KG whiting on fly

[keep_itsimple]

Has anyone had any luck and what fly can you use for them

[Rusty Hooks]

I haven't tried but saw a worm fly once. It had 2 hooks tied into a red lenght of material. looked pretty good. Its in the mo catalouge. they call it a whiting grub.

[Simonosy]

Never heard of anyone who has done it before but if you do succeed, SHOW US PICTURES. Would be a pretty epic capture.... good luck!

[Brad Y]

Working on it for a while now, got plenty of flies in different patterns done up, just got to get on the water to my shallow water KG spot.

[Breamobsession]

I would be very keen to see some pics of this, never heard of this before either. Even just pics of kg's on lures, does not seem a common occurance. I've caught only a handful on wrigglers in kg country, but would love to know if they can actually be a reliable catch on fly or lures.

[redrocket]

I have caught plenty on berkly worms in camo colour but have never tried on fly. I reckon ur best bets would be a worm fly or a fly tied to look like a mussel and fish it in a burly trail. The other option could be a bass yabbie fly fished over yabbie beds as the tide rises.
Good luck mate, in fishing anything is possible, u might even discover a whole new style of fishing

[4weightfanatic]

There's a fly called a Wooly Worm that sounds similar to the whiting grub. If you've got them feeding well on squid or cockles and they are schooled up well they may even go a sinking "bread" style fly using something like polar fibre tied like an undulating mass if that makes sense. There are many trying to crack the code on yellowfin whiting which are alot more fly friendly habitat wise but if you do on KG's everyone will want to know. A real challenge. Pat.

[h2OBream]

I have worm flies that i have tied by hand to make look like a blood worm. The back has a peice of styrofoam sort of material so the rear part of the worm floats upward and the front has the dumbell eyes to make it sink i will try and post some pictures..

Regards

H2o

[tomd]

I caught a few on fly about 30yrs ago at Coffin Bay SA from the ledge on a worm style fly.

size 8, tail red marabou, body red plastic rafia with tinsil rib, peacock herl head.

[keep_itsimple]

I've caught heaps on plastics (2" camo worm). I'll have a look for worn fly now. I want to buy a kit shortly to start my fly tieing

[salty-stu]

Iv caught quite a few on fly, both in the ocean and eastury.the first time i had success i was using a crazy charlie style pattern with polar fluff in yellow and the smallest size bumb bell eyes in gold,hook size 6.its a pretty sparse fly but fluffy.they we're coming right up off the bottom to mow it down in clear 6-8meters of water.i was pretty suprised how fast the strip had to be...pretty must as fast as you can single hand strip but keeping them short.
the other times iv caught them is wading and casting into channels using a very standard clouser,once again small gold bumbell eyes and white over white polar fluff. yes, that fur does tangle into a matted mess after an half hour of casting but its so easy to tie and so effective i just keep heaps in the box.some tied with a clear flash and a tan flash in others.the inlet whiting seem to come to a more relaxed twitchy retrieve with pauses and an intermediate line keeps it in the zone..... hope that helps, stu

[Brad Y]

Stu I rather like your way of thinking. Now I have the boat, Im coming to visit you SOON.

[Breamobsession]

Originally Posted by salty-stu

Iv caught quite a few on fly, both in the ocean and eastury.the first time i had success i was using a crazy charlie style pattern with polar fluff in yellow and the smallest size bumb bell eyes in gold,hook size 6.its a pretty sparse fly but fluffy.they we're coming right up off the bottom to mow it down in clear 6-8meters of water.i was pretty suprised how fast the strip had to be...pretty must as fast as you can single hand strip but keeping them short.
the other times iv caught them is wading and casting into channels using a very standard clouser,once again small gold bumbell eyes and white over white polar fluff. yes, that fur does tangle into a matted mess after an half hour of casting but its so easy to tie and so effective i just keep heaps in the box.some tied with a clear flash and a tan flash in others.the inlet whiting seem to come to a more relaxed twitchy retrieve with pauses and an intermediate line keeps it in the zone..... hope that helps, stu

Any pics stu? would love to see them if you have any.

[Ratbags]

I've had some success on a pattern similar to the san juan worm, however the one I use has 2 hooks. I found the stinger had a better hook up rate.

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[mitchmcm]

one fly made by the MAN (peter morse) that works well on whiting is morsies whitting popper. shallow water, weed egdes, long leader tippet and constant retrieve equals whitting. check out fly life forum there there is a fair bit of stuff there.

mitch