Black & Gold Baitfish Saltwater Hook : Mustad 2451, black short shank hook, sizes 6 - 3/0. Thead : Black. Tail : Black hackles, Black buck tail, Black sparkleflash. Body : Black rabbit fur strips(crosscut not Zonker style). Front Collar : Gold sparkleflash. Eyes : Large gold bead chain. Head : Black thread covered with epoxy.
Tying Instructions 1) Tie in thread at hook eye and advance thread to hook bend. 2) Tie in two sets of three to four lack hackles either side of hook shank deceiver style. 3) Again in deceiver style place some black bucktail over hackles. 4) Place strands of black Sparkleflash on top of tail section. 5) Wrap rabbit strips from tie down point of bucktail, flash and hackles, along hook shaft for half and a bit of hook shank. Basically like a palmered hackle but with wraps almost on top of each other. Hair folding towards hook bend. 6) Use Gold Sparkleflash to form short single layer collar in front of rabbit fur collar. 7) Form small tapered thread head. 8) Attach bead chain eyes. 9) Complete tapered head, tie off thread. 10) Coat head with layer of epoxy.
Fly Notes Original tied for late evening casting for the Golden Perch (Yellowbelly, Callop) of Somerset Dam near Brisbane, Queensland after noticing I had a lot of black material in the tying cabinet. The rabbit fur collar was originally black feral cat, but that material is not available to everyone. Fly has caught a nice Goodoo (Eastern Cod) in the gorge country of the upper Clarence River, New south Wales. Also troubled a few school Mulloway around the Tweed River bridges in Northern New South Wales, trouble only as most cut me off on the oysters attached to those pylons real quick. I really like using this fly for predators at night and have lots of confidence in it. I must tie some all white/pearl ones for day time use.
Fishing Notes A varied retrieve, with stops is best. As always no hard and fast rules, use a stripping method you are confident with. Target species are Murray Cod & Yellowbelly. In smaller sizes for Australian Bass. In the salt, Mulloway around bridge pylons. I am sure Barramundi and other tropical species would be enticed by this imitation too.
Location Notes Around structure, along the edge of horizontal logs it is dynamite. A great night time fly as it pushes a lot of water and provides a good silhouette from below.
Prey Notes Baitfish representation.
Tier Richard Carter

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