Richie

Hi Guy's (and Gal's) I was just going through my SP bag and I got thinking. I thought I might put the contents of my kit up here and maybe see if anyone else would put theirs up. Squidgy Spin 7' (2-4kg line, 2-12g cast weight) Okuma Mystique 2000 3" Folding knife Baby-Nail Scissors Long-Nose Pliers 30+ Sunscreen Seamstress' Measuring Tape Cloth Nappy Heavy Duty Garbage Bag Mesh Berley Bag 20m Cord First-Aid Kit Can of John West Sardines in oil Berkley Fireline 4lb smoke Siglon Tough 8lb Mono Berkley Vanish 10lb Flouro Berkley Vanish 8lb Flouro Gamakatsu Round size 2 Hook: 1/32oz, 1/22oz, 1/16oz, 1/8oz Gamakatsu Round size 1/0 Hook: 1/8oz Gamakatsu size 2 "Dropshot" (Unweighted) Owner Weedless size 4 Hook: Unweighted, Round 1/16oz TT Size 1 Hook 1/12oz Bullet Head Nitro Size 4 Hook 1/24oz Bullet Head Daiwa Worm Hook Size 1 (Unweighted) Squidgies Size 2 Hook Resin Head Atomic 2" Grubs: Amber, Avocado Gold, Brown Crawdad, Chartreuse Berkley 2" Minnow: Watermelon, Chartreuse Berkley 3" Minnow: Bloodworm, Watermelon Berkley 2" Hawg: Watermelon Berkley Gulp 2" Grub: Pumpkinseed Berkley Gulp 5" Worm: New Penny Squidgies Fish 60mm: Gary Glitter Squidgies Flickbait 85mm: Flash Prawn Ecogear Eyeball Tail: Deep Red Yum Shad Scent Spray Ecogear SX-40 (SH Guppy flavour) 2 x Surecatch 3": Orange, Transparent Yellow All this fits neatly into my Daypack with a loaf of stale bread and 2 liters of water (next trip I'm taking more water!). Cheers, Richie.

I tried it about 14 years ago up at Tangalooma with great success. The only drawback was when I was swimming back, a small hammerhead came at me. We both came out pretty well... The shark got the fish and I learned to walk on water...

Hi Madsmc, I'm not particularly set on any brand, if the Innovator doesn't really offer a rank beginner any less than the Loomis and is cheaper... Warpig, it's about $380 including reel and line. I already have a reel though. Pogo, be thankful you got into fishing before you started your fam, I did it the other way... Also, flyline... I've noticed that some flylines cost almost as much as an Innovator! Where is the middle ground here? What's good value? Thanks again. Richie.

Hi Guy's I'm looking at a G. Loomis "Rainbrook" #6 fly rod. What are peoples opinions? I've never picked up a fly rod before. Thanks, Richie.

I was thinking of doing the walk from Cowan, Berowra won out cause I'm trying to get familiar with Cowan Creek and the path to ATB seemed to cover more of it. I did find a few potential "Spot X's" and I spied some spots that I think would produce if I could find a way to get to them... Getting a lift on a boat sounds like a good idea, but I've got no idea about boatiquette... the closest thing I've been on was a Ferry (Oh, and a water taxi once ) I've only got seriously into fishing in the last few months. I would have taken pics if I had'v remembered that my phone has a camera in it... Especially that Tailor! I didn't know they jumped! Next time I plan on getting back down there in a fortnight. How and what time I get down there is dependent on whether I get the car off the missus. This weekend I'm on call, so no fishing for me

They reckon it's something like 8kms. It felt like way more cause at the beginning from Berowra and the end to Mt Ku-ring-gai have bits that are way steep, I'm glad I had a rod bag and backpack. It's a nice walk. Take lot's of water. 2lt *just* lasted me trip... Next time I take more.

Hi Guys, I walked from Berowra to Appletree Bay yesterday. I got to Berowra station at around midday and left Mt Ku-ring-gai station at around 6pm. I managed to add a new species to my soft plastic hit list and I got my first fish on a hard body! At Waratah I tried all the structure I could see for nought. I walked around to the next bay. I found a nice rock ledge in the shade. After a bite to eat for myself, I cast out a Gulp Sand-worm in New Penny. After a few light jigs, it got hit with no hookup. This happened about 5 times, so I cut the worm in half and put th jig in the cut end. I was on. A pretty 28cm Whiting. A few more casts told me that it was time to move. The next bay was being used by a couple of nuts flinging their boats around, being generally noisy. So I walked past it. After the noisy bay, I found a spot on another rock ledge. My sp's were being mauled by Leatherjackets (some pretty big ones too) so I tied on a sx-40 (Sydney Guppy) I bought at Otto's big sale on impulse. I fanned out, trying different retrieves. I was in the middle of a fast retrieve when I got a strike. At the end of a good little fight I had a 35cm Tailor. I noticed in the last stage of the fight, a monster Bream came out from under the ledge to pester the Tailor! Nothing I could do would convince him to eat anything I offered! This was the first time I've caught anything on a hard body! The next bay had limited land based spots, so my last port of call was a spot I've fished a few times with no luck. There is a sunken tree there and if you sunglass it at low tide, there are a heap of Bream there. I'd picked up a few new tricks to try there, just last week I caught my first sp Bream up at Wallis Lake. I grabbed a 85mm Squidgey Flickbait in Flash Prawn. Lo and behold, I pulled in a little 20cm Bream off the bottom (The Wallis Bream was bigger but I didn't measure it as two bloody big pelicans were attacking me for the fish... The fish got away, I didn't!) All the commotion must have scared off anything else. I went to ATB, rinsed off, packed up and went home. All fish were caught on nitro 1/24 bullet jigheads and all fish were released. I spent more time walking than fishing, but what fishing I got in was good. Plus I've broken my Cowan Creek drought Cheers fellas, Richie. PS; today my legs are killing me!

A big fat zero for me this morning at ATB. No biggie though as it was a scouting mission. I got there at 5.00am at low tide so I could spy out any likely looking structure I could hit on another day when the tide was high. I found enough to make today worthwhile. Geez there was a thick fog aound though. Anyway, during my wander (I made it around to the next bay along the path) I spied some monster bream. Casting 1/16 was splashing enough to spook the fish so I changed down to 1/22. Now I could cast to these leviathans. All was well until I started to retrieve, it would scare the larger fish away! Didn't matter what retrieve I tried, or what sp I used. I left at 9.30 as I promised SWMBO I'd be home at 10. Atomic Avocado 2" fat grubs got a really good reaction from the smaller bream. Watermelon 2" and 3" power minnows aroused the leatherjackets as well. Anything with a red or brown tinge got a cool reception. Has anyone else noticed that a 1/16 is not enough to get a squidgy paddletail or grub to work on the drop? I need to work on my technique - are there any sp fisho's going out next saturday or sunday to ATB, Figtree or anywhere else Northside (as long as they can tell me how to get there... I only know ATB and FTB) and wouldn't mind a curious onlooker? Cheers guy's, Richie.

Thanks for the info. I was a bit worried that all the rain would turn the fish off, but I'll try anyway. Appletree and Figtree are two of my favorite spots. Nothing huge has come out of either spot, but they both offer a relaxing morning by the water... The session is sunday sunrise now, I need to buy some more jig-heads and maybe some other "needed" items. I reckon they call it terminal tackle cause after the missus finds out how much you've spent she kills you...

Hi Guy's, Saturday morning I was either going to go down to Appletree Bay or Figtree Bridge and have a flick around. What effect will the rain have on the fish? Thank's! Richie.