Knots – FG knot how to tie
Since I perfected this tie of the FG knot I have not suffered a failure of the knot and it has accounted for heaps of big barra.
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Check list – lake loch style fishing for trout
For those many years that I lived in the Snowy Mountains region of NSW loch style fishing for trout was absolute favourite fishing preference. This is my check list of items I take on every trip when targeting trout on fly from boat.
Check list – emergency kit
I keep my emergency kit in a small orange zip lock bag. It does have just enough first aid items to get by but most of the content are items you may need in an emergency.
Check list – offshore deep water dark side fishing
From the year 2000 and up until we moved to Gladstone in Central most of my fishing was with fly. Since moving to CQ my fishing has been quite different and with “tongue in cheek” I have basically called it fishing on the dark side.
Check list – lake barra outings
One of my favourite past times is dusk and night fishing for big barramundi in Lake Awoonga. To be successful in the dark it’s important to have the right gear at hand and knowing where each item is.
Check lists
One of the most important things I learned in my competition fishing career was the importance of not forgetting to have items on hand that I needed in a competition session.
Fishing season reminders – NSW
Hopefully this small blog post will keep you in touch with the dates for fishing seasons in NSW for popular species such as bass, trout and cod.
Colour pallet
These are the colours that I use when making my own soft plastics and also favor if I am buying production soft plastics.
BIG FISH FLIES
One of the things I always promote is the importance of limiting the flies you carry in your fly boxes to just those flies that you are confident work for you, you understand when to use them and you know how to fish them.
Fishing for foragers – on fly and the dark side
We are very lucky around Gladstone in that we have a healthy population of Mangrove Jacks, Fingermark, Barred and Silver Grunter and Flathead in our local waters and all four of them are reseptive to both fly and lure presentations.