This is a great fly fished with a fast retrieve early, and late in the season. Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Bitch Variant ...

A must in every Tassie fly fisher's fly box. Description The Black Spinner must surely be the most popular dry fly for polaroiding on Tasmania...

Description Tassie flyfishing guide Christopher Bassano on his Wooly Worm fly...I caught my first ever lake fish on this fly decades ago and it is ...

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

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 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 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...

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...