DaveW

I've done roughly 50000 k's in the past couple of years with my Durahubs. Topped them up with a tiny amount of oil once about a year ago and they've never given me any issues at all, can't rate them highly enough.

I love this one for medium range rain forecasts - hasn't steered me wrong yet WXMaps

I've got Diawa Revros 2006's on all mine they fit pretty nice. I had some Quantums that didn't fit well but taped the ends of the reel seats and they came up nice and tight.

Missed this one - been a bit slack I've got custom grips on all mine, dual cork with a timber insert as below. The only different one is the 'rod wrap' that sits directly onto the cork. I quite like it but it is a freaky feeling when it flexes to a big fish! This rod is a loaner from Ian.................. that I've managed to hold onto for 3 or so years It's a very lucky one and has pulled 3 Bream over 2kgs.

Hi Top Breamer Since your question was about Bream Busters Ian will build whatever you want in terms of guides - my personal preference is for a Silicon Titanium stripper and tip with REC guides in between No one other than Ian knows where the blanks are custom built for him and to his specifications. There's VERY few australian rod builders that get their blanks purpose built for our conditions, most are doing their best with blanks designed for the overseas market, or general purpose. Not that there is anything wrong with that, there are some very gifted builders out there. My advice would be to play with plenty of different styles from as many companies as you can before outlaying the folding stuff - a custom rod certainly isn't cheap. My favorite is the Ultra Finesse, nothing casts light weights further Hope this helps.

Hi Ryhno, There's a gentleman just outside of Penrith who does a lot of caravan and RV repair work (and built my boat trailer). Not sure if he can do what you want but wouldn't hurt to call tell him Dave Welfare sent you: Mobile RV Repairs (Steve) 0407 480 591 Mods I have no affiliation with this company just a satisfied customer if it is against site policy please remove. Cheers, Dave

Howdy There are Bass in there but VERY few and far between. I have also caught a handful of EP's over the years but again pretty scarce. If you were kayaking you can go a long way past the bridge (pretty much to the highway), but not much further in the average boat. On the left it's just a big shallow flat. Plenty of old timers sit on it for Flathead and do OK.

I spent three days down there last week with the family (we have a holiday house at Fishermans Paradise). In the lake proper, basically if you drift with deep jigged plastics along shorelines in the 10-20ft range you will catch as many Flathead as you want - my 4yo daughter got her first fish doing this and I can guarantee there wasn't much finesse involved I targeted Bream with lures around rocky points and had a ball releasing a heap of good fish. Conjola Creek has plenty of snag dwelling Bream, there are some very big resident fish that are a handful to stop. With the stopping of the professional netters the lake just keeps getting better Hope this helps.

That one's commonly known as the 'Frikken Hell' fish, which coincidentally happens to be the last words of most people who see one in the flesh

This is what's going in mine - you can get them pretty much anywhere online: Poly Planar MP3 Kit Supposedly bullet proof - just plug in your I-Pod and go

I was looking at the same option a while back, looked at tons of hulls and kept coming back to the Haines 1600/1700 series (some of them are 's' models). I even think the mechanic at Yabby marine has/had one for sale. Very nice hull, fairly stable for that kind of boat and goes like the clappers........... I want another way, but for around $15K or so (and a LOT of hard work) you'd have a beast that would compete with the best of them.

I'm in with the family for a day out - as long as there's no other event conflicts............ the Mrs is the social diary

I've got one of those Heddon's with the bizarre tail..........don't think I've ever used it.... Go the Flopy! In box, I think one went for $80 on greedbay not so long ago

Yammy was doing a pilot program for it a couple of years back - I had the offer of it getting done for nothing but never got around to gettting it done. It's offered as an option by quite a few dealers now, no idea about the cost though. My opinion - it should be free and compulsory for all manufacturers

Here you go B: NSW Pro Bream Forster was a great weekend - even with the wind Buz and I still had a pretty good time of it......... A big congrats to Craig Greenaway for the win in his first tournament as a boater, must have been the lucky boat

