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Saw a guy pull in a fish as I was walking back from a surf along the beach. Got home grabbed a light outfit armed with a 1/8th shrimp style jig and returned.  Scored my first swallowtail dart on a jig. Not a big fish, about 10 inches, but I reckon they are a very handsome critter. They like warm...

Thought jigcrafters may be interested in this.  A local Oz fishing mag has a story about monster wild trout from a very interesting New Zealand fishery. It's a series of man mad canals for hydro power connecting several natural lakes. The trout in these canals are absolute monsters. Both browns...

Couldn't see another thread so just thought I'd wish everyone a Merry jig fishin' Christmas from Down Under. I'll have a Chrissie Day morning surf for you all! Perving at all the fantastic Jigcraft creations is a nice Xmas pressie too!

Lots of squid lures and flies seem to be white. But a gun local fly tier has made the point that the only white squid is a dead squid. He ties his squid styled flies in the dark mottled browns that squid, with their amazing ability to change colour, turn when they are scared witless by an...

Was tying up some shrimp/prawn type thingies for flats fishing and got tired of making burnt mono and epoxy eyes (burn a bulb on the mono, dap some nail polish on the bulb, then a blob of epoxy), so made some simple quick eyes by painting a dot of nail polish on end of the mono, then gluing on a...

G'day, been away a while. Anyway, we get a run of anchovies every year, and of course everything wants to eat em. So I tied up some simple white and olive green minnows to match the hatch. They are 1/16th (tied on chub heads) and 1/8th. 1/4 and 3/8th tied on ultra minnow heads. The two biggest...

G'day again. Been away for some time from Jigcraft, its damn fine humans and the fishy-fun, inspiration and shared passion it houses. Work was the initial reason for the absence. Then, well, no other way to say, but a life changing experience. Resulted in brain surgery a bit over two weeks ago...

Atu-what? It's a tiny atoll, one of the Cook Islands. Always wanted to catch a bonefish on a homemade jig. Got two. Probably the smallest bonefish on the atoll, as it's gaining a rep as home of some of the world's biggest bones. But got them in front of our bungalow, and without guided help (a...

G'day all, been away from Jigcraft for far too long. Work and life issues got in the way. Just back from first decent holiday in eight years. Went to a tiny atoll, a dot in the vast Pacific Ocean, about ten hours and two flights from Sydney. Tied some jigs for the trip. Was still tying the...

Having a nice cup of tea the other morn and got a couple of visitors. sulpher crested cockatoo and rainbow lorikeet Of course, thought if I could just pluck a few feathers.......... The cockies are such brainy birds, and get bored easily, destroying people's wooden balcony rails and window...

A school of baby rainbows, to cast at some big brown trout in autumn that are meant to live in my favourite river but which I can never find! From about 1/40th to 1/8th. Painted thread bodies. The 1/8th on the left is bucktail, the rest Arctic fox. The smaller heads are some old Japanese...

Well, no it's not but it means pretty well no one takes fish from this little saltwater lagoon five minutes from home. It's behind the northern end of Manly beach; the lowtide sandflat below the bridge flows into the ocean. Years of abuse means the middle and upper bits of the 'goon's sand and...

I seriously think your panfish are really handsome creatures. Love the markings and the shape of all of em. Was wondering how old do the various species get? Does it vary at different locations or climates?

Two types of squid, a few types of octopus (everyone calls them occies, and one of them, the itty bitty blue ringed octopus, all of a few inches long, is fatally venomous!) and cuttlefish are all common in Sydney's saltwater - both the Harbour and open ocean. Everything eats em. Here's the...

Inspired by Keith's Miracle Mile report I drove over the mountains west of Sydney for the first trout trip of our new stream season. We've had almost no rain this spring, things are looking a bit iffy. I hope we are not descending into drought yet again. Not a good start to the trip. Went to...

*Slang here for a Brit:D Never even seen a pike in the flesh but he said they like bright colours and thought this might lure one in the canals near his home in England. We'll see. 1/4oz ultraminnow head, bucktail and feather tail.

Hi all, finally got a bit of time to spare. Hardly even had the time to have a quick perve on the latest creations here. Man there's been some beauties. Anyway just thought I'd show a few older ties after found pics on a file I'd forgotten. Here's a quartet of 1/8th ultra minnow heads: Either...

Two fishes in almost three months ain't much fun. But better than none. First trip was interesting. went 30 mile to sea in search of the southern bluefin tuna which have made a winter return off Sydney. Biggest I've heard of was 280 pounds. Being that far out in a 20 foot boat makes you feel...

Finally escaped the city and drove west to the wild river. It's beautiful, rugged country. I love the name for part of the area: the Gardens of Stone National Park. The record rains of some weeks ago saw the water on the wild river rise by 30 feet in a few hours, as it's gorge country. The...

Jim sent me some 1/32nd nickel guppy heads. Tied some up for a trip back to the wild river. The three on the right are simple rabbit tails. The two on the left rabbit zonker tails. And the olive and white at top left is a double zonker and painted thread body. First double zonker I've tied. I...