DerekD

Well done mate. Those Ecogear type lures are pretty effective. Waiting to see how your species count goes over the summer.

I'm a little at a loss for words ("as if", say those who know me pretty well). One of my philosophies in life is that it can be hard enough and even helping people in just a little way at the right time can make a world of difference. While not a formally trained teacher, I've had a tendency to say "can I make a suggestion" when I see people struggling with something that I may have mastered or am a few steps ahead of them on the learning curve. One of the joys of this site (thank you Donna and Stewy) is that you have a chance to help people wanting to improve their fishing knowledge. I try and help several each year in skillsets in which I think I am pretty competent. Not really a rule as to how I select these people but I do have a preference for those who come across as pleasant in their posts and are asking questions with a bit of thought behind them. A little bit cheeky doesn't hurt either. I've had a few reach out to me and I also reach out where I can to people asking for help where I can add value. If geography and schedules permit then we will meet up. On a personal level I've connected with and kept in contact with about half of these people. The latest person I've been mentoring is FMFF (Steve). Last Friday I had a lot of fun watching him grasp various concepts during the day. When you've been doing stuff for a long time you can forget how long it really took you to work it out so he did really well considering how much information I threw at him. Normally I'm happy with some good company, a chance to show off a little (I admit it), the flashes of joy when they have an aha moment and a paid for meal somewhere along the way. Steve went a fair bit beyond what I would have been happy with and organised a generous voucher to one of my local tackle stores. Firstly, thank you! Secondly, it is humbling when people are so gracious in their thank you when you help them with something which for me is fun. Each mentoring session usually takes at least a day and uses a fair bit of energy but I consider it worth it if it makes a positive difference in an aspect of their life. Looking forward to our next session and hopefully we can get your girlfriend out for a fish soon. PS - seems I found a few words....

It was almost a case of make him or break him. I was also a little footsore after 12 hours of tuition. I did go fishing the next day though. FMFF has gotten a few of the various walk the dog retrieves nailed to the point I'm happy with it and I feel he can use them with confidence. A few other things still to get a little more consistent but his skill set is growing.

Just stay away from the blue mackeral style Slapstix. They seem to use a different material for these which seems to tear relatively easily when jig head is inserted. The use of the weighted head makes it so much easier to work the full water column and helps keep the plastic subsurface when ripping it back for that reaction bite. BTW if you got to the 9" Slapstix then a 5/0 XS in older style or 7/0 or 8/0 in Headlocks seems to work pretty well. For these I'll use weights from 3/8 all the way up to 3/4 with my favourite being the 1/2oz.

Firstly I use TT jig heads in the bullet head. I've worked out a retrieve which gets the plastic moving between 30 and 60cm side to side. Essentially I'm creating an over correction with each bounce of the rod tip. It works from 3 inch to 9 inch plastics. I struggle with darter type jig heads but it is magic with the bullet heads. TT does some older style tournament jig heads in the yellow packet. With these I go for a 3/0 extra strong hook. Weight of head between 3/8 and 1/2oz. These are getting harder to find. I can also use them with the TT Head lockz but the hook size seems to have changed so for these I use a 5/0 XH. In the photo below you can see the size difference between the 3/0 and 5/0 of the head lockz compared to the 3/0 older tournament style.

PM sent.

BTW worth bringing some small surface lures such as poppers or even cicadas at this time of year as they will hit surface lures and it is a bit more spectacular when you see the hit.

Slapstix or similar sluggo type lures. Pink or white with a bullet head jig head rather than a worm hook as it allows you to more easily work the water column. A sub surface walk the dog type retrieve with pauses to allow them to hit it. If you feel a bump then rip it back as fast as possible to force them into a position where if they don't take it they will loose it. 6" ones are better value.

Rublex Celta Spinner in the 3.5gm. Excellent for rivers and the bass can't seem to help themselves hitting the lure. Retrieve it as slow as possible without snagging up. You might need to lift up the rod to start with to give it a bit of upward lift and then lower the rod as the lure gets closer to you.

Look specifically for the 762 5 to 8kg. They do a few rods in that series and there are slight spec differences. I've got one I've used for a very long time and still going.

