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Hi Luderick Angler The lake fishing was really tough going as the lake had dropped below the weed beds, which totally wiped out the mudeye hatches, along with this the water temp was 24, way too hot for trout, we decided to fish well into the early hours , but only managed to catch a few trout which had been gorgeing on yabbies. 11 anglers in the party managed to catch about 15 trout over 7 days The rivers were much better especially the Gungarlin which was chock full of little rainbows all willing to take dries, managed 8 and lost about 20 in 2 pools, didnt need to fish pool aftyer pool as the fish werent shy at all, The thredbo was tougher mainly due to the amount of angling traffic it gets , only managed a small brown in the rapids between the bridge and Paddy's corner Hopefully next year will be a better outing Steve

Hi Fellow Raider Im off fishing Eucumbine for a week on Saturday with guys from both the Central coast fly rodders club and the Singleton guys. Does anyone know how the fishing has been lately around Euc and the local rivers Many Thanks Bunney 10

Hi Fishraiders help needed, as i have recently bought a Humminbird fish finder combo from a relo but it didnt come with the c-map card, so at the moment i cant find any of the marks that i want Does anyone know where is the best place to gget one Thanks Bunney10

A cracker of a fish there buddy and don't they go hard on the fly, great effort and tight lines for the future Looking forward to fishing Wybung in the coming weeks

Great report and even better pics guys, we're heading off there in about 5 hours, hopefully you didn't catch all the fish, just love fishing this river

Hello fish raiders Just got back from a fantastic fishing weekemd with fellow Central Coast Fly rodders fishing TCD and the local rivers Arrived mid afternoon at TCD to try and get the evening rise and managed a nice 35-40 cm fish in the margins on a red holgraphic diawl bach nymph, after a great fight and some arial acrobatics i managed to net him, take a quick photo for the memories and back he went to fight another day, the fish was in excellent condition, fin perfect and nice and chunky. Bang on 7pm the evening rise started but the fish were not in a massive feeding state as they were very selective and just sipping the odd black gnat off the surface, by 7.30 all was over. Saturday i was taken to nice spot on the fish river with 2 mates, on the drive in we could see fish rising all over every pool, we couldn't tackle up quick enough, the first run we came to had fish rising so after 3 casts i had a cracking little "bow" on the bank, i love catching these feisty little rainbows, then the rain came down steadily for the next 2 hours which put paid to any more excitment, eventually though persistance paid off as i managed another 6 fish in the next stretch of river the best going 45cm's and a cracking brown it was too, big and fat and a great fight on a 4 weight. Travelled back up to Tommos to fish the afternoon with the rest of the guys from the club but didn'tmange to touch a single fish between the lot of us, the "pond" on the left just before the dam was fishing well with plenty of fish rising consistantly ( in hindsight we should have stayed there.... oh well you live and learn Sunday we hit a diferent stretch of the fish river and this fished so differently from the day before, same weather conditions vbut hardly a single rise, but still managed a nice fat browny on a tiny dry All in all it was a great time on the water and can't wait to get back there again soon PS There were plenty of brown and black snakes on the water so be careful

Hi Matt What i meant by trophy water is catching overwintered fish that reach the magic 10lb,( not sure what TCD record is ) also stockies that have tail and fin damage is all to do with overstocking in the stew ponds, this also leads to disease through infection, as triploids( sterile fish) are better at being disease resistant, These crappy looking stockies are usually from the smaller trout fisheries, I can vouch from personal experience that Stocks Fishery and Rutland water in the Uk have a stocking policy second to none with fish that are fin perfect and very very fit

99% of stocked fish in the UK are indeed triploids, these will not attempt to spawn and actually overwinter better due to constant urges to feed and not breed, basically they continue to grow all year round, if TCD was stocked with triploids im sure it would indeed be a trophy water within a few years

tO SAVE ON MONEY BUYING TWO LINES I WOULD OPT FOR THE RIO MIDGE TIP, ITS A FULL FLOATER WITH A CLEAR 1.5MTR INTERMIDIATE TIP, VERY SUPPLE, GREAT ALL ROUND LINE, ON LAKES RIVERS OR ESTUARY

Hi As the others have mentioned warm soapy water is best, I use Amoral( bought from Supercheap etc) this is one of the best line treatments there is ( i know almost all the top rods in Europe use this)

Great report Ray as usual glad you had some quality time on the water with your lad and best mate

Hi Outfisher, weed flies work a treat. we use them on the central coast fly rodders outings off the rocks for drummer, the material is called "ice yarn" Heres a link from Roberta http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=33297 Just make sure you tie them on strong hooks, sportfish sell them tied by a fellow member Paul McGrath Hope this help Steve

Fished all day last Saturday , only saw one kingy caught between 9 boats, but we did have 4 seals for company which took the only one i hooked, very slow for the last 2 weeks mate , dont know who's saying its been going off, but that could easily change

Well done on the catch in "gods country" and you can't ever go wrong with Ray R giving you tips, good stuff boys and again well done

Hi Slinky, i broke 2 of my favorite 7 wts last year on salmon and tailor so i beefed up and took no chances today as i was using a 10 wt, this time last year Paul McGrath landed a monster at nearly 4kg's, I didnt facy my chances on a 7wt this time, but great fun trying to pull them out of the rocks, there was plenty showing today, just nice to catch a new species on fly. Bad news on the 444, a very expensive bust off mate, the thought brings tears to my eyes and of course the wallet, Tight lines mate