ashisnothereman Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Raiders, Fished middle harbour for blackies using green weed flies I picked up from my local tackle shop. Worked a treat and didn't need to rebait or anything, was a great session. Had to burley a tad with just bread, sand and some weed that I scraped off the rocks nearby. Fished exactly the same technique/ rig as usual just with the fly on the terminal end. Any intel of blackfish in parra river yet? I will be getting myself an alvey blackfish reel soon, probably start with the cheaper centre pin model, love to hear what rods people have got matched to their alvey blackfish. Anyway Tight lines. Ash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VBCB Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Good stuff, I always wondered if these flies were working, got my answer, aren't they dropping it very quickly but ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashisnothereman Posted June 6, 2013 Author Share Posted June 6, 2013 Good stuff, I always wondered if these flies were working, got my answer, aren't they dropping it very quickly but ? Yea I did get several downs and would strike to nothing. Assuming they had a taste, didn't like it and let go before I connected. They would be gun in the wash, bit of turbulence to confuse them. None the less they work a treat if you can't be bothered to/ cannot find bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichieR Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I wonder if you could make up some sort of liquid made of blended up weed, maybe a touch of tuna oil to make them more tasty and dip it in the sauce every few casts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarlRak Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Yea I did get several downs and would strike to nothing. Assuming they had a taste, didn't like it and let go before I connected. They would be gun in the wash, bit of turbulence to confuse them. None the less they work a treat if you can't be bothered to/ cannot find bait. Good work mate. Last winter I was at a pretty popular blackie spot that always seems to have a thick soupy wash to it. I watched three competent fishermen for a while. Two were fishing cabbage/weed baits, the third was just using weed flies under a float rig. He was easily pulling in twice the number of fish that the other two were, if not more. The conditions were perfect, overcast, little wind, heaps of fish around (even I caught a few) and that thick wash over deep water. Looked as though if you can get all the conditions right the fly meant you didn't spend so much time baiting your hook or loosing baits to downs with no hook-ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashisnothereman Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 Good work mate. Last winter I was at a pretty popular blackie spot that always seems to have a thick soupy wash to it. I watched three competent fishermen for a while. Two were fishing cabbage/weed baits, the third was just using weed flies under a float rig. He was easily pulling in twice the number of fish that the other two were, if not more. The conditions were perfect, overcast, little wind, heaps of fish around (even I caught a few) and that thick wash over deep water. Looked as though if you can get all the conditions right the fly meant you didn't spend so much time baiting your hook or loosing baits to downs with no hook-ups. Yea if you get a down and no connection you can just leave your float where it is and soon enough you will get another down. also weed is fairly hard to come by during winter months (local spots i know of have pretty crap quality atm and is only worth using for burley) and so these flies are great and saves me the trek to the beaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashisnothereman Posted June 7, 2013 Author Share Posted June 7, 2013 I wonder if you could make up some sort of liquid made of blended up weed, maybe a touch of tuna oil to make them more tasty and dip it in the sauce every few casts Will definitely give that a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrubby53 Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 I have also used the weed fly on occassions in the harbour but you have to keep the burly up to them. What I did find that I was getting downs but no hook ups so I trimmed the fly when it was wet to see how much tail was hanging. After doing this I was getting better hook ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty dog Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Ash whereabouts did you get the weed flies from or do you have a contact number of the tackle shop , i live in Newcastle and have never seen them and wouldn't mind giving them a go. cheers Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luderick Hunter Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 (edited) Ash whereabouts did you get the weed flies from or do you have a contact number of the tackle shop , i live in Newcastle and have never seen them and wouldn't mind giving them a go. cheers Wayne Try flebay, there are a few sellers on there, just search luderick. Edited June 8, 2013 by Luderick Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arpie Posted June 8, 2013 Share Posted June 8, 2013 Well done! I've landed a few nice ones on weed fly up in Forster, but find that you need to have a 'hot bite' ie lots of fish fighting for it, rather than just the odd fish having a go. I must get mine out & try them again! Thanks for the reminder! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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