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Flyfishing Flies in Australia

We stock a massive range of the best freshwater and saltwater flies in Australia. Mostly they are tied in Thailand, Sri Lanka and Kenya (Fulling Mill). We also stock a select range from local Aussie tyers from leading fly brands.

The fly is the business end of the gear and so we don't scrimp when sourcing them. You might find cheaper flyfishing flies, but you won't find better. Shop a wide variety right here at The Flyfisher! Browse our curated collections for trout flies, saltwater flies and specialty fly patterns - or browse our entire range of flies for flyfishing!

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Dry Flies

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Nymphs

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Streamers & Buggers

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Soft Hackle Wets

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Shop Saltwater Flies

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Baitfish

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Shrimp & Crab

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    Tungsten Head Hare's Ear Copper - Barbless

    Fulling Mill

    Simple but effective, this buggy hare's ear nymph is perfect for deep pools and fast water, meaning no trout is out of reach! Hares Ears are high...

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    $3.95
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    Parachute Orange Spinner

    Tiewell

    Description Spinners can provide some of the most exciting surface action found anywhere. Often drawing trout to the surface to pursue low-flyi...

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    $3.95
  • SR Hot Head Straggle Zonker Black
    $3.95

    SR Hot Head Straggle Zonker Black

    Fulling Mill

    This zonker pattern imitates a small fish in the water. The leather zonker strap creates amazing movement that will bring those big feeders in fo...

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    $3.95
  • Silver Humungous
    $3.95

    Silver Humungous

    Tiewell

    This humungous with a silver bead and flash will have trout chasing it with every retrieve. Description The Humungous was invented by Scottish fl...

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    $3.95
  • OE Peeping Caddis Barbless
    $3.95

    OE Peeping Caddis Barbless

    Fulling Mill

    These Peeping Caddis can be masterful to interest a large fish holding deep. Originally tied as a grayling fly, hence its heavyweight to target d...

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    $3.95
  • Olive Fuzzle Shrimp #4-2
    $9.95

    Fuzzle Shrimp Olive

    Fulling Mill

    Great for imitating the nippers and small shrimp found on the flats. On a darker bottom, choose this olive colour. Not your average Fuzzle Shr...

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    $9.95
  • Tungsten Hot Cheek
    $3.95

    Tungsten Hot Cheek

    Fulling Mill

    This buzzer pattern is highly effective. It uses simplicity to its advantage, and the red touch on the cheek of the fly gives that extra fire to ...

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    $3.95
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    Yoshi's X-Factor Brown

    Manic Tackle Project

    Yoshi's X Factor is an ideal searching pattern for when you're not sure what the fish are eating. Renowned for saving the day on tricky NZ fish.

    $3.95
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    Great Lake Gum Beetle

    Manic Tackle Project

    The Great Lake Gum Beetle (Size 12) is a deadly dry fly for Tasmania’s highland lakes, perfectly imitating the gum beetles that trout eagerly sip...

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    $3.95
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    Wee Creek Hopper Yellow

    Tiewell

    A great hopper pattern for when those little fellas are hopping about. A thinner footprint on the water, a good choice when delicacy is the key....

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    $3.95
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    Bassano Parachute Black Spinner

    Fulling Mill

    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...

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    $4.95
  • Shrimp Gurgler Tan #1/0
    $12.95

    Shrimp Gurgler Tan

    Fulling Mill

    The shrimp gurgler is a fantastic surface imitation of a shrimp. Highly effective on flats species such as whiting, bream, flathead, and more!

    $12.95
  • Foam Hawthorn
    $3.95

    Foam Hawthorn

    Fulling Mill

    DescriptionSpecialty flies that match the natural but highlighting trigger points making them irresistible to fish.

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  • Flexo Crab Olive
    $12.95

    Flexo Crab Olive

    Fulling Mill

    A crab fly designed for crab-munching fish on the flats! An instant classic, perfect for chasing permit.  A hidden weight system means that it ke...

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    $12.95
  • Complex Twist Bugger black
    $12.95

    Complex Twist Bugger Black

    Fulling Mill

      With a streamlined conehead and plenty of marbou action, this streamer is an upgraded wooly bugger that has a bone to pick with the nearest trou...

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    $12.95
  • Prince Nymph
    $3.95

    Prince Nymph Unweighted

    Fulling Mill

    Have you ever heard the old saying 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it'? Well, this hare's ear pattern proves the saying true. This classic fly has ...

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    $3.95
  • Sydney's Shrimp Tan #8
    $9.95

    Sydney's Shrimp Tan

    Fulling Mill

      In combination with the Olive variant, this is one of our favourite flies for bream!  This shrimp pattern lands softly, sinks quickly and is ea...

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    $9.95
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    Flashback Pheasant Tail - UW

    Fulling Mill

    The flashbacked pheasant tail is one of the most effective mayfly nymph imitations that can be used to this date. We recommend never hitting the ...

