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Aaah soo, Grasshopper, wisdom is gained at fishraider they would be blackfish

Drummer,???? or blackfish

I use the ear plugs, they make a nice fly and I get em free at work they dont paint well though

Woo Hoo thats a beauty

I think Ive seen them at Fish Outa Water at Brookvale, could also ring ottos flyfishing

I think a mob from the south coast called Edencraft have the molds

Allright, the weathers warming up, the fishing gear is all serviced, the boats been serviced and tidied up, most off the chores around the house have been knocked over in the winter months, time to start planning special trips and targets What are the goals and aspirations of the Fishraider crew this season. I would love to catch a Marlin from the Pogoboat, a decent jewie, more dollies on fly, more kings from pittwater (especially on fly) and more work on bread and butter species, bream, flathead whitiing on fly Who else has spent the cold months gearing up and planning a first of species or improving a PB and what are they Regards POGO

Mate Ild love to, Saw in another post that one of your goals is marlin, we might have to team up for a stickface effort, Ive been gradually gearing up for a major assault this year. This years big goals are a jewie, (any size but the bigger the better), first marlin, more dollies on fly and more kings from pitwater (more use out of the downrigger) Also been reading up on using the downrigger for trolling marlin baits. and more work on SP and fly. and just getting out more full stop Have a great first outing on the new boat. Regards POGO

Its a Laurie Anderson song, called "let x=x" I can see Newport reef and out to sea from my verandah and those lines in the song always make me think of how I feel going fishing. Particularly early in the morning, you know when the horizon is just starting to show with that pale blue violet colour about 45 minutes before sunrise

If its any help I think whitworths carry a stainless fitting that doubles as a water scoop, that is the pump mounts ona plate that has a water scoop under it

Was having a yarn with my next door neighbour and we were trying to decide when a jewie is a jewie. That is when do they stop being a soapie. Start being a schoolie and then become a jewie We thought around 4-5 kg, and around 10 to 12 kg What do you reckon

Like swoffa, a hose down as I wash the boat, tighten drags to prevent water getting in and tighten up the hose nozzle so you get a fine mist. then I have some stuff called SaltX that I bought at the boat show a couple of years ago, its supposed to be a salt neutraliser, I give the rods and reels a spray with it from a spray bottle and shake off excess. Also drop all used lures, hooks, swivels etc in a little bucket with some of that stuff in it as well. Seems to work, no corrosion on reels, and I havent had to replace rusted trebles for ages,

Woo Hooooo Congratulations to you and the new Mrs Clutch. Soon the patter of feet of little clutchlets and its goodbye to spending up at Basspro

I am not familiar with the reel Alex, can you cast with it as well. If so I might have a deal for you, I have an spare brand new diawa procaster pitching stick, 7'6 for 17 to 30lb line that has the telescoping butt so its easy to store in your boat ( the main part of the rod about 6' slides into the butt section about 18'') I bought two for a good price OS recently and decided after that I only really need one.("really need" is pushing the envelope a little ) Got it for exactly the sort of things you want to do with it, but also casting big poppers, and minnows into washes and using big SP's and jigs drop me a PM if youre interested

Where is the report on the big Vegas trip Clutch If all went to plan you should have a great catch in the keeper net for good How was the big day Also hope you took your camera to the Silverton Bass Pro Best wishes POGO

WOOOO HOOOOO Arent queenies a bunch of fun when they get airborne, Havent caught one for ages, since I lived in Weipa, we used to get them like that around the channel markers on poppers

try the canes that they use for the shish kebabs they come in a couple of diameters the thicker ones are better, about 2 mm and around 22cms long, or if you have the ability to turn them down cheap cane chopsticks work to but they are usually a bit to thick If you buy one packet you'll have enough for a lifetime of floats regards POGO

Are you sure its a brown, The yanks have a couple of other critters that grow to that size

Just checked my roster, I can do 29/30 Oct Afternoon Sun 16/10 be jetlagged though or Sat 22/10 til about 1.30 regards POGO

Subject to not being away at work, I'll come along and can bring some extra outfits for people to try. I can also help with demonstrating the basics, and I'm not bad at fault recognition. Probably cause Ive got so many of my own

They have been getting the odd fish spinning from North Whale rocks and a couple have come in of the northern end of hole in the wall

If you dont like half hitching your trace around your bait, try a product that you can get from tackle shop called "Baitmaster" I think It's like a stretchy cotton thread on a little spool and costs about 2 bucks I use it on pillies to help stop them falling apart and on cut baits to make a neat compact bait if I'm casting for max range. works a treat

My you are a blood thirsty little monkey arent you

How do we get some in Pittwater, can you imagine the kingie action if we had half a dozen artificial reefs

G'day madsmac, Split the difference and get a 7 wt, it will be plenty of rod up to salmon, dollies and rat kings and will be a good rod for lake and large stream trout, and will do the job on small streams. The key thing with rods is that the design line weight is with the rod casting 30 feet of line, so by definition if you are starting to cast more than that ( and you will after a short while) that is the same as casting a heavier line over a shorter range. and vice versa that is a lighter line over a longer range. Most modern graphite fly rods will quite happily cast a line either side of their nominated weight and will adequately cast two line wts either side. Ive got a 9'6 7wt and it casts a five wt line well, particularly at longer ranges and casts a sinking six wt out of sight and over lining one wt helps in windy conditions or bulky flies. I also use this rule on my other flyrods, I often use a 5wt line on my 4wt rods to get a bit more carry into the wind or to turn large flies and have occasionally used 6wt when fishing very small streams where the casts rarely use more than 10 ft of flyline (doesnt sound much but 8ft rod + 10 ft of flyline + 7 to 10 odd ft of leader =25 feet, and on a lot of small streams that would put your fly onto the pool above the one your fishing) I've always found the 7 to be a useful allrounder, later on if the bug really bites you will find yourself getting more rods and the next most useful steps are a 4wt or 5wt for trout and a 9/10 wt for heavy or tropical saltwater. Spend the big bucks on a rod, next bucks on the line and then the reel. Hmmmmm reading all this makes me wonder why I have so many fly rods 2x4, 2x6, 1x7, 1x9, 1x 11 and a 6/7 15 ft spey and worse I would like more