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.
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.
The rule of 12ths … an easy way to know the approximate water depth at intervals of roughly 1 hour as the tide rises or falls.
We don’t get many days in Central Queensland when we get a break from persistent winds but when they come around it’s nice to take advantage of then and target one of your favourite species on fly.
These 5 barra above are all over a meter and have been caught in Lake Awoonga over the last 5 weeks on soft plastics that I rigged up in my own very personal way on soft plastics I poured myself in moulds for top pour soft plastics that I finessed and made myself.
North American red-eared slider turtles are spreading in the Sydney region, threatening native turtle populations by competing for food and nesting sites. They are considered one of the world’s worst invasive species of waterways, breeding rapidly and carrying exotic diseases. They can spread salmonella bacteria to people, pets and other animals. Unlike native turtles they … Read more
Bass Zero bag limit for bass and estuary perch starts 1 May and ends 31 August. Catch and release is allowed. The zero bag limit does not apply to fish in stocked freshwater impoundments, including Glenbawn Dam and Glennies Creek Dam in the Hunter Valley, Brogo Dam near Bega and Clarrie Hall and Toonumbar Dams … Read more
This Articulated Swimmer fly, when dressed in Qantas colours is like candy for Rock Cod.
Spent a bit of today topping up my #10 weight fly box with a batch of Large Mud Prawns. It is hard to believe just how many salt water species will take a well-presented prawn bait.
