hey guys ,just wondering if any of you guys do any fly fishing in fresh or salt and what you use ,,i like a 6wt rod for trout with intermediate weight forward line,and fro cod ive got 2 rods a 7-8 wt and a 9-10 with a fast sinking line on both ,,and i tie my own flies ,,,,,my flies cant be too bad i was catching 4-5 inch redfin on cod flies whilst up at copeton

i have the gear ready JAS just haven't used it yet :o

My patience for fly flew out the window ,,after many hours of practise and a lot of swear words I admit I gave up...Fly drove me insane for some reason im not usually one to give in but this got the better of me

Now the rod is around 10 times smaller and the reel is a hanging wind chime in the back yard [bloody fly fishing]

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youll just have to give the rod to me poly ,ill learn it how to fish then give it back ,,,how bout that

Dont ask me why but I've been giving the fly lod a bit of practice of late.

Have no idea how to fly fush just been catching cars in the car park

ahahahahha youve got on up on poly then

It's actually a bit of fun

We all get out & give it a go one of the guys got tangled up in the tree, I snagged a truck & had to run after it to get him to stop bugger nearly spooled me

It's one thing being able to cast in a car park & another actually knowing how to fish with one of them fly thingy's

hahaahahaahahha nearly spooled haahahahah yeah the worst part is pickin what the fish are takin on that day ,,,ide say salt water fly would be a lot easier though

Yep Yep it was a bloody big truck

Not a fresh water fisherman only dabble in non saline water from time to time.

Prob the only reason I've even shown any interest in a fly rod was cause last year I had a mongrel of a time getting the frigate mackels to take either a SP or jig lure but those on fly were doing very well as far as hookups went so maybe I'll give them a shot this year on fly if they're being fussy again.

haahaah i could just imagine it ,,,it would of been funny

congats on hooking that truck jumpy


the mackels, did you catch them in south west arm

Yep Yep Daniel

They were everywhere last season up to 3 different schools surfaces @ one time.

They were that close I could've reached out & grabbed them even had a couple of 6 ft whaler sharks crashing them & one of the sharkies nearly banged into the boat as it was thrashing around.

Only managed 2 frigates that day my 1st cast actually jagged one & after about another 100 casts changing lures etc finally managed to hook the 2nd frigate in the mouth.

Reckon I would've had a ball that day on fly.

yeah mate they would be great on a fly ,,,,,,

yea i seen them there before, only 1 school of them but

These things go hard prob one of my favourite of the small pelagics to catch & salted make one of the best snapper baits

Never tried fly fishing, but this is the best I could find on the subject.

good one kkw

kk geez you're a ninkompoopy

Serious my arse I knew you were up to no good.

Anyways guys had another go @ that fly rod thingy but there were no trucks to be found in the area so no hookups

I did however come home with a new wittle toy to try out.

I'm no expert on fry gear but this wittle reel is beautifully made & it's the same as the one we've been trying to catch trucks & tree's with

Full Alloy has it's own drag system [ I was told that fry reels didn't have drag ???] It's from the Browning range & fair dinkum I could use it as a roulet wheel it just keeps spining around & around then it does some more around & around after that.

What you guys reckon is it spoofylacockassen or what ???

wheres mine ,lolol mate ya dont need a drag for fresh water like ya would for salt ,when ya fry fish in salt ya need 5 times the amount of line and backing cause as ya know they run and fight better then freshwater fish

Got this one for the salt water jason.

Keen to give those frigid macks a go

good luck mate

Never tried Fly fishing and I am not sure if I am going to.

I have one friend that wants to do try this as they think this could be fun. They at present do not have any fly gear so could be a little while before they try this.

I will add that I have seen a person fish from the rocks using a salt water fly gear and he was targeting and catching Luderick.

update guys ,,hows everyones fly fishing goin ,,jas

Funny ewe should ask

I actually looked @ my fly rods the other day

Only because I did a major re-arrangment of all my gear & I kid ewe not ewe could've planted Cow peas in the dust buildup luckily I've got covers on the outfits

Yet to use them

Strike me, this thread is 2 years old and I still haven't used my fly outfit, damm how bad is that

Paul

good on ya guys ,,,ive gotta get some new rods soon the old starter ones from bigw have seen there day,,,jas

Only got them cause the reels were given to me have to admit they're quite spoof full alloy nicely machined etc

Actually got quite good @ casting the thing once I got the hang of it & stopped wristing the rod

Wun day I'll get around to it