Hi Mike, Generally for the boat you want a little shorter for ease of handling but enough length to bang it out there. I've been happy with stuff around the 7 foot as I also use the same gear shore based. Shimano Snapper Raider 762 (7 foot six inches 2 piece) 5-8kg 15-45 lure weight $100 to $130 or Atomic ArrowZ Offshore Spin AAS-270H 2 Piece 7' 14-30 lb Spinning 14 to 30lb 10 - 50gm lure weight $130 - $150 Shimano Sedona or better in the 4000 size. Will handle about 270m of 15lb or probably a skinny 20lb. $90 to $99 I'd spool it all the way with braid. For the minimal dollar savings you don't want to be worrying about a joiner knot. You could also consider a jigging braid for better depth judgement when using the sounder. Or if you want to spoil yourself look at the Shimano Stradics but as much as I love Shimano stay away from the CI4 series. They are lighter but I'm getting mixed feedback on these. Regards, Derek

The deliveries are starting to come in and a quick stop at my local tackle shop has rounded off the selection of flies for whiting. I'm mixing it up as much as I can. Some poppers, worms, crazy charlies (with red) and my favourite so far is the yabby imitation. The photos on the website (see below) for the yabbies looked a little better but the actual is close enough that I don't think the fish will care. Bring on the warmer weather and the whiting.... I also have a few bread flies so I will probably end up trying @noelm 's suggestion (thank you for that).

Cracked and "The Craic" - double meaning and that is really clever. Thanks for sharing that one.

I found this article on gear and retrieves for whiting: https://hookedonflies.com.au/hofblog/2016/03/08/target-whiting-poor-mans-bonefish/

goldilocks. AU - gold. That is gold too - nice one Scottyboy.

There is an expression that lures catch more fishers than fish... These are some of the ones I've picked up here and there for the sandflats fishing (with a few more on the way)... Top 3 on the left are a shrimp pattern. The green one is referred to as a baited breath. The upper 3 on the right are designed to imitate worms and the three lower ones on the right are a crazy Charlie. The one lowest on the left I've forgotten. I'm trying to find similar but with smaller hook sizes. Now to actually catch some fish with them this spring and summer season...

One of a kind, definitely - like every other person on the planet though...

Hi KC, Was that an F or a C?? (C) See (IM) I'm (10 C) tense works but I can't work it out F in this case...

That is true regardless (with the heavy winds last weekend I didn't even get around to wetting a line but all was not lost as I went to a fishing shop instead). I live in the lower north shore and used to work in Kurnell. About 45 minutes in the morning and 45 minutes to an 1 hour and 15 in the the afternoons. These days I work in Matraville so it is 25 to 40 minutes each way depending on the traffic. Gives me something to do. One new number plate to the list every few days slowly adds up. Then there are the ones I've forgotten by the time I get to entering them.

