Fly Fishing
Owner and operator of Strikezone Fly & Sportsfishing Craig Jenkins has been saltwater fly fishing and fly tying since 1985. We are constantly designing & developing flies that suit the local water and conditions. This development has lead the way to Craig's own fly designs, patterns that work best & catch fish.  We are happy to share our knowllage with clients and other fly enthusiast. If your into saltwater fly tying visit our Fly Recipes  page to see fly tying instuctions for some of  the best flies for the Weipa & Cape York region.  Recipes including flies designed by Craig Jenkins.  With saltwater flyfishing is not a matter of cast a fly into the water and hoping for something to bite your fly, even in Weipa. There is a lot more involved, choosing the right fly, fly lines & leaders not to mention tide, time of day, etc, etc.  This is where years of local knowledge comes into play.  Some of Strikezone Fly & Sportsfishing milestone were the first Milkfish & Permit to be caught on Fly in Weipa waters were by our clients.  If you choose to fish with us you'll be fishing with a ture Weipa local, you can't beat local knowledge!. 

Fly Fishing Fourms, visit our fishing forums for interesting topics on flyfishing including our General flyfishing discussion  page where you'll find topics including tips, techenics, locations, photo's and lots of other topics on flyfishing.

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 Weipa covers the whole spectrum for Fly Fishers from gracefully wading the flats sight casting to a huge range of speices that cruse our beaches to super fast action of casting shooting heads to schools of polagis in a feeding frenzy out in the bluewater "it's all here for you".

There are also Permit & huge schools of Milkfish to 15 kg we come across along our beaches. It takes a dedicated fly fishers to target these fish, it's all worth the time when one takes, dig your toes in the sand and "HANG ON".
See "Milkfish on Fly" article here
 

 

Bluewater
We'll head out the channel markers to cast poppers to three different type of Trevally species including Brassy Trevally, Tea Leaf Trevally and of course the mighty Giant Trevally. Then we'll sink shooting heads to the bottom for huge Golden Trevally, Cobia, Black Jew & many more. Our channel markers guide the huge oar ships into port these also are a safe haven for huge schools of bait and where there's bait there's predators.

Mackerel, Giant Trevally, Giant Herring, Queenfish, Cobia and Long Tail Tuna cruise the shallow reefs, the sea birds give them away. As we get closer you start to see the massive splashes from the feeding fish. Cast the fly in to the schools and strip as fast as you can.
 

 

 

Recommended Fly Fishing Tackle

For fishing Flats, Beaches, Creeks & Rivers, 6 to 10 wt rods with intermediate and floating lines are ideal.

Flies: For these areas include Poppers, Deceivers, Bend Backs, Pink Things, Clousers & Delbergs. Tied on 1/0 to 4/0 hooks. One of the best flies is the good old White Clouser "They will catch anything & every thing!"

 

Reels should carry a minimum of 200 meters of backing, large arbor reels are perfect.

Leader material 8 kg fluocarbon for Permit & Milkfish. 15 to 20 kg shock leaders for most other fishing.
 
Out on the Blue water
Rods 10 to 12 wt rods with sinking lines and/or shooting heads (450 grams or more).

Flies for blue water including surf candies, flashy profiles & streamer fly tied 
4/0 to 8/0 extra stong hooks. Click Fly Recipes  for great Weipa flies.

Shock leaders 20 to 40 kg.

Reels Must carry a minimum of 200 meters of backing, good drag systems is also an advantage.

Best choice: Ideally would be to bring three rods. 8 weight rod with a floating line, a 9 weight with an intermediate line and a 10 to 12 weight with a fast sinking line. Spare lines are also a good idea.

 

If you would like to target Giant Trevally on fly, bring big flashy profiles or streamers flies 6-8 inches long tied to 6/0 to 8/0 hooks & a fly rod to cast them!
 
Our Tackle we don't supply fly rods, reels or lines. However our tackle boxes are full of the best flies for the area, so don't worry if you are unsure of your fly selection, these flies are supplied at cost price, if lost.

 

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