Whiting Fly Swap Summer will be soon upon us, time for east coast whiting species to gather in large numbers in our local shallow estuaries. A truly viable fly target, a tenacious fighter, and not too bad on the plate either. I consider them miniature Florida Bonefish and hold them with as much high regard as a sportfish as I would bonefish. Given that they are readily available to most anglers, so much the better. What's the fly you will be tying on your leader this summer. Swap it here and get a few more fly patterns to tie ready for the whiting season in your area.

Participants

The Tiers	Pattern	Comments
1. Richard Carter	Standing Yabby	This is a pattern design a while ago, after observing how saltwater yabbies react when placed in an aquarium of predators like bream, whiting and trevally. Their swimming action, defensive manoeuvres and escape mechanisms helps us design this fly. Originally tied large for Hervey Bay and its golden trevally, when tied in the smaller sizes it is great on east coast Whiting and other estuarine species.
2. Ken	Charlie Chuckles	Hook 34007 Mustad SS Size 4, flat waxed thread, wing, FL, chartreuse kiptail with a dash of pale olive pearl polarflash. May work well on bream and flathead.
3. Grant	Bloodworm	This is a simple fly to tie and one I find very good for whiting and picks up the odd mullet bream and flatties.
4. Grant Marshall	Pink Crazy Charlie	Nothing special but it works on whiting a good percentage of the time in pink, sometimes in white. I got my very first whiting on one of these so its remained a favourite with me. I tie it with all fine fibre synthetics for better movement and small nickle eyes for a little weight.
5. Kevin McDonald	Bead-chain Crab	This is a neat little pattern I got from a Florida fly swap. It's easy to tie and durable. Just cast it into the foamy water at your feet where the sand whiting live, let it tumble around and just watch the action.
6. Richard Carter	Two hook Bloodworm	A recently written about pattern in several Australian magazines, but my version has a unique worm body material you may find interesting with more than just this application.
7. Richard Carter	Cinder Worm	A US worm pattern that our whiting sub-species don't mind either. A fair bit of by-catch in flathead, bream and trevally too.
8. Dean Hamilton	Sand Worm	Not another worm pattern I hear you all say!! Well yep it is, and it has worked well on my local population, so hopefully it will be of some use to other keen flats fishers.
9. Robert Morger	Sili Shrimp	A lot like your silicone hackle shrimp but with a few twists. Fish it in the first gut right where the waves roll in and everything gets stirred up.
10. Shaun Branden	Fleeing Nipper	After looking at Romana's fleeing crayfish pattern (from the warm water swap) swim, we realised that a very realistic nipper pattern could be made in a similar style. hope you agree.

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