I used to spend a lot of time on the road and number plates gave me something to read. Back when all hire cars in Sydney only had three numbers (i.e. HC 123) I started ticking off a list from HC 000 to HC 999. I think I got about 70% of the number plates on the list until they changed to four numbers (i.e. HC 1234). I'd heard of someone who was working their way through number plates based on the numbers consecutively when the plate format was different. Find 000, then 001, then 002 and so on. These days I have a new game. I try and find number plates that are clever or make me laugh in some way. For example getting your name on a personalised plate just by ordering it (say "ROBERT") isn't really clever but if someone else has taken it and you find a work around (e.g. R0B3RT or better still RO 83 RT) I think it is clever. Extra clever when you are able to work it in within the standard formats (e.g. XXX 123, XX 12 YY, XXX 12 Y) and not go personalised. I've been putting together a list of Australian plates that I have seen (either personally or in media). I thought I'd share it. Some are just clever, others are sports, name, car or work related. Hope some of these put a smile on your face. I put the plate first and then an explanation or commentary after. JUST CLEVER 001 VIP NUMBER 1 VIP (SAD, VERY SAD – IF YOU HAVE TO SAY IT THEN YOU AREN’T) 002 WLD OH TOO WILD (ON A 4WD) 00 NOIR DOUBLE OH BLACK (ON BLACK VEHICLE) 00 HDAM OH DAMN – ON A SUBARU SPORTS 02 AWSM OH TOO AWESOME 02 MURF OH SMURF (REVERSED S) 08 JEDI OH BE = OBI (WAN FROM STAR WARS) + JEDI (GUESSING HERE) 08 ILVE OH BELIEVE (GUESSING HERE) 2088 MOSMAN POSTCODE ON A BLACK FERRARI IN MOSMAN AREA 800 BOO BOO BOO 32 LOL GOLF TYPE R32 OWNER LAUGHING OUT LOUD 01 EIRE NUMBER 1 IRELAND 01 NVCN NUMBER 1 ENVY SEEN (SCENE?) 11 EFTY LEFTY 15 HERZ IS HERS (ON A JEEP) 15 MILE I SMILE 20 DIAC ZODIAC 24 LPHA TOO ALPHA (ON YELLOW SPORTS CAR) 444 SSS ARSE – ON A LATE MODEL PORSCHE 911 WITH THE BIG REAR 50 MUCH SO MUCH (LOVE – HUSBAND TO WIFE – STILL UNCLEAR) 55 ORRY SORRY (DON”T LIKE THIS ONE – PROBABLY POLITICAL) 57 RIPY STRIPY (ON A BLUE FORD R2 WITH RACING STRIPES) 90 GONE GO! GONE…. ON A 4WD (ASSUME HEADING OFF ROAD) 60 FROG GO FROG (ASSUMING A NICKNAME) 60 DLEY GODLY (MAYBE A PRIEST OR A SURNAME) 64 NDIT BANDIT 7ARDIS BLUE SUV (MAYBE BIGGER ON THE INSIDE TOO LIKE TARDIS) 70 NKA TONKA (TOUGH) ON A YELLOW TOYOTA LANDCRUISER 70 PLES TOPLESS (WHITE MERCEDES CONVERTIBLE) 70 SURF TO SURF 70 URNG TOURING 747 LAG I LOVE JET LAG (I HEART SYMBOLS ON LEFT SIDE OF PLATE) TURBO CHARGED CAR IS MY GUESS = TURBO LAG 80 SSSS BOSS – ON AN AUDI HATCH 81 ISS BLISS 90 KRRT GO KART (ON A MINI) A5515T ASSIST (NO IDEA WHY) AT 51 TE AT SITE AU 71 SM AUTISM AW 44 RD AWARD (NO IDEA WHY ON AWD SUBARU) AW3SUM AWESOME BATM4N BATMAN ON A BLACK MCLAREN F1 WITH ORANGE PIN STRIPING AND AN ORANGE BATMAN LOGO ON THE REAR WING AS PER ORIGINAL BATMOBILE. BEACHN BEACHING – ON A CONVERTABLE BEA 45 T BEAST (ON A MERCEDES A250) BE 77 ER BETTER (NO IDEA WHY) BEA 77 R BEATER (ON A RACE SPEC HONDA CIVIC) BLKMGK BLACK MAGIC ON A BLACK MERCEDES BLU 34 U BLUE FOR YOU (ON A BLUE MAZDA 323 SP25) BO 55 EE BOSSY (NOT SURE WHY YOU’D