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I'm going to have a crack at making my own lures(skirted).After recently finding out from some mates in the States what it's going to cost me to replace some of my old favourites if I were to loose them (well over US$400 each for some of them), I'm going to try & make some copies to use.So if theirs anyone on FR that makes their own lures I'd really like to hear what resin/hardener & mould material you use/recommend. Cheers Ryan

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Their wasn't from memory but I'll have to get them to check if any guides are loose,the older sabres at a store at the moment getting the epoxy touched up,I just thought that underbound rods made a little crunch like noise when loaded up & never worried about it,.10+years ago I would have never considered buying a production rod,if anyone remembers those brittle Penn rods or how weak the Beast master ones were.I noticed with the Shimano TCurve's the rollers are never quite inline on mine & everyone else's I've seen, but they look fine when new (still I'm not complaining for around $400 it's been a good rod considering how much ruff use its had ).While on the subject would anyone Know if the Pacific Composites blanks from the late 90s were the same as the Sabres,they look & feel identical.

My 2 Sabres are bound like that,you can also here a slight creaking like noise when you load them up.

Cheers for the replies I had to go to Sydney because none of my locals had them & the Ultras were on back order (Nov). The Wilson Venom looked great but I couldn't justify $1400+ when the Tiagra Ultra was less than half the price at$640 with a similar blank etc.Couldn't get over how light they feel compared to my T'curve,Sabre etc.

Has anyone on FR tried any of the new stand up rods by Shimano or Wilson.(Tiagra Ultra 50/80 or Wilson RLFVGS24 Venom Game 24kg) I was looking at getting a new 24kg stick so if anyone has used one or both I'd love to hear any pos/neg opinions on them. Cheers

10kg block of trap pillies for cubes & a couple of 2kgblocks of WA for bait usually has us covered for 1/2 a day at least.

Thanks for the replies.I agree it will need some lift,& being unweighted a single hook facing up sounds like a good place to start. Their was also another Bob Schneider lure among them ,a 11inch lightly weighted plunger shape.I havn't been able to find out anywhere what model it is (added a photo if anyone knows). I'll hopefully be giving them both a run on the nth coast next (long) weekend.

I was recently given a lure called a Yap & was wondering if anyone on F/R has used one or knows anyone who has.I was particularly interested in the best way to rig it,mainly because the line tube runs along the top of the head,but unlike Marlinstars etc it looks like it's meant to swim upright.From my web search they sound very popular with the yanks but nothing on hook setting. Any advice would be great Cheers.

Wangi Pt's fairly deep(for LakeMq),I havn't fished Wangi area much recently but did get some decent Tailer trolling small divers,on a couple of trips around this time last year(mid June'ish).At Blacksmiths ramp last week, the estuary blokes were cleaning alot of lizards,whiting & arrow squid.My neighbour is still getting a few Blue swimmers in that area,

Hello everyone,I'm planning on taking my boat to Coffs for a few days next week & was hoping someone might have fished there this month or care to share any recent reports they've heard. Cheers Ryan