Report from Jarrid Gilfillan
Garrick/Leervis
- Ideal Rod: 8 - 9wt
Leader: Straight 15lb to 25lb Maxima Ultragreen or Fluorocarbon
Flies: Flippers, Stellas, Clousers or other baitfish patterns
- Technique: In most cases, the fly is fished quite fast with an underarm “roly-poly” retrieve. However, if you see fish occasionally chasing your fly but not committing, you can vary the retrieve, making it either faster or slower.
Shad/Elf
Ideal Rod: 8 - 9wt
Lines: Floating and intermediate
Leader: Straight 15lb to 25lb Maxima Ultragreen or Fluorocarbon, with the last 10-15cm being knottable wire
Flies: Flippers, Stellas, Clousers or other baitfish patterns
- Technique: Similar to Leervis/Garrick.
Kob/Kabeljou
Ideal Rod: 9wt (you can get by with an 8wt too)
Lines: Intermediate
Leader: Straight 15lb to 25lb Ultragreen
Flies: Kob Whistler, heavy Clousers
- Technique: We want to fish the fly close to the bottom. Cast the fly out and count to 10, then start with a slow but firm strip. If you can feel the bottom, on your next cast, do a 15-second count. Repeat this process until you know you’re fishing close to the seabed.
Grunter/Knorhaan
Ideal Rod: 7wt or 8wt
Lines: Floating
Leader: See formula below
Flies: Floating prawn imitations (Ironman, AGA, Turd Fly, etc.), Jam flies, Shawn, Spook Vlieg, and small olive-over-white Clousers.
- Technique: Spend more time praying for the fish to eat than casting! Lead the fish out quite a bit if you’re sight fishing to it. If you’re blind casting with a surface fly, do a slow figure-of-8 retrieve and just stay in contact.
Grunter Leader Formula
- (Based on Maxima Ultragreen or similar leader material)
75cm of 25lb
65cm of 20lb
55cm of 15lb
45cm of 12lb
- 160cm of 8lb fluoro
Saltwater Flies Available & Club Discount
Pierre kindly left us with a selection of saltwater flies, which we are now selling to members. If you are interested in stocking up your fly box for the season, please reach out to Jarrid!
If you need any Maxima Green, please follow the above process.
Saltwater Flies
