gmonaco Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Hi All, Long time watcher, first time poster, I'm SQUIDBOY's little Bro. We went for a trout fish early last Saturday morning and like always I had to try and out do squidboy again, at what we both love best. It was quiet all morning till just before midday. When I had this decent hit and run on a yellow wing big devil. I had my little 2 to 6 pound Loomis at the time and with 4lb braid I know that I had to play it safe. It was like catching a Jew with the drag Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzzz away too many times and for too long till it finally hit the banks. A 47cm rainbow which made the trip worthwhile. Regards G Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james7 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 G Unit I reckon you found the pot of gold! Cheers and well done! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blood Knot Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Goodonya G Unit Nice trout and to Fishraider Cheers BloodKnot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkley Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Nice fish River ? or Lake ? What area ?? Wrinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonaco Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Thanks all, squidboy ended up with a small one which went 28cm. it was lake Jindy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonaco Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 PS, I'm trying to get into fly fishing but it's my second attempt, I'm a little better this time. No wipping and losing fly's but not getting much distance? any hints ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrinkley Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 persistance And if you dont end up with a fly in the back of the head your just not trying hard enough ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Nice Rainbow, they are tricky fish to get and can see you a mile away, Ive been a regular camper at tumat and fished for them, got a couple only small and only spinning, not very good with fly casting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingpig Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 What type of rod and line are u trying to cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonaco Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 I have a Sage Z-Axis 590-4, 5 WT 9 foot 4p. I'm am currently using RIO gold WF5F and thinking of going for a sinking line instead of a floater? Would this help? PS: I'm not giving up anytime soon, I won’t to nail one on a fly and cannot wait till November for the trout festival. My other spinning rod is a G Loomis SRJ 6400. Thanks G Unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 G Unit, Congratulations on a lovely fish and welcome to fishraider. Flycasting: The most impotant thing is timing. Trying to cast distance is anti-productive. Concentrate on stopping abruptly at 10 and 2 o'clock, plausing slightly before returning. When you get the feel distance comes easily and presentation follows. Hard to explain in an email. If your ever down Wollongong way drop a PM and we can have a practise. After that have to spend time on a stream. Good Luck, Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmonaco Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 Thanks Geoff, I think I need to practice keeping my rod in a straighter line while casting a bit more to keep the loop a bit smaller. I'm looking at this fly fishing moves and I am slowly picking up my faults. It’s going to take some time but I’ll get there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DGF Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 nice rainbow where abouts do you catch them, id love to try chase them but no clue where to get them from Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidboy Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Hey G Unit, Or should I say younger brother? Good fish champ, I know I had a smaller fish at the end of the day, but I was scoping around more than flicking the lure. Anyway, look forward to flogging you at the comp like always Squidboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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