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A social group of dedicated fly fishers who are passionate about fly fishing in the tropical north of Australia and equally as passionate about the close camaraderie this sport brings. This passion and dedication led to the creation of the NT Flyfishers Social Mob blog site; an interactive and creative outlet where everyone can share our wonderful fly fishing adventures and link into the “after fishing” social events we enjoy in this incredible part of the world.

Tuesday 9 September 2014

“God’s Country the NT”.



After three (3) weeks of wandering around South East Asia and not picking up a fly rod for a month (my longest dry spell for more than two (2) years) it was great to get back and to appreciate what we have on our door step. While I came across some fantastic places none comes close to what we have here in “God’s Country the NT”.

From the "Beach" in Manila


To "God's Country the NT"


Bynoe the location neap tides with heaps of fish to be sight cast to. Had four (4) days exploring the flats with water clarity the best I can remember. At one point the sounder showed 3.8 metres and the bottom looked as if it was just below the surface. For most of the time Barra and other flats dwellers were easy to find, hooking up a different matter as I think the water clarity made them very easy to spook. I found the best result in this clear water was to strip the fly of most of its bulk leaving a very anemic offering. This I found did not spook the fish as much. Ended up with good numbers of Barra to 70 cms and Queenfish to 80 cms. Great few days!

From the flats!

My contacts tell me that things are warming temperature wise out Kakadu way so going out to see if the Barra have awoken from their winter freeze. Report to follow in a few days.

Remember: “If you never never go, you’ll never never know”. Get out there and fish!

Tight lines
Jim Churchley

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