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I just came across this beautiful specimen while browsing through Reddit, and thought it was pretty enough to share. According to the comments, it's either a California Golden Trout, or a palomino trout; either way, you'd have to get a kick out of reeling something like this in 
 

 
Imgur link: http://i.imgur.com/o2nn9eS.jpg

Well, today I finally joined up on You Tube, then place a couple of short video clips on it..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

 

Great pictures Adrian ......The black and white is special .....like some say......Just something about it .

Headed out to "Moonta North" on Tuesday evening with my trusty deckie, three days after the New Moon to see if the bloods were running and to check out the new lights on the boat.
Launched a few hours before dark to sus out the spot and then moved out about 5kms for a little fishing till sunset. Did not expect to catch anything due to the timing of the Bloodworm run but what else do you do apart from look at the stunning scenery from the wind farms to the start of the Flinders Ranges. Expected to catch a few squid but surprise, surprise George decided to come to the party and had enough for a feed before we had to head off.
Moved back to spot x and sat around chatting and adding layers of clothes until about an hour after high tide before switching on the lights.
We had some severe reservations about being out worming this night because there were ZERO boats out apart from a pro that was out wide. Do the locals know something we don't???? Are there no worms to be had on this perfect June night?????
 
 
No butterflies here.
 
Soon after turning on the lights we were again stunned by how alive the water was with small fast worms (I don't know what they are) and before long the first Bloodworm appeared out of the darkness. About 2 hours later we had about 4 litres of worms. We were allowed 8 litres but 4 was plenty and wanted to get back home by 2 am to get a few hours sleep
 
I will finish this report when I reduce the size of the pic files and let you know how we got on with the preserving and storage. Stay tuned.

Great pictures Adrian ......The black and white is special .....like some say......Just something about it .

Adrian, even your B/W photographic skills are amazing .....
 
Some of these pictures surely show clarity and depth better than a colour one would !
 
I think as Doobie said, that Snow covered Mountain, with the foreground fence in the water looks fantastic !!
 
Time you put together a Coffee Table Book ...
 
SF

Totally agree. Sometimes B&W is s**ts all over colour.
 
Like my late labrador .
 

Reminds me of my Kodak Brownie days, don't remember my pics coming out that well though.

As much as I like photos full of colour I also have a liking for black & white photos as there's just something to like about them..
 
maybe it's because they bring back some good memories of days gone by when all photos were in black and white and even sepia...
 
Today's cameras bring out the best in black and white too... Any way here's a few to start with and I'll add to the list every so often..
 
The bottom ones are of me when I was a little fella.. boy that was quite some time ago..
 
cheers
 
Adrian

This view is from our back yard, took it tonight as the sun had set and the mist started to appear in the paddocks at 5:13pm... looks like we're in for another frost tonight..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

 5:13 pm...
 

5:14 pm...

Adrian , that is a cracking good looking repair...
 
If anything, I would hazard a guess, that, the repaired lure might run a little deeper, due to the extra angle on the new bib.
 
Well done, for finding all the little bits to do such a repair.
 
SF

Some time back during the brown trout season I had three new Daiwa Gekkabijin Yoguri 4F hard body lures of which two were lost to fish taking then into snags under water and the last one 
finished up with a broken bib thanks to me... It was during a session while fishing low water that had a lot of cotton like algae in it and it kept fouling the lure. After some forty minutes of fishing and 
cleaning the algae from the lure on every retrieve I belted the lure on the water surface to clean it the quick & easy way. Trouble is, by doing that it broke the small bib off the lure  making it useless.
So today I thought I'd have a go at repairing it  myself by making a bib and gluing it in place. Using a hacksaw blade I made a small cut where the bib had broken off flush just in front off the eye and then found a small thin piece of clear plastic which I hand filed to a shape that I thought may work. Didn't think to get one of the new replacement lures out to see  what they looked like which was dumb.. any way made on and glue it into place and it came up reasonably well.. I think it did as I'm yet to test it out and I will do that once the season reopens on 5th August.. here's a photo of the original lure and the one that's been repaired.
The repaired lure has a little more angle to it than the new lure..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

