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The prevailing NE wind at this time of year signals warm water arriving and with it comes a host of fish to do fishy things; anchovies and pilchards run and spawn as do snapper and post spawning & juvenile kingfish chase the bait and so it goes. The charter guys are reporting surges of male snapper schools, not super hot workups just yet but encouraging all the same. We are probably only a few weeks from kingis turning up on the marker buoys in the harbour, so time to get ready for them again. I can't sit and tie lots of flies anymore so just roll 2 or 3 off the vice at a time. Noticed I'm running short of SL12s in 4/0 so will have to order more.

The generic Mega Mushy is easy to tie and gets my tick as the #1 kingfish fly... my #1 anyhow. It flows and has nice flash in the water.