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Li'lDave

Everything eats crabs

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Have been playing with some downsized crab flies over the Christmas period.... And being summer here I used this morning's run-out to test their usefulness on my 2 weight....

 

The patterns themselves are very simple, and modelled on an Australian pattern known as the VGDC fly (Voltzy's Goldy Destroyer Fly), which is a killer on sweetlip (blue and brown bastards, and golden trevally).

 

My goal was to make them smaller and lighter, and tie them with weedguards. So I tied up a few on size 6 SL45S and B10S for local bream, mangrove snapper, grunter (javelin) and a few other things to have a look at.

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It was a tough morning, but I sighted a number of fish, and overall was definitely successful.

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It's closed season for the barramundi, so I only got one shot off at the fella I sighted.... Unfortunately it was a poorly composed photo without a polarised filter on the lens :(

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It's been a tough end to 2013 for me, so it was good to get on the water and have a think by myself... I'm still messed up, but hey... I can still tie flies and cast the wand :)

 

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Awesome flies Dave, they would kill the redfish over here, and probably the bonefish and permit as well. Nice looking fish, too. Glad you had a chance to get out

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No better therapy than a little fly chucking. Those fish look great. I like the spiny one in bottom pic.

I'll try that pattern on my local salty fish.

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Those are beautiful fish Dave. Fly fishing is much like a good walk in the forest, it brings things into perspective and soothes the soul… Carry on bother.

 

dave

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Thx guys.... here is a collage of some of the crabs I tied today in order to fill up my bream box (the spiky fish)

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Great looking flies. Should work well on any water with crabs. As you say all fish eat crabs.

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Thx.

 

Tied a couple on 2/0 SL12S hooks yesterday. At these sizes much more like a shrimp.... At home in the snags or even on the flats.

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