Fisherlady

Lovely unique gifts to treasure.

Lovely little story to read Derek. Sounds like an enjoyable time was had. 😀

Wow, they look awesome! Congrats.

The look on the little fella's face: priceless. He'll remember that day for a lifetime. Love seeing posts like these. 💝

Nice work!

Just spotted this post sorry @Pickles. It is just the two of us heading off to Oberon this weekend. Appreciate the kind offer, and looking forward to catching up as per our messaging. 🙂

Thank you @Mike Sydney. All packed and just about to leave. 😁

Greetings @Pickles. So happy you reached out. We are actually neighbours. I'm at Londonderry, and I tend to grocery shop at Richmond. We are heading to Oberon for this weekend. We would surely love to meet up for a chat, and we'd be up for fishing too. I'll flick you a pm with my number. Kind regards FL

Thank you @Yowie. Appreciate the advice on the Tailor. Might try eating the next one if under 40cm and add some lemon juice to a marinade perhaps. I will look up and check minimum size if any. 😊 @BigHorse You are most welcome. As a Mum of two teens in high school, I love hearing that you are out and about fishing, and I also love seeing you interacting with society in a great way on raiders. Alas, despite my best efforts, mine are more intent on their PlayStations at this point in time. 😒 I'll be sure to take the advice of Yowie and yourself in relation to bleeding the fish. It is not something I have done yet, but I watched a You Tube video on it just recently. Not the nicest aspect of things, but better I learn to do it the most appropriate way. We've got no plans to give up on the worms just yet either. I'll be cheering you on for your next attempt. I'm looking forward to seeing more fishing reports from you, and also a post that shouts out - "I did it" in relation to catching your first worm.

Mr Fisherlady and I have had two good attempts at getting beach worms, but so far we've come up donuts. On our second attempt, one very kind passerby who was jogging the beach on the way to meet his wife, stopped to give us some pointers, and pulled up a ripper worm in the short time he had, that went on to land us some nice fish. We've found one spot on the Northern beaches where they are hanging out, but it is probably not the greatest spot as it drops off more than we would like, even at low tide. Our attempts are more like an opportunity to get drenched prior to heading off fishing with other bait. We've watched a few video's, and will watch the one above thank you @mjbsyd. We are not ready to give up yet. Mr Fisherlady managed to get his fingers on one during our second attempt, so I count that as progress. 😅 @BigHorse Thank you for the fishing report. Are you after the tailor for bait, or eating? Hubby caught one recently, but we used it as bait. I am just wondering how tailor go as an eating fish... Well, I'm looking forward to your next fishing report. Cheers FL

Thank you @frankS. I will change the soil when we arrive. 🙂

😂🤣😅🤣Love it! @motiondave Thank you for reaching out. Sounds like we would have a bit to talk about in relation to raising boys etc. It's good that you give your wife an opportunity for a reprieve. As much as we love our babies, it can become a bit much sometimes if there is no breaking up the everyday. (and that is putting it as diplomatically as I can...) It is helpful for everyone if Momma gets a break. Ironically I had just been looking into figuring out where to get earthworms from, if my hopes of finding some in my garden failed tomorrow morning. I was thinking that after our camping trips are done, that I would look into setting up a worm farm. I've done compost worms before, but never regular worms. An opportunity to meet you would be much more interesting however, and I would like to take you up on your kind offer thank you. I will send you a pm and we can go from there.

@big Neil Agreed 100%. Sometimes you just know instantly when you have met people who are gold. Easy to see why you look upon Frank and Mrs Frank as family. I spent but moments in the yard as we pried Mr Fisherlady and @frankS apart so we were on time to pick the children up. I'm sure those two could have continued chatting happily for hours. I did note their backyard was tranquil, and a place you feel immediately comfortable and relaxed in. I loved the plants in particular, but did not venture off the concrete due mostly to lack of time. The birds were not about at the time, so I did not get to see that. I also loved the location in general of their home, with the park straight across the road. We pulled into the street, and Mr Fisherlady, who was driving, began to look at house numbers. I looked ahead and said, "There". I pointed to the boat and said, "that's it, down there..." Such a lovely quiet spot right in the thick of suburbia, and boat aside, I just knew that it would be Frank's home at the quiet end of the street. We admired Frank's woodwork also. Very nicely turned out pieces. If you are happen to be coming up this way, please sing out. Freshly ground coffee is always available on demand, and toasties can be whipped up in a jiffy. We'd love to meet you. FL

@Volitan Thank you for the tips. Sounds like some good ideas there.

