly to fish in a team of wets.  Crush the lakes this season with an arsenal of these in your box! Legendary Tassie flyfishing guide Chr...

The shaving brush is a favourite of many anglers across Australia. It represents an emerging mayfly, is easy to see, holds up nymphs in larger siz...

The shaving brush is a favourite of many anglers across Australia. It represents an emerging mayfly, is easy to see, holds up nymphs in larger siz...

  One of the most effective Australian trout streamers.  The natural colouration is complimented by flashy accents, making this a very palletable ...

Description Tassie giude Christopher Bassano on the Spun fly... The “Spun” is as the name suggests, a half spinner, half dun. It was invented by my...

A must in every lake fly fisher's fly box. Description This fly was designed for sight fishing whether it be polaroiding or tailing fish. Almost e...

If you like the Red Tag, try these! Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Zulu Tag...This fly floats so well that it works superb...

Beads on a chain: perfect for tying symmetrically weighted flies.

Description Tassie fishing guide Bill Beck on his Bibio Hopper pattern... The best nondescript fly in my fly box. Will take fish blind and takes t...

Description Tassie fishing guide Bill Beck on his Parachute Emerger fly... My other standard dun pattern (with the Parachute Emerger Brown), usual...

Description Tassie fishing guide Bill Beck on his Brown Wulff... Good, high floating dun pattern, especially in rough weather. Good Penstock fly f...

While wooly buggers receive all the hype, these "cat flies" are a useful variation to fish as a team or singularly. Tassie fishing guide Bill Be...

This is great beetle imitations on overgrown sections of river. This is a popular fly on the Big River east of Eildon. A good high floating Red ...

Fishing Tassie in March-May, you'll want to be carrying these. My go to fly when the Jassids are about, gathers dust in the fly box waiting fo...

While wooly buggers receive all the hype, these "cat flies" are a useful variation to fish as a team or singularly. Tassie fishing guide Bill Be...

When there's mayfly around, make sure you have these in your fly box! Tassie flyfishing guide Bill Beck on his Krystal Flash Nymph... For the la...

While wooly buggers receive all the hype, these "cat flies" are a useful variation to fish as a team or singularly. Tassie fishing guide Bill Be...

Description Tassie fishing guide Bill Beck on his stck caddis fly... My best catcher of tailing fish but effective in any lake situation. Usually ...

Description This is an amazingly lifelike representation of a small squid - one of the most popular prey items of a whole range of predatory fish i...

Choose your squid fly color based on the bottom you're fishing - light sandy bottom then choose the natural white fly, weedy or dark bottom - cho...

Description A variation on the classic Tarpon Toad fly tied on Gamakatsu SL12S hooks and sporting a nylon weed guard. Designed to suspend in the wa...

Great for bottom bouncing, this fast sinking fly keels with the hook pointing up, meaning it drastically reduces bottom snags.  Great fished in sa...

A must have for your fly box.  Imitating everything from smelt to leeches, the woolly bugger is a world renound fly.  The bead head allows the fly...

One of the best mayfly imitations for subsurface nymphing. A curved pheasant tail variation with a bit of flash on the back. These flies in smalle...