My Top Five Fly Fishing Websites

I spend a fair bit of time on the web for researching work stuff and uni study but a lot of it is looking at fly fishing websites. I love watching saltwater fly fishing videos while working on my uni research, writing essays or marking my students tests and work. I am also after new fly tying techniques or patterns for my own use or just the tying experience
Some sites get visited only once, but a few become regularly multi-daily visited sites
So here is my top five fly fishing websites (or forums or blogs) that I visit the most

1. Fly Dreamers
This is a Facebook type site of fly fishing photography/video and more. Articles, interviews, fly tying, great images of some of the most beautiful places in the world and the fish to be caught in them. It changes rapidly due to the huge number of contributors and images being uploaded from right around the globe.
So when you find an angler or two who spark your interest - you can 'follow' them to ensure you don't miss anything of your favourite subjects. It is also great place to store a few of your favourite images and gain inspiration for your next outing.

2. NT Fly Fishers Social Mob
The Mob are a social group of dedicated fly fishers who are passionate about fly fishing in the tropical north of Australia and equally as passionate about the close camaraderie this sport brings. The blog site is an interactive and creative outlet where everyone in the social mob can share our wonderful fly fishing adventures. There are a couple of fly fishers contributing to the blog, who fish all the time and get results.
This blog is here at number 2 due to it being locally based here in Darwin and very relevant to my location - which may not make it onto the top five lists of others living in other areas - but always something to inspire or learn from at the very least.
Mostly trip reports, but gives great insight into what's taking flies and where around Darwin. Two or three main contributors including a local fly fishing guide (I have in the past regularly). Occasionally a fly tying post to round off the blog fishing report information.

3. Australian Saltwater Flyfishing Forum
This chat site has some of the best saltwater fly fishers in Australia contributing to it (and some of the newest). Flies, locations, reports, a chat room for everything saltwater fly (even a speckled feral (trout) corner tucked in there some where). Newbies to long time anglers most welcome.
Posts tend to focus on Australian species and locations but would be of benefit to any international SWOFFER (Aussie slang for a Salt Water Fly FishER). In the vast majority, ask a question on species, location or fly - and get valuable help in return. The brag board is a good place to see what's currently being caught and on what - and report on your own outings in the briny waters.




4. Catch e-magazine 
Catch e-magazine has to be the most inspiring fly fishing site bar none! (well maybe Fly Dreamers)
The photography and video clips are unsurpassed in quality.
Comes out every two months, the subscription of $12 is thoroughly undervalued (also gives you access to all back issues).
If you are creating a bucket list of 'must fish' places - this is the site to start the gathering of information.

5. tides4fishing.com/au
This is my most visit site for planning outings. Tide timing is vitally important here is Darwin as anywhere in the salt. With above 7 meters of movement at times, tidal movement and it's impact on the various targeted species - thus site is a must. i am not too bothered by the solar-luna information about the best days and hours to fish but it is interesting at the least.