The “Blue Bastard”
I first came across the Blue Bastard in the Gulf of Carpenteria. It was a fairly common catch on bait and was then known as “Slatey Bream” because of their colour which was thought to be slightly bluer if they…
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Hastings Fly Fishers
A family-oriented fly-fishing club covering the Port Macquarie Hastings region, NSW.
Iain Morrison
HFF Flycast, April 2022
Finally my pleading for articles from club members has paid off, great reading this month with many interesting articles contributed. I had a great time as always in Nundle – read Rodney’s report in this newsletter. Still speaking of Nundle,…
HFF Flycast, March 2022
Another month slipped past without an official outing due to inclement weather, let’s hope that the Weather Gods smile on us for our trip to Nundle later this month. Our fish of the month for March is the alluring and…
Stout Longtom
The Long-Toms belong to the needle fish family, the same family as garfish and flying fish.They are long, slender fish that can skip over the water for long distances. The Stout Long-Tom is the member of the species found in…
HFF Flycast, February 2022
In this edition, weather predictions have again played havoc with our monthly outing plans but there is good news from members who made the trek to the Macleay River for bass last month, check the photographs of happy anglers displaying…
HFF Flycast, January 2022
Greetings from Darwin! That is how I intended to start this newsletter. Apologies for the delay. Full of good intentions, packing our laptop I really thought this edition would be written whilst away. However, once up there, that’s another story.…
HFF Flycast, December 2021
Bonnie and I would like to take this opportunity to wish all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Many thanks to all for the friendship that you have shared with us these past years. We have had,…
Common Coral Trout
The common coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus), is more correctly known as the leopard coral grouper, also leopard coral trout, blue-dotted coral grouper or spotted coral grouper. In Australia it is found at Beacon Island in Western Australia, the Ashmore and…
HFF Flycast, November 2021
By the time you read this column some of our members will already be at Dunmore Trout Waters and will be immediately followed by another party of eager anglers hoping to take advantage of the initial group’s experience and not…
Titan Triggerfish
The titan triggerfish (Balistoides viridescens) is a large distinctive triggerfish with a dark heavily scaled body, a deep groove in front of each eye, a naked area around the lips, and about five rows of small forward-curving spines on either…