Middle Harbour Luderick

[andysinmexico]

Gday again raiders,

been a little while between adventures but here goes.

I had set myself a goal of catching a feed of luderick this year, as I have never fished specifically for them before but I do enjoy eating them.

This morning I had intended to use a float and dropper rig to try out a new artificial fly I had bought over the weekend, this if course only works if you remember to put the floats in the car !

Hmmm plan A out the window, what to do now, bingo I will tie the fly straight on to the 10lb fluro carbon leader and sight cast it up current to sink and drift back past where the fish were holding.

First try slurp yank miss, next try slurp yank miss, third try slurp pause yank twang I'm on !!! My first targeted blackfish and its on fly !!!

Played him for a couple of minutes then into the net, a nice solid fish and so strong.

Ended up with a full bag after about an hour this morning before work, most of the fish were male, ranged from 32 to 41cm and all fell to a fluro green artificial fly, they were no interested in the brown one at all.

Cheers

Andy

[Witha]

That's awesome mate. Great effort and very cool to see them taken on the artificial. Love the range of colours there.

Might have to give the fly a go haha

[andysinmexico]

It was an awesome session, watching the fish approach the fly and then timing the strike, so many misses but that amazing feeling as the rod loads up on a solid hookup and then a good fight from a solid fish wow

[Ryder]

Great bag mate.

So you could see the fish take the fly?

Cool.

[PlayerOne]

Great effort mate - I tried my spot in middle harbour yesterday (that normally produces) and only got 1 and dropped a couple....

[jed38]

Might have started a new trend here, be curious to see the fly works for you under the float!!

[Burger]

Nice haul Andy! Interesting mix of colours as Witha said.

[andysinmexico]

Gday Rider, sometimes I could see the fish take the fly and sometimes it was a case of where did the fly go I.e. lose sight of the Fluro green and strike hoping it was in the fishes gob

[Guest 4myson]

Great Cacthes there mate , seeing that makes me wanna get back into it as it's been at least 10 years since I've fished for them ...

[Burnsey]

Great haul Andy. Looks like a mix of dark local fish and lighter ocean run fish coming in to spawn. Always good to get one on a fly. I sometimes use one on a 2 hook rig beside the real stuff. It's always funny to see them take the fly when the real thing is right next to it!