WANT THIS) BRE 42 Y BREAZY = BREEZY ON A CAMPERVAN BU 14 NT BULL-ANT (THINK THIS ONE WAS JUST A COINCIDENCE) BU 99 IE BUGGY (ON A SMART CAR) BUMBL8 BUMBLE B(EE) ON A YELLOW MUSTANG (TRANSFORMERS) CH3NO2 CHEMICAL FORMULA FOR NITROMETHANE (HIGH PERFORMANCE FUEL) COU 64 R COUGAR (ONLY GLIMPSED THIS ONE - UNSURE) CRE 81 V CREATIVE CREA8V CREATIVE CU 57 M C COMPANY NAME: CUSTOM CONSTRUCTIONS DARTH ON A BIG BLACK MERCEDES DMON DEMON (ON A MOTORCYCLE) DNTGAF DON’T GIVE A **** (BLACK MERC C63 – ATTITUDE RELATED??) DO 99 IE DOGGY (OWNER LOVES SHORT HAIRED POINTERS) DR JKL DOCTOR JEKYLL EL 17 EE ELITE ELEV8 ELEVATE ESC 4 PE ESCAPE (ON A FOUR WHEEL DRIVE) FA 11 OW GUESSING A HUNTER THAT CHASES FALLOW DEER (OFF ROADER) FL 45 HH FLASH GORDON REFERENCE ON AN OPAL CAR (ASTRA COPY) WHICH HAS A LIGHTNING SYMBOL AS ITS LOGO. FO 00 LN FOOLING FR 00 GG FROG ON A PIMPED 4WD GL 17 TR GLITTER – PINK AND BLACK NUMBER PLATES. GOK4RT GO-KART (ON A LOTUS EXIGE – IT FITS) GT 10 VE GT (GRAND TURISMO?) LOVE GO4WLN GO FOUR WHEEL DRIVING GOD1ST GOD FIRST H3LBOY HELL BOY H3MAN (ON A MOTOR CYCLE – OWNER RECEIVED NOTICE “H3MAN SEEN SPEEDING THROUGH SYDNEY HARBOUR TUNNEL) HC24K GOLD STANDARD HIRE CAR HKR 05 E HONG KONG ROSE G3NIU5 GENIUS G3TPKD GET PACKED (ON A 4WD) GETPKD GET PACKED (ON A 4WD) GHO 55 T GHOST (WHITE 4WD) GUN 01 L GUN OIL (GUN NUT WITH STICKER .45 ACP BECAUSE SHOOTING TWICE IS JUST SILLY) ILIV4U I LIVE FOR YOU IB 00 GY I BOOGEY I ♥ 2WIN I LOVE TO WIN (NEW PLATE FORMAT) IM 12 IN I AM 12 INCHES (ON A BMW - NOT PARTICULARLY MODEST) IM 57 IG I’M STIG (HOTTED UP RED MAZDA 3 WITH SPORTS EXHAUST) IN 10 CE INTENCE (INTENSE) ITZ 81 G IT IS BIG (ON A BIG PIMPED 4WD) IGN 11 T IGNITE JED 12 B JEDI TO BE JU 11 C1 JUICY (OR JUICY ONE) KAY 44K KAYAK KA2NVY CAR TO ENVY (ON A BOY RACER CAR) KIK 44 S KICK ASS LEF 71 E LEFTIE (NICKNAME OR HAND PREFERENCE) LEOPRD LEOPARD (LEOPARD PATTERN NUMBERPLATE FRAME) LOAD4U ON A TIP TRUCK LOT 10 N LOTION (COMPANY VEHICLE BUT NOT SURE WHY) LEADFT LEADFOOT (ON A UTE) LUK 11 E LUKE (OR MAYBE LUCKY) LUX 247 LUXURY 24/7 ON A DELIVERY TRUCK (EXPENSIVE GOODS?) MSWILD MISS WILD (ON A HOLDEN COMMODORE SPORT) M3NACE MENACE (ON SPORTS CAR) M4VR1K MAVERICK M8IML8 MATE I’M LATE MAR 81 E MARBLE – PROBABLY A BENCH TOP CONTRACTOR MAS 77A MASTER MO 81 US MOBIUS MR5LTR MR 5 LITRE ON A HOLDEN CLUBSPORT MGATRN MEGATRON (LEADER OF DECEPTICONS) ON DUAL CAB UTE MR 10 VE MR LOVE (MAYBE THE LOVE GOD ON RADIO) MRN 05 Y MR NOSY NCHANT ENCHANT OBI 111 OBI ONE (WAN) ONCMPO ON COMPENSATION (CURIOUS ABOUT BACK STORY) OYOYOY AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE – OY, OY, OY (WITH OZ DECALS) PA 55 IV PASSIVE (NO IDEA WHY – MAYBE PASSIVE/AGRESSIVE) PB 12 IN LEAD (PB ON PERIODIC TABLE) FOOT (12 INCHES) POW 44 R POWER!! ON A SS HOLDEN PLZCOP PLEASE COP (ON A FORD STI HOT HATCH) PHY 51 X PHYSICS PR 55 TO PRESTO (NO IDEA WHY) R3DBAC REDBACK (AS IN SPIDER - ON A BLACK MUSTANG GT 5.0 WITH RED STRIPE OVER BONNET AND ROOF OF CAR. NUMBER PLATE WAS RED WRITING ON BLACK BACKING) R4CE RACE (ON A MOTORCYCLE) RAD 15 H RADISH RAN 777 RANT (ACCORDING TO THE OWNER SHE LIKES TO RANT) RPM 18R (ON A GOLF MINI VOLKSWAGON – still need to work this one out) RUTE66 