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    $3.95
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    Olive Seals Fur Nymph

    Fulling Mill

    A natural coloured pattern with a tonne of bugginess.  Fish this in the alpine streams and watch the fish pile up! The Seals Fur nymph is a grea...

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    $3.95
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    Clearwater Caddis - Green

    Manic Tackle Project

    When the water looks more like glass and the fish get picky, it's this fly's time to shine.  With a realistic profile and colouration, There's a ...

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    $3.95
  • $6.95

    Christmas Island Special Orange

    Fulling Mill

      The legendary Christmas Island Special in Orange is a more colourful bonefish fly for bright conditions and deeper water. Its heavy dumbbell eye...

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    $6.95
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    Salty Clouser Minnow Pink and White

    Fulling Mill

    One of the most iconic and effective saltwater flies ever invented We wanted to take the trusted base clouser pattern and give it just that litt...

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    $9.95
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    Spent Mayfly

    Fulling Mill

    After a mayfly mates, it dies and often falls into the water. We call this a ‘spent’ mayfly. Its life is over, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t ...

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    $3.95
  • Barbless Bassano Loop Wing Claret Hopper
    $4.95

    Bassano Loop Wing Claret Hopper (Barbless)

    Mayfly Tackle

    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...

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    $4.95
  • Beck's Jassid
    $4.95

    Beck's Jassid

    Fulling Mill

    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...

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    $4.95
  • Davy's Brown Termite
    $3.95

    Davy's Brown Termite

    Fulling Mill

    Davy's brown termite is a go-to classic for darker-coloured imitations. A great sedge pattern designed by Davy Wotton featuring a looped elk hai...

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    $3.95
  • Holy Grail Natural Tungsten
    $3.95

    Holy Grail Hare's Ear Tungsten

    Fulling Mill

    This Holy Grail has a bright tungsten bead tied into the body to add tons of weight, but also to attract fish with that enticing sparkle. Featur...

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    $3.95
  • Sparkle Minnow #2/0
    $12.95

    Sparkle Minnow Grey

    Fulling Mill

    A flashy baitfish imitation. Perfect for when you want something that stands out in the water. Great for pelagic species. Dark blue on top and whi...

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    $12.95
  • Mayfly Madness Large Fly Pack
    Mayfly Madness Large Fly Pack
    $149.00

    Mayfly Madness Large Fly Pack

    The Flyfisher

    A big pack to tackle any situation during mayfly season. Comes in a waterproof Eden fly box with micro-slit foam. Includes 40 flies. Contents may...

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    $149.00
  • Micro Shrimp Watery Pink
    $3.95

    Micro Shrimp Watery Pink

    Fulling Mill

    Size can be a very important factor when a fish decides to feed or not. For their size, these micro shrimp are ultra-realistic. Even the most par...

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    $3.95
  • Spawn Run Fly Kit
    Spawn Run Fly Kit $99
    $99.00

    Spawn Run Fly Kit $99

    The Flyfisher

    DescriptionThis great value kit includes a wide selction of flies to make your trip to Eucumbene a success.Our ViewThis kit includes a comprehensiv...

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    $99.00
  • Blob Coral Spot
    $3.95

    Blob Coral Spot Barbless

    Fulling Mill

    Blobs are excellent when nothing else seems to be working. Fish simply can't resist their bright bushy profile. Devastatingly effective, blobs ca...

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    $3.95
  • Cormorant Red
    $3.95

    Cormorant Red

    Fulling Mill

      Great smaller style english wet fly.   It can effectively imitate a wide range of food sources and will entice a bite from even the most stand-o...

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    $3.95
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    Humpy Green Bottle

    Manic Tackle Project

    An excellent all-round attractor pattern. This pattern is considered a must-have for anglers fishing the South Island of New Zealand and is just...

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    $3.95
  • Sydney's Shrimp Olive #8
    $9.95

    Sydney's Shrimp Olive

    Fulling Mill

      In combination with the tan variant, this is one of our favourite flies for bream!  This shrimp pattern lands softly, sinks quickly and is easy...

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    $9.95
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    Brown Seals Fur Nymph

    Fulling Mill

    A natural coloured pattern with a tonne of bugginess.  Fish this in the alpine streams and watch the fish pile up! The Seals Fur nymph is a grea...

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    $3.95
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    Classic Cicada - Black

    Manic Tackle Project

    Manic Tackle has done it again, making this unbelievably buoyant deer hair cicada.  With a wide profile, small protrusion of flash and shaped wi...

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    $3.95
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    Classic Cicada - Olive

    Manic Tackle Project

    Manic Tackle has done it again, making this unbelievably buoyant deer hair cicada.  With a wide profile, small protrusion of flash and shaped win...