I went out in my Hobie and found a very co-operative school of salmon around the kilo size that kept me entertained for 3 or so hours until the fading light and a 3k paddle home had me leaving em biting. I ended up scaling back to a light 1-3kg rod and had a ball. I dont know how many I ended up getting and releasing but it certainly was what I needed to to finish my 4 weeks off......back to work tomorrow
Chuck and I are going to go back next week and have a crack at them on fly. He has a new 6 weight rod that needs christening and I reckon this would be just the thing to do it
 
I also got to use my gopro 5 and got some great footage now I just have to learn how to edit
 
cheers
snapps

Adrian, Tourism Tasmania should be slipping you a "sly one" for all the promotional shots you do for them . Must get down that way one day!!

Here's a few photos from this morning as the weather changed from clear skies early before sunrise here in Sheffield..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

Sunrise at Sheffield..

Morning mist as the weather moves in..

Weather moving in from the North West.

Heavy cloud building up fast..

Here's pic I took the other day while fishing a small river.. it's a real mirror image.. just a shame it was a dull overcast day..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

The top photo of a thistle seed head (or what ever you'd call it)  was taken quite some time ago in a paddock as I was heading to a river.. the thing is the following two photos taken this morning while heading through the paddocks once again to a river are of the same type of thistle.. 
 
What I didn't know was that on cool mornings they are closed.. learn something new every day don't we..     photo taken with my trusty fishing Canon SX150IS compact camera..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

This photo was taken back in 2013
 


And this morning at 10:05 am at Meander..

Well I just received my Spotters Prize Pack in the mail today and what a great prize it is.. Great pair of Spotters Fury Black - Halide  sun glasses, sun glasses hold fast (so I don't lose them) a beautiful Spotters
t-shirt, Spotters baseball cap and a ripper car sunshade all of these prizes will be put to very good use too. Thanks again to  " SPOTTERS & STRIKE & HOOK " for putting up the prizes for the month of March & also I'm wrapped I won the March Spotters Comp.
Can't wait to find a bit of time to hit a river and give the spotters a go, plus I'll wear the cap and take a selfie too..
 
So guys get your April reports going and don't forget to take your camera with you too as photos always go well with any  fishing report..
 
cheers
Adrian
 

Great Spotters Prize Pack.

Finally we have had a bit of rain here today and it's brought the bees out collecting honey, Bumble Bees & native bees were busy on a variety of plants a while ago..
 
I had time to get a few quick pic's before the rain moved in again.. hoping we get a lot more to give the rivers a lift and bring the trout on.. 
 
cheers
Adrian



Bumble bees...
 

Native bee... head buried into Banksia..

Common bees..
 


Rain clouds.. great to see..

Good luck with the fishing matey , hope the weather gods are kind , nice pics .

Damm
 
Mods could you please turn pic 3,6,7,12 and 13, 90° to the right please.
 
Could well be my fault sitting by the pool up here draining rum cans
 

 
Bloody hard work lol
 
Cheers
 
WILDA

re tip your rods matey ,its not hard .

Took this photo this morning, didn't come out all that good as I only used my small Canon camera that I use for trout fishing..
 
Didn't have time to grab my good camera  and set it up as the moon was setting too fast at the time.. May get up early tomorrow and see what it's like.
 
Cheers
Adrian

The Strike Hook Footy Tipping Comp for 2017 is setup and ready to go. An email should have been sent to those who have participated previously. For those who haven't received an email or haven't signed up yet please click the link below to join.
 
Please note: You must be a member of the footy tipping site to be able to join the comp. Click this link to sign up http://www.footytips.com.au/join , once you have signed up then you can click the link below to join the Strike Hook comp.
 
 
Address http://www.footytips...omps/strikehook
 
Password tipping
 
 
Good luck everyone   
 
Sponsors and prizes will be added throughout the season and updated in this post.

Hey PP I am all for catch and cook ,and the sea bream are very nice on the plate