@bessell1955 How are you doing with the current rainfall? Road closures here at Londonderry again. Very sad to see people go through the same situation 12 months apart, and some again just a short time again after that too. Must be extremely demoralising. Taking the time to listen to your students and affording them an audience would be very helpful. Having their thoughts and feelings heard by an adult that is listening intently can be very comforting, and can go a long way toward healing and restoration. I'm sure they would very much appreciate it. I'm feeling fortunate to be "high and soggy", and not inundated. We lost power for several hours the other week, and the driveway is looking pretty shabby, but there's certainly no complaints. Glad to see humour is helping you through. Your commentary of the situation made me smile. We had kids paddling kayaks down the street recently. They were making the best of the situation, and community spirit has been alive and well with people helping each other.

@frankS The pleasure is all ours. Still smiling now. Never mind any stress, easy mistake to make, and we were just relieved to know that all was ok in the end. We are both really looking forward to more time with yourself and Mrs FrankS. Thank you so much for the lures. I didn't mention them in my opening post, because the highlight of the day was meeting Mrs FrankS and yourself, and I did not want to take away from that. The lures though fantastic, pale in comparison with the pleasure of spending quality time with quality people. That said, we are very touched at your kindness and generosity. We will be sure to let you know how our trip goes. FL

Congrats to your Son on his find. Totally mesmerised by the photo's of the fungi! Have to admit, I've got a bit of a soft spot for fungi... Yabby is cute too. Looks like a really nice spot for walking the dog! Thanks for sharing the pictures. 🙂

Greetings Raiders It nearly didn't happen... As excited as a kid on Christmas morning, today I eagerly awaited @frankS's arrival to our home. We had a lunch date of 12:30pm with Chicken toasties and fresh coffee on the menu. At 12:28pm I could barely contain my excitement at Frank's imminent arrival... 12:30 came and went. 12:40 and 12:50 also. I resigned myself to the fact that an arrival was not so likely at this point. With the rain and the condition of the roads, I worried that something may have happened in transit. I lamented that I didn't have Frank's number to call and check. Not a great feeling at all. As I sat to send a message on raiders, my phone rang. Thankfully it was Frank, and all was well. He'd made it to our street, but not quite to our house, and did not have our number on him to call. We'll call it a miscommunication. I was relieved that all was fine and Frank had arrived back home safely. Eager as I was to meet Frank, I awkwardly suggested Mr Fisherlady and I head over Frank's way, and hoped he would be agreeable to this. He was! We jumped in the car and headed over. We were greeted warmly by Frank and Mrs Frank, who made us feel very welcomed and at home. We sat and chatted. Time flew. It was just what I didn't know I needed. With the requirement of picking children up from school, our time enjoying Mr & Mrs Frank's company was fleeting. Mr Fisherlady enjoyed a visit to the Hallowed fishing shed, and I thoroughly enjoyed Mrs Frank's company in the kitchen. We offered up lunch at our home for a yet to be decided date in the near future, and reluctantly said our goodbyes. I haven't stopped smiling since. Just quietly Mr Fisherlady definitely enjoyed talking with Frank, and is sporting a happy grin also. I can't wait for the next catch up! Big thank you to the raiders site for making today possible. FL

@big Neil Rodger dodger. Don't see us buying anything else in the near future.

Great photos. Looks like a really pretty spot.

@Little_Flatty Just got some details from Mr Fisherman... We have the following: (plus some others for the kids) Shimano Quick fire 702 Snapper Spin 4-8kg with Shimano Sienna 4000 reel. (Mine) Shimano Eclipse Lumo 662 spin line weight 2-4kg (Purchased for Master 13 to use, but I use it too) Ugly Stik gold 6ft SP60A2 4-8kg Made in USA with a Penn Captiva CV 6000 reel (Mr Fisherman's) Ugly Stik GX2 rod with Shakespeare reel GX230 (Mr Fisherman's)

The hmmmm at the start of your post sounds ominously like my wallet may end up leaking more money on fishing gear. The 12 foot rods were purchased to use at the beach, and we mostly use beach worms or bait fish with these. I think a couple of the smaller rods may be graphite rods, and I know one of them has braided line on it. Maybe it's not all bad... 🤞

Wow! I'm excited for you. What an amazing experience.

Wow. Nice flatty!

Thank you Neil.