I still have a small section of Condor quill. I’ll never use it now..

Down here we don’t have much call for tiny flies. A couple of insects are imitated with a #20 but that’d be about it. OTT they’d pretty much all be #16 upwards with a few #18 thrown in for fussy fish….

For a while it was red.
Then orange.
Then purple….

The Darter is just a term I use for a mid sized swimming mayfly nymph down here. They are very active and dart here and there, hence the name. I’m not the first to use it - a noted NZ fisherman by the name of Norm Marsh had a wee nymph he called a Grey Darter he used to imitate swimming nymphs..

And another Darter style nymph using the Double Magic technique on the body. This time grey peacock wing quill with chartreuse green touch dubbing. Muskrat thorax with a natural grey - brown CDC hackle. Grey thread for the tying but a black head.

Little Brown Darter. Hook is 3xl 16 to 10 of choice with a gunmetal bead to match the size. Orange thread, brown micro rubber tails and gunmetal flat wire rib over brown Turkey quill which has been put into a dubbing loop with a tiny pinch of fine tan Antron ( double magic dubbing technique - ). Tho...

I saw a pic of a water spider with a wee air bubble near the head. So I came up with this. Peacock herl body with a clear bead at the front with a light CDC hackle. 12 to 18. Very simple, but surprisingly very effective little fly I have discovered to my joy. May be worth a crack in your neck of the...

I see William Anderson in the pics from10 years past. Haven’t seen him on here in quite a while. I hope he’s still out there kicking around. He’s had some interesting posts and comments over the years…

Wayyyy down here there are gems to be found.
Signed first edition.
NZ$5.00. That’s about US$2.60

Roses are red
Violets are blue.
I fish flymphs
And so should you.