COMBINATION OF ROUTE 66 AND UTE SHO 71 E SHOTTIE (SHOTGUN) SL 11 CK SLICK SNO 02E SNOOZE (MAYBE SLEEP DOCTOR) SPA 51 M SPASIM (NO IDEA WHY) STYL3 ON A VESPA (SEEN IN MOSMAN) STYLE WHEN NUMBERPLATES COULD BE SOLD WAS ASKING $25K. MY THEORY IS IF YOU HAVE STYLE YOU DON’T NEED TO SAY IT. SUG 44 H SUGAR (SLANG) S3NT SENT (ON A MOTORCYCLE NO IDEA WHY – MAYBE LIKE A MISSILE) S1KR SICKER (ON A MOTORCYCLE) SL 11 MY SLIMEY (WHY??) SKI2XS SKI TO EXCESS SJ08NV STEVE JOB(S) ENVY ON A PORSCHE. SLOMO ON A SCOOTER T3NNIS TENNIS TA 5513 TASSIE - TASMANIAN TARDIS BLUE TESLA (MAYBE BIGGER ON THE INSIDE TOO LIKE TARDIS) THK 60 D THANK GOD TI 99 ER TIGER (OR TIGGER FROM WINNIE THE POOH) TRO 11 Z TROLLS TRU 11 Y TRULY (NO IDEA WHY) UCNDRM YOU CONUNDRUM UN 33 KK UNIQUE X8TED EXCITED (MOTORCYCLE) WH 00 LE WHOLE (WHOLE LANDSCAPING) WH 07 UP WHAT UP OR WOTS UP YRUNL8 WHY RUN LATE (SEEN IN PINK ON CAR AND TRUCK???) VAR 00 M VROOM (TESLA MODEL X) C/W EUROPEAN TOW BALL VIL 41 N VILLAIN VV 11 PP VIP (ON A HIRE CAR SERVICE) VRRRRM VROOM ON A HONDA INTEGRA OR S2000 YEE 444 YEE HA – CRY OF EXUBERANCE YLO 306 YELLOW PEUGOT 306 ZWLD4U TOO (Z = 2 = TOO) WILD FOR YOU (FOUR WHEEL DRIVE UTE) DIGNIT ON A TIP TRUCK 4 JOY PORSCHE CAYENNE. DRIVER IS EITHER CALLED JOY OR IS HAPPY. ST 84 EF STATE FOR E.F. OR STEFANIE 1984 (TRYING TO WORK THIS ONE OUT) 5TAR STAR (NOT SURE IF TALKING ABOUT MOTORBIKE OR RIDER) FUNFUN ON AN EXPENSIVE SOFTROADER HOLYWD ON A WHITE STRETCH LIMO HAHAHA LEXUS DRIVEN BY ASIAN WITH LIKELY SURNAME OF HA XXR8XX HUGS AUDI R8 HUGS EXCAV8 EXCAVATE (WORK UTE BUT COULDN’T SEE COMPANY NAME) VOLT VOLT (ON THE VAN OF AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR) 01 MATE NUMBER 1 MATE OR OI, MATE (A FEW OPTIONS) FULLY6 FULLY SICK (MIDDLE EASTERN DRIVER ON ALFA ROMEO) DU7CH DUTCH GRIZ 1 Y GRIZZLY AW 51 MM AWESOME NOTUCH NO TOUCH (TOYOTA 86) - HANDS OFF OR YOU CAN’T TOUCH THIS? RA 44 VR RAVER LIV 11 N LIVING LVI 11N LIVING IXIXXI 9911 = 911 ON A PORSCHE BN 01 RE BE NOIR (BLACK) ON A BLACK GOLF GTI R32 MUD 42 D FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND PROBABLY WITH 4.2L DIESEL ENGINE EVL 80 Y EVIL BOY (SPORTS CAR) BI 11 MR BILL MASTER (OR MISTER) ON A BMW. LAWYER OR ACCOUNTANT? CA 57 LZ CASTLES (TBC) IM 80 SS I’M BOSS - ON A FORD XR8 BOSS UTE PQQLS2 POOLS (POOL CONTRACTOR) SKIDAD SKI DAD INT 46 R INTEGER NFERNO INFERNO BIG 70 E BIGTOE (NOT SURE IF THIS WAS COINCIDENCE OR WHY) YO 55 HI ON WRX WITH YOSHI STICKER AND OWNERS TATTOO BU 88 LY BUBBLY 71 LING TILING (PROFESSIONAL TILER?) 71 LER TILER (PROFESSIONAL TILER?) EXA 51 Z EXERCISE OR MAYBE OWNER PREVIOUSLY OWNED AN EXA DEVIN3 DIVINE IMEDI8 IMMEDIATE – LOOKED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR SIK 1 M8 SICK ONE MATE (ON A UTE) HH 00 KD HOOKED (FISHING ADDICT - ON A SHORT WHEEL BASE 4WD)] SNWGRL SNOW GIRL – SKIING MAD AV 50 ME AV (HAVE) SOME OF 15 HN OH FISHING (OR OFF FISHING) 00 IXXI OH 9 – 11 (ON A (911 PORSCHE) CU 77 EE CUTIE (IN PINK TOO) BOSSMN BOSS MAN TO 05 XY TOO SEXY (EVO ON MIGHTY CAR MODS) TO 03 VO TOO EVO (EVO ON MIGHTY CAR MODS) OFF 15 E OFFICE (ON A LARGE 4 SEAT UTE) PR 17 TI PRITTI = PRETTY? SKA 88 R SKATER RDTRIP ROAD TRIP (ON AN OFF ROADER) RE 88 EL