wazatherfisherman

Hi Pete when I read your PM I was wondering if the spot was what we were told- a dairy/butter factory. There was a state estuary comp there (Shoalhaven) and our "spies" told us about the gluten, if you didn't have it, you wouldn't have a chance in the comp. I didn't fish that one, but heaps of amazing fish were caught, mainly around the factory. Our guys didn't run in the first three (teams event) but it (the bait) was discussed at the club meeting prior to the event

Hi JohnD yes caught plenty of mixed sized Jews and some decent Kings on them. Also been "destroyed" by massive Kings at both north and south Curracurrang on big Pike. At the "gulf" at south Curracurrang had awesome sized fish take Pike floating upside down on the surface- they know they're still alive, regardless of "floating" I believe one of the reasons larger Kingfish cruise the edges, is looking for Pike, as Noel says above you have to be ready when putting one out as they are fragile when handled. Jew on the other hand, seem to like "smelly" foods- Yakka's, Tailor, Luderick, Pike and Cockie's, Mullet and beach worms all have distinct strong smells. Interesting RickMarlin has also caught Longtails on them

Pike -we called them sabre tooth as well- best live bait for big Kings and great for Jew as well, even when they play dead (usual "tactics")

Sounds like a great day! Nice photo's for the album too!

They were a bloody good lure too!

Excuse the engraving?? They look great to me!! What a good idea to have 2 weights in same size Inventing/making is a great talent to have and you Frank are highly skilled at both. Thanks for calling them waza wobblers too, cheered me up greatly! Regards Waza

Great bunch of reels there SquidMarks! I had one of the original geared Alvey's but same problem with inertia and lost a lot of lures snagged on the bottom, so got rid of it cheaply. Rare collectors reel now. 50A5E is a fantastic Bream reel as well as Luderick reel

Alvey 650 C3 Cedar spool with "Rosewood" stain- non-reversing star drag model

Another Alvey 650A5 Bakelite spool -the most common size used on the beach

This is the reel Green Hornet is after spool is considerably narrower than most Alvey's

Hi SquidMarks the one in the picture hasn't been in production for a fair while but was a big seller for both Luderick and Bream fishers. In my opinion a better Bream reel is yet to be found

Thanks mate love home made fishing tackle and I've seen the quality of your inventions/creations!

Some of the regular used Alvey's from left to right bottom row- 650A5 (obscured) 600A5 Fibreglass then Bakelite, 50A5E Luderick, 600A5 Bakelite, 600A5 again in shelf in front of Alvey picture then 651E5 live bait reel- E5 Drag has handles on the spool,Non-using collectables- green one is a 600A5 "VB" edition then a "Bundy Rum" model, then 600A5 lightweight, Top row 700A5 next not an Alvey, then Cedar 450, Cedar Rosewood stain 550 then 450 Silky Oak

An early model Alvey brass and bakelite spool

A near mint 550 A3 Cedar with the Rosewood stain, reel is in great condition but box has seen better days

Wonder Wobbler also came in a blue and white box, wrapped in white paper- not Walker Wobbler I know,, but first lure I cast out and caught a fish on, so special place in my fishing history

Maybe Bill Way? Not sure of surname spelling, but he was Nat Nat's I think

Cool reel Baz! Never seen one before- thanks for posting it

Hi Frank you are a master inventor! That sounds like a bloody awesome idea- my housemate here just said that's millions of dollars to the right market and he doesn't play golf! - I only say the golf club analogy to people who shake their heads at my fishing collection.

Hi Frank yes Mullatt got it - Jarvis Walker - Alpha also made one with the red plastic tag. Love the nice edges on your one though. As you know, trying to get lures off the ground is difficult! (just ask me!!) You should still make some though, I bet a lot of old members would like a few (including me!) Fishing history brought back to life- love it!

Golfers don't go out with one club is my favourite when questioned!

My motto used to be "you can never have too much fishing gear" but I actually have way too much now

Hi again no mine were MT 9108's one built for Alvey LBG and the other untrimmed for Pigs. Still have a trimmed JS 980 jig stick or maybe 2 of them

Totally understand changing blanks, I had 2 x different 9108's but they were stolen with almost the entire contents of a garage at Carramar many years ago- lost heaps of irreplaceable gear to the thieves, have always kept an eye out for those in particular as I bound an 18 inch diamond on one and a 6 colour intricate chevron on the other and have my name on them under epoxy- as I used to fish all over the place, always hoped to see someone using one that I could use to trace back to whoever stole them- hence my sympathy for others who have suffered this low act. The reason I stayed with the 9 wrap was we lifted fish about 3 mtr's much of the time, you wouldn't be doing that with today's blanks. Fibreglass still has strength qualities over graphite etc

Yes we had a few oyster bottle hand lines in the basket too