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    $3.95
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    Simon's Uglies Hare & Copper

    Manic Tackle Project

    A great, buggy stonefly pattern with plenty of crazy leg action.  The natural colour and enticing wriggle is sure to put fish in the net.  

    $3.95
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    Pink Thing

    Fulling Mill

    When it comes to Barra flies, the Pink Thing is a non-negotiable must-have. Although availble in both lead eye and chain eye, chain eye is favoured...

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    Roza's Red Tag Jig

    Fulling Mill

    A blend of subtly and flash, leading to one our favourite euro-style nymphs out there.  Red tags are simply the most universal flies, every river...

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    $3.95
  • $19.95

    Galloups Sex Dungeon Natural

    Manic Tackle Project

    The standard in articulated flies, the Kelly Galloup sex dungeon is the go-to fly for big meat-eating trout  Swims naturally and has insane move...

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    $19.95
  • Tup's Indispensible
    $3.95

    Tup's Indispensible

    Fulling Mill

    DescriptionA best seller. All sorts of adult terrestrial or aquatic bugs are represented by these flies which float perfectly for delicate fishing....

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    $3.95
  • CDC Bibio Bristol Hopper
    $3.95

    CDC Bibio Bristol Hopper

    Fulling Mill

    If you could choose just one lake dry fly, this would be hard to go past. The CDC Bibio is a variation on the original Hopper as it uses the nat...

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    $3.95
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    Mrs Simpson

    Fulling Mill

    A classic wet that serves as the perfect searching pattern The Mrs. Simpson serves as an excellent dark streamer pattern with a large silhouette ...

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    $3.95
  • Vlahos Bahama Shrimp Tan #6
    $9.95

    Vlahos Bahama Shrimp Tan

    Fulling Mill

    Deadly on bream - this shrimp pattern is both versatile and effective!  Nick Vlahos of Sandbar Flies gave us this little gem for tropics fish...

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    $9.95
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    Whitebait Candy

    Manic Tackle Project

    When chasing big sea run trout, you can't go past white bait.  This is a fantastic fly from Manic Tackle which perfectly imitates the colouration ...

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    $4.95
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    Micro Hopper Green

    Manic Tackle Project

    A foam bodied hopper that is super bouant and deady in the head of summer when the paddocks have dried out and the fish are looking up.  Natural ...

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    $3.95

Staff Picked Flies

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Saltwater Species Fly Selections

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Freshwater Species Fly Selections

The Guide to Choosing The Right Bead Colour, Weight And Size

Fly selection is a much-discussed topic amongst flyfishers. As a beginner, fly choice seems like everything and, ‘What did you get it on?’ is probably still the most asked question in fly fishing. Yet as you progress, the discussion moves away from fly choice and centres more on presentation.

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Flyfishing Flies For Sale Australia

Embark on a journey beneath the surface of fly fishing with The Flyfisher's extensive collection to find the best flies for fly fishing. Each fly in our collection is a testament to our commitment to quality, performance, and the art of fly fishing itself. We understand the significance of the fly—the crucial point of connection between angler and fish—and we spare no expense in sourcing the finest flies from around the globe.

Our flies are sourced from the world's most renowned tying locations, including Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Kenya's esteemed Fulling Mill, ensuring each piece is tied to perfection. Additionally, we take pride in supporting local Australian tyers, offering a select range of homegrown flies that stand out in both craftsmanship and effectiveness.

Here's how we deliver an unparalleled flyfishing experience:
1. Trout Enthusiasts: Our selection caters to every trout fishing scenario you might encounter. From the gentle surface rise of Dry Flies to the depth-seeking adventure of Nymphs and Streamers, our trout flies are designed to bring unparalleled excitement and success to your flyfishing trips.
2. Saltwater Adventures: For those drawn to the challenge and beauty of saltwater fly fishing, our collection includes Saltwater Baitfish, Shrimp and Crab Flies, and the visually striking Fly Poppers. Each fly is crafted to mimic the natural prey of saltwater game fish, enhancing your chances of a rewarding catch.
3. Beyond the Catch: We also offer a range of Fly Tying Other Materials, inviting you to delve into the artistry of fly tying yourself. This collection is perfect for anglers who cherish the personal touch in their flyfishing experience.

Whether you're planning your next trout escapade or gearing up for the saltwater challenge, The Flyfisher's flies collection is here to enhance your journey. Explore our range, and you'll find not just flies, but partners in your pursuit of the unforgettable moments that only fly fishing can offer.

Australia's #1 Flyfishing Shop

Established in 1967, The Flyfisher is the leading Australian provider of quality flyfishing equipment, accessories and advice. We stock leading fly brands like Simms, Orvis, Scientific Anglers, Sage and much more to give you the widest AND best range.

We pride ourselves on housing name-brand flyfishing rods, reels, wading gear, flies, accessories and apparel for the ultimate success on the water. We love chatting to fellow flyfishers so please feel free to reach out with any quesstions.. so, why go anywhere else?

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