REBEL RE 88 IT REBBIT (FROG CROAK – GREEN NUMBERPLATE TOO) S4FARI SAFARI (ON A 4WD) LOV 32 U LOVE TO YOU 4MYMRS FOR MY MISSUS (UPMARKET 4WD) MR MRS PROBABLY SAME GUY AS FOR MY MISSUS RO 11 AH ROLLER (SLANG) WAT5UP WHATS UP URG 01 T YOU ARE GO IT GO 24 IT GO IT 24 HOUR SERVICE SL 11 CE SLICE (DIDN’T SEE SIDE OF TRUCK AS TO WHY) ICU 222 I SEE YOU TOO 45 MURF A SMURF (ON A BRIGHT BLUE HONDA JAZZ) SLF 333 SELFIE (BLACK PORSCHE BOXTER – CURIOUS AS TO WHY) SH 0074 SHOOTA = SHOOTER (ON A DUAL CAB UTE) FI 17 ST FITTEST – SUSPECT A PERSONAL TRAINER JET 53 T JETSET 01 RASC NUMBER 1 RASCAL – WITH OZZIE PRIDE VANIT PLATES 01 KIIS KIIS RADIO STATION MIL 10 N MILLION (NO IDEA WHY) BTRU2U BE TRUE TO YOU NO 12 NO NOONE TO KNOW SNO 77 Y SNOTTY (LIKE TO KNOW THE BACKSTORY HERE) IT 60 ES IT GOES (ON A HOT HOLDEN WAGON) IT 90 ES IT GOES (ON A HOT HOLDEN STATION WAGON) ANG 315 ANGELS (MAYBE COINCIDENCE) 4DCURE FOR THE CURE (CANCER COUNCIL PINK GARBAGE TRUCK) 4DKID5 FOR THE KIDS (CAMP STARLIGHT FOR THE KIDS) CAR RELATED 000 ORS OOOO (AUDI LOGO) FOLLOWED BY RS MODEL (NOT ON AUDI) 00 LEXS OH LEXUS (ON A LEXUS). ALTERNATIVELY DOUBLE O LEXUS 00 5ALLY OH SALLY ON A MUSTANG (FROM SONG MUSTANG SALLY) 01 JMNY NUMBER 1 JIMNY (ON A SUZUKI JIMNY) 01 MSTG NUMBER 1 MUSTANG (ON MUSTANG GT) 04 MYR OH FOR MY R (TYPE GOLF) 08 WHLR ON AN 8 WHEELER DUMP TRUCK 09 WEPN WEAPON ON MITSUBISHI EVO (PROBABLY SERIES 9) 086 TOY 86 TOYOTA OR TOY 14 MROK ONE AMAROK 60 LFRR GOLF TYPE R 31 ENOR ELEANOR (ON A MUSTANG – ALSO CAR FROM GONE IN 60 SECONDS) 370 OMG “OH MY GOD” ON A NISSAN 370Z 484 RTH ABARTH (RACING DESIGNER) FIAT 470 YOT TOYATA BACKWARDS ON A HILUX 50 UPRA SOUP RA – SUPRA (AS IN TOYOTA) 534 UDI S3 AUDI 55 WIFT S SWIFT (ON A SUZUKI SWIFT) 71 KMBI 1971 KOMBI VAN 77 YPER TYPE R (ON A HONDA) 86 ZONE ON A TOYOTA 86 A 45 AMG A MERCEDES 45 AMG HATCHBACK AMGPWR AMG POWER AST 80 Y ASTINA BOY BO 55 GT FORD BOSS GT BRZ 33 Y BREEZY ON A SUBARU BRZ BU 94 ME BUG FOR ME (SUSPECT A VW BEETLE OWNER AT SOME STAGE) BYA 36L BUY A 3.6L (ON A RANGE ROVER – MIGHT BE A COINCIDENCE) CRU 54 R CRUISER (TOYOTA) BUT MIGHT BE COINCIDENCE DE 86 GT THE (GERMAN ”DE”) 86 GRAND TURISMO DRT 4X4 FOUR WHEEL DRIVE OFF-ROADER DUA 71 S ON NISSAN DUALIS (7 IS UPSIDEDOWN L) EV 01 VE EITHER EVO LOVE OR MORE LIKELY “EVOLVE” (EVO-LUTION) EVL 255 EVIL 255 (CLUBSPORT 255KW) EX 16 GE LOTUS EXIGE FIG 470 7 = REVERSED SMALL “R” (ON A FIGARO FROM NISSAN) FI 64 RO FIGARO (ON A NISSAN FIGARO – MCM BOYS) GET 10 W GET LOW (ON A WORKED LOW RIDER UTE) GIDYUP GIDDY UP (HORSEY) ON A MUSTANG GLA 45 M MERCEDES AMG GLA 45 GMHRIP GENERAL MOTORS HOLDEN RIP (ON A TOYOTA HILUX) GR8PNY GREAT PONY (ON A MODERN MUSTANG) HDAU HARLEY DAVIDSON AUSTRALIA (ON A HARLEY MOTORCYCLE) HEM 13 D HEMI-ED (RANGE ROVE SPORTS WITH HEMI CARBURATOR?) 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Hi MD, Matching the hatch.... but is it fly fishing??? Went fly fishing with a mate on Glenbawn dam for bass years ago and he hooked up on a nice bass then admitted he'd "matched the hatch" by getting one of the live grasshoppers we had swarming at that time of year and putting it on the end of his fly line instead of an artificial. It still makes me laugh.

