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Trev
The material you have is from concrete pavement jointing material. its a filler that is pushed into the sawn joint in concrete roads and roundabouts. i have a small amount and have tied flies from them - no luck on those ones yet though. As Ken said, possibilities are endless though, bugs, poppers, etc.
As to the premoulded foam poppers at the start of the post, Froglies distribute them, so any fishing shop that has any fly gear should have them.
Adrian
Adrian,
Cheers I was wondering what it was from. The guy was in the construction business he had a heap in all different sizes some as big as those pool noodles I got some for crab pot floats and for holding rigged leaders and gangs.
Cheers
Trev
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Sorry about photo quality only have the little camera on the palm pilot to use.
Nick I will include this fly in the postage
Cheers
Trev
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Colour the foam and seal thread with nail polish
Allow to dry and there you have it
Go and catch some fish
Cheers
Trev
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Put a slit in the bottom of the foam ready to glue onto hook
Glue the foam into position with super glue
then tie down back to shape and finish off thread
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Nick,
I tied this up just then with the materials I am sending you.
Foam Spaghetti salvaged from a dumper bin.
Cut a piece the right size for the fly you are tying
Tie on some flash and some polar fiber for a tail
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Good little report Mat.
I was hoping to head down there this weekend some time probably Friday evening or Sunday Arvo. I haven't caught a trevally there yet so that is one I want to add to my IC list.
Did you get the fish on Hawgs BM's or single tails?
Cheers
Trev
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Mark,
If you have two spools then load one in reverse first to get the amount of backing needed correct then rewind onto the other spool. Takes the guess work out of how much backing to use if you don't have enough braid to fill the reel up.
Cheers
Trev
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That looks awsome Hooky
My wife just came up with a screamer comment when she saw it:
PIMP MY BOAT
You have given me inspiration. I was looking at getting a simple boat then fitting it out myself.
Well done mate that looks great.
Cheers
TRev
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Welcome back Clutch and all the best to you and your wife.
Looks like you had a great honeymoon and wedding in Vegas. Awsome mate.
Cheers and beers
Trev
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I put the rods in the garage and shut the door - simple and effective!
I try not to get salt water on the reels. They will get a little wet from reeling in wet line and spray, but as long as you don't get salt water into the internals, they should be fine. I give them a light wipe over every now and then, and some WD40 on some of the moving parts. Service once a year.
I've been told not to wash or soak your reels and chance pushing in salt. just wipe the excess salt off. Soaking your spool might be alright to remove salt from the line.
I think SAND is the reel killer (excuse pun)
Hey Trev - I really admire your committment to caring for your gear - but your MAD!!!! (in a nice way of course)
K
Kingy I am a complete nutter I never deny it and am real happy in my own little mad world
You want to be carefull using WD 40 as it acts as a solvent on a lot of lubricants, but having said that if you find that your gear is lasting and not getting worn out then I wouldn't change what you are doing at all. The old saying if it aint broke don't fix it!
CHeers
Trev
the loony one -
I am sure OTTOS would have them.
Better still a quick trip along the M4 then go to our site sponsors ABA and I am sure they would have them also. They may also be able to send them via post?
Give em a ring.
If you wanted to make your own popper heads then use an old foam rubber thong and punch out small cylinders using whatever size tube you need. A pair of rubber thongs in green from woolies makes a heap of popper heads for bass and cost a lot less than bought ones. You can shape the slope or cone shape using a craft knife or sand paper.
An old surfboard is even better this foam is super light and real easy to shape into whatever popper head you want. Both these material will take nail polish to colour them up go to the cheap shops go lo or whatever and they will have heaps with glitter in them make sure you take a daughter or wife or they will think it Mardi Gra time
Attached are some I prepared earlier:
Cheers
Trev
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Generally fish more often.
new species:
1. Jew on soft plastic (the bigger the better)
2. King fish
3. estuary perch on SP
species to improve PB's:
1. flathead on fly
2. bass on anything (want to try one of the dams)
3. fewer grinners
Techniques:
1: improve SP casting at boat hulls
2: trout on dry fly (prob' wont get a chance though)
Get a digital camera to improve reports a pic tells a 1000 words.
Cheers and hope all meet their dreams
Trev
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Awsome Matt,
Great looking fish. I still have to get one on soft plastics.
Cheers
Trev
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Not always done the same day as fishing trip but always within 24hrs.
I take reels off rods and wash all the rods with mild detergent and rinse with clear water I then dry with soft cloth (surgical sponge) I pull the corner of the sponge through the runner when possible or use a cotton bud on smaller runners.
The reels I remove the spool and emerse in clear tap water the real is then wiped over with cloth soacked in H20 and mild detergent the rinsed in a bucket of clear water (not whilst the spool is in there) the real is then dried with cloth and if needed handles and any parts that need it are lubed spool is put back on and all drags are left loose.
Takes a while but then I don't need to replace gear very often and have almost zero gear failure when in use.
I was told never to hose gear down as this can force salt H2O into the reel or crevices in rods.
Yep my wife often thinks I love my fishing gear more than her.......... She is wrong
Cheers
Trev
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Lance,
It is a painted grinner. Have a look at the link to a previous post about this fish.
Cheers
Trev
http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/inde...wtopic=4752&hl=
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Saturday Cricket all day
son starts at 8:30am and I at 1:30pm then have a gig playing for rover scouts dance those senior scouts 18 - 26 party hard.....Sunday Church in the morning
and then Uni work all arvo Good luck to all those fishing hopefully some nice reports on Monday
Cheers
Trev
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Freshwater: small floppy (I know you can't get them any more but I still got enough)
Saltwater: White tailed jig either feather or polafibre with promanant eyes.
Cheers
Trev
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Took the little tinnie to Iron Cove on Saturday Arvo had my usual fishing partners Dennis amate from church and my 14 yr old son of course his name is Andrew (should send him fishing with SWOFFA) Wind was blowing a treat which made positioning the boat awkward for casting plastics. We tried every plastic, every retrieve and several different weights and even unwaited we cast at hulls at jetties at bridge pilons and caught only two tiny tailor on the lures. I had one very good hook up but dropped it. Tried drifting baits then and only got a small red bream.
Still was an enjoyable time with good company.
Will try again soon hopefully when the water is warmer.
Cheers
Trev
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Saturday Sons Cricket starts in themorning but after that heading out to Parra somewhere for spin from the little tinnie taking sone with us. Hopefully there might be some bream about but I will be just happy to be on the water having a go.
Sunday Church in the morning and then Domestic Duties after that but have next week and a half off so hopefully will get some extra hrs fishin in.
Good Luck to all
Cheers
Trev
the loony one
El Presidente.
son starts at 8:30am and I at 1:30pm then have a gig playing for rover scouts dance 
those senior scouts 18 - 26 party hard.....
and then Uni work all arvo 
What Is The Best Saltwater Sp
in Tackle Talk
Posted
So far for me it is the 2" power hawg in watermelon but am getting a liking for the 3" power minnow in emerald shiner.
Cheers
Trev