Definitely one of the original Bennett - McGraths, still got a few lurking around The 'Redback' pattern was an old fave for Flatties, and the 'Carp' used to consistently perform on Wyangala's trout population

One thing to watch with the Silverwater ramp is the low on big tides - you just won't get the boat in OR out! Otherwise it's all good - I use it all the time, but listen to Pedro when he say launch on the downstream side

Taking the good ship 'BREAM ON' out for a last hurrah before she sells.......... It'll be like losing my left nut when she leaves the driveway Oh well, I've got the next money pit to look forward to

Sounds tops mate - I heard a report on 2KY Saturday morning that plenty had been bagging out on 2-4kg Snapper, good to see it wasn't tackle store talk up More importantly, did you christen the 'Limited Edition' ? Nice work!

I was lucky enough to play with this marvel of modern fishing technology last night........... STUNNING I can't really say anymore, just get one in your hands and try it out - the price doesn't seem so bad after that

I suppose technically I'm fairly regularly over the weight limit - the Poly handles it very well! To date, I've never heard of a Poly cracking/breaking - trust me when I say if they were going to crack I would've cracked mine long ago Just as a bit of general info, there's nutcase wakeboarders in Brisbane running 4.55 quickcrafts as cheap wakeboats. They put 90's on the back (well over HP rating), fill the hull with 200l of water (well over the weight levels) and pull 2 wakeboarders on them! Imaging the transom stress pulling them out of the water, but I'm yet to hear of a breakage! Dave

Not a problem Ben, I would hate for anyone to get the wrong idea about these ripper little boats. We'll have to agree to disagree about the 30hp minimum, I really don't think people will be happy long term with it - of course this is my opinion only. Dave

Ben obviously you sell the product, therefore you must vigorously defend any statement likely to reflect some of the less obvious factors to owning a Poly. I personally know of 3 tiller steer Polys purchased with 30's on the back that have been upgraded to 40's, and at least one Side console purchased with a 40, upgraded to a 50. For everyones information, Ben sent me a PM asking that I: Well, I've thought about it and it's still true........ I will not give misleading information about the Poly's, especially when there are at least 20 anglers who have experienced it on my boat - I will not be a hypocrite. However, I will clarify my statement. What I said was: I didn't say that it struggled all the time, or often, or occasionally - I spoke the exact truth, when I REALLY load mine up SOMETIMES the 50 tends to struggle. Here's the scenario with my boat when it struggles: 2 anglers - 200kg (I'm not a little lad). 2 full fuel tanks - 50kg 2 full livewells, 120litres total - 120kg Full competition fishing tackle assortment - at least another 50kg between 2 So, we have probably around the 200kg mark that the average fisho wouldn't be carrying, a hell of a lot more if you include my electric motor and whopping big battery to run it (40kgs). ON TOP OF THAT, my boat is propped for as much top end speed as I can get within the allowable rev range. This also adds to it '"sometimes struggling". I have a smaller prop that I can put on, and with it I never have a problem, even fully loaded as described. With my comment about the 30 being seriously undergunned, I'd like to change it. In regards to the 4.1 Challenger in my humble opinion a 30 HP motor is the bare minimum you would put on this hull, not enough HP if you intend to carry a fair bit of gear, and seriously undergunned if you run max weight as I've described above. I retract my statement in regards to the 4.55 Quickcraft, as I haven't spent enough time on one to comment further. I will say that it is 25-75kg heavier than the 4.1 Challenger depending on configuration. I am more than happy for anyone to contact me about the suitability of Polycrafts for their use, and quite willing to take anyone out for a run if they are interested - in the same sized boat the ride and handling speaks for itself and you would never go back to alloy.

Guys, you know I love my Poly, but a 30 on either the 4.1 or 4.55 would be seriously undergunned. Yes, you're keeping the cost down, but you really need at least a 40 on the 4.1......... when I really load mine up sometimes the 50 tends to struggle

The locals around Cottage Point look very unkindly on Groper poachers - the fish are like family pets. I got yelled at 4 times in one pass from various individuals "don't you kill that Groper"........... I was Bream spinning, wouldn't have minded hooking one for all it lasted