Thanks for that GH - this is the sort of information I was after. Did you run a floating or intermediate or sinking line? Tippet size? The other thing I've heard is look for water 4 feet or less in depth.

I went on line the other day and purchased: Red worm flies Crazy charlies tied with some red in them A fly which looks very much like a saltwater yabbie (nipper) Some small baitfish profile flies I've already have some shrimp flies. There were one or two other flies (baited breath with small hooks) mentioned during my research which I have to track down. Going to be an interesting learning curve.

Hi JD, For my 2" grubs I like a gamakatsu ball head 211 1/8oz with #1 or #2 hook For my 3" minnows as per picture below I use a TT 1/4 or 1/6 or 1/8 and preferably with a size 1H (I pick up the odd king on this so I prefer the Heavier hooks). I've worked out a retrieve which gets a sub surface walk the dog action which has been very effective on the pelagics in the past but I have to use the bullet head jig. I struggle to do it as effectively with the darter type jig heads. For my 4" minnows I prefer a 1/0H hook and most often with a 1/4oz. Hold the jigjhead alongside the plastic of choice and see where the hook comes out. I like to have it coming out where I would consider the shoulder of the fish to be and not at the lower back. Regards. Derek PS. When I started the mantra was fish as light a jig head as possible. I started off with some really light jig heads which were a pain. My advice these days is to fish as light a jig head as you can which will do what you need it to do. If I want range with the bream gear I will start with a 1/4oz or even a 9gram on a 3" minnow. My theory is the flathead don't care. Once I've worked an area then I reduce jig head size and work the area again then reduce jig head size once more for the more subtle retrieves. I believe the ultralight jig heads come into their own when targeting species such as bream but they will also take a heavier jig head.

Just be careful going ultralight as you might find yourself getting more birdsnests. Going slightly heavier on your jigs heads helps the line wind on to the spool just that little bit tighter. I usually run 1/8, 1/6 and 1/4 (the last for the extra casting range when I want to cover ground).