Bream Mad

Productive fishing this time of year is good work well done nice flatty son bm

some good points there stylo i don't often fish side by side with a similar skilled angler using fluoro. but don't think i have expereinced any less hits using mono (leader or straight though) rather than fluoro good point about the rods, that is probably why i love my pro tactic so much because it has a nice soft tip which aids in reducing shock. kl

Definitely with bream on surface lure i would use 4lb braid and a mono leader , this is a situation where long casts are important. Bass fishing on the other hand is a much tighter affair most cast a well less than 10m and Bass have soft mouths as far as missing hookups on surface lures i think it is just par for the course kl

good question mostly top water using HB's thus mono floats better than flouro (braid also floats) 6lb breaking strain kael

Hi Raiders, Thought I would share some recent expriences with different types of fishing line I recently went back to using mono on my river bass rig and must say extremely happy with the results. problem was with braid it was TOO sensitive and was pulling hooks. Did not want the drag backed off to allow the bronze battlers back into their den. Tried increasing leader length which helped but still had problems with knots though guides ect and inconsitent casting. Don't beleive the hype about flourocarbon being less stretchy in all cases than mono, I actually found the opposite. Vanish had more stretch than Sunline mono? So went to Machinegun cast all the way which gives just the perfect amount of shock absorbing to prevent pulled hooks plus casts more accuratly than braid and almost as far (most casts are less than 10m anyway) what i am trying to say is don't just discount mono in favour of flouro or braid, look at each fishing situation and choose the best line for each. the monos and fluro's from Japan are outstanding and over their and in the US are a lot more popular than braids for bass fishing cheers'bm

Hi mate ditto all the advice above i would not go anywhere without a clouser, BMS or charlie in natural colours (lightish). also never discount a bugger in olive as this works ANYWHERE. i have also had success on small olive B/H nymphs for bream remember you are flyfishing so forget lead eyes unless you need them, a more natural sink rate or even neutral bouancy is much more appealing to bream cheers kl

Nice work i heading down there this weekend , was not going to bother with the bream gear , but on second thoughts might hit my fav racks bm

Well done Hodgey!! get stuck into those breambos!! nice fishing, keep up the fine fishing and good pics and reports nice Sol kael

Great work Greg sounds like way to much fun they are such beautiful fish those reds keep pulling them in cheers kael

Nice Brown mate how fat is he!!! looks chock full of baitfish great fish mate, well done kael

Just ordered a new alphas type r and automatically thought i would fill it with braid, however reading articles from tackletour it seems in USA and Japan braid is not realy that popular on baitcasting reels Fluoro carbon seems to get the thumbs up from all up to ITO himself. surely the enhanced sensitivity plus capacity and minimal air resistance would be much more benificial on baitcasters as it is our bream spin gear? am i missing something, why is fluoro more popular on baitcasters? cheers bm

I now use unitika PE braid and it is simply awesome stuff it is very fine 0.09mm for the 12lb saltwater stuff which is finer than any fireline and much smoother. yes it is more prone to windy's and snagging on guides but the positives definitely outway the negatives. i have also used sunline super PE which is very similar, just the colour is a bit too leary cheers bm

Good to hear from you mate. how are those trout going over the mountains? i got in only one trout session last season the bass kept me going though cheers kael

Hi Raiders, After a long and pretty fishless winter it was time to dust of the bass gear for another season of bronze battles headed locally for a quick flick this morning and despite near freezing water temps came up tight to this guy. bring on summer

Great fishing mate go the blades!!! they certainly do have that strong vibration and cast a MILE!! i like them for searchers as you can cover a lot of ground cheers bm

TRY shorter leader and try to cast with the leader already out of the guides SX40's are definitley pretty ordinary on distance, try a chubby much better, or a blade even better again 6lb fireline is pretty stiff and poor for casting light lures, if you must use it try crystal in 2 or 4lb or go to something like sunline super PE and you will see a big difference how long is you rod? longer is better for distance, i favour rods close to 7' cheers bm

variable knot strength is definitely the reason i threw my fireline in the bin no matter what knot i tried the result was not consitant try some other brands from japan such as sunline or unitika which are not that much more expensive $35 for 150m and trust me you won't go back to fireline cheers BM

Nice Bream Roberta great colours as well big bream on the flats are plenty of fun and fight very hard well done on getting out there in winter cheers kael

Nice Bream Cam good work BM

Nice work Cam catching anything on surface lures in winter is a pretty good effort IMO just donuts for me at the moment cheers kael

Hey Mate, I have had a crack at these fish in the past around september and these were big rainbows, basically they were schooled up chasing each other around. after getting over the sight of these fish and having MANY casts with the fly gear it was soon apparent that they were far to preoccupied with trying to spawn than eating. However with that in mind a large rainbow trout lure such as a rapala or xrap might draw a agressive strike. just think of salmon tactics and you are probably in with a chance. you basically have to annoy the fish into a reaction strike cheers kael

Great advice there guys although it is hard to snip off and old fav don't forget vibes as well, the R2S ones in both sizes have caught me plenty of bream and seem better value for money don't know how they can charge $16 for a blade, which is nothing more than a painted bit of metal should be way less than $10 cheers kael

Great EP and stonker bream there mate!! Nice work again on some great fish keep up the fine fishing cheers BM

Hi Jackall and I beleive that tallowa dam is a major problem with migratory bass in the kangaroo river, however I would be bitterly disipointed if there was not a few bass hanging around. Yes it is not the best time of year as they tend to hibernate for the winter, however did get two on the weekend on surface lures and let me tell you the water was colder than any trout stream. give it a go and find out, bass don't always follow the rules cheers bm

Magnificent Trout Dan looks kinda cosy there at TCD sounds like you should have popped in the long wand for the rises good work again cheers kael