lofty64

Fishing Wholesale , mid coast fishing tackle , they are a glass rod , very light , with lots of balls cheers

Maybe have a look at the OKUMA flexi tipz , I like them but you may not , around $50 .
 

I have no idea Lofty - I dont pay too much attention to that sort of thing. I suspect it is at the lower end of the PE scale so might be the same.

Here's a couple of photos I took while fishing in the Dasher River several days ago as a rain shower came through..
cheers
Adrian..

Rainbow over the Dasher River..

The other half of the rainbow near Mt Roland at Claude Road..

This is just a short video clip of a few wild browns that fell to the rainbow coloured Aglia Fluo blade spinner last week.
Cold water (2.5 degrees at times) in the rivers & streams is making the fishing a little tough at the moment.. Once the weather settles and the water temps rise I'm sure the trout fishing will improve week by week..
That last fish of the day made the trip worthwhile..
cheers
Adrian 
 
 

i use to be massive on photography a year or two ago.... But work life and other hobbies have gotten in the way but i found these on my computer today.... Porties is such a photogenic place to take photos. Probably my favourite place that i took the majority of my photos...
Photos taken with an Canon 6d mk ii and a dji mavic pro drone...

 

 

 

Thanks guys for your kind thoughts. very much appreciated, i will be fine...👍
I'll finish of with a wild sunset with it snowing a long way off to the left of the photo... 
cheers
Adrian..

All the best Adrian .............CHEERS

Thanks Lofty, yes I remember the suffering you've gone through mate and the trouble you're still having to put up with.. it can also put a lot of pressure on those around you as well when we have those off days with it..  
Another dumping of snow on the Bluff again last night and a few other places around the state, none here in Sheffield thankfully.. still damn cold here though.. 4.9 degrees at 11:55 am.. 
cheers
Adrian

Love the picture , but feel for your pain as I have the same problem with L3,L4,and L5  with Sciatica ,and is very painful,after a failed Lamonectomy  ( cant spell check ) and many other procedures ,I was implanted with a Dorsal Column Simulator into the spine ,not fun , so I hope you go well , as bad backs rule your life CHEERS and good luck Matey .   

love your work.
 

Just received my 2019/20 Trout Season photo book, this time instead of making a two half yearly books I made a full season one of 134 pages..  I'm pretty happy with the end result..
Here's a few photos of the finished product.. Once again I waited until Snapfish had a 50% sale on that included extra pages.. The book is A4 size...
cheers
Adrian..

This is one very well used little #00 (1.5gm) Aglia spinner that I've used on the trout on & off for around four years...
It's still holding together and will get some use again next season in the small tannin waters..
cheers
Adrian
 

This video is one of several I made to the Meander River during the trout season.. Another fast water session where the Bug spinner did the job on the trout again..
Hope you enjoy it..
cheers
Adrian..
 

Seeing as the trout season is now closed here in Tassie I thought I would post a trout fishing video on the site every now & then,  This was from one of my early trips during the trout season..
cheers
Adrian
 

I have fished in South Australia for 44 years from beach jetty and the last 30 years from boat only.Here lies the problem,in that time I have been approached twice by fishing inspectors.....

Beaut colours on this guy 

A midge hatch around lunch time, must of been why they where so active today 

It's sad to hear of so many people losing their jobs around the country, thankfully in my case I'm well over the retiring age (74) and still in pretty good health apart from lower back & hips being on the poor side the rest is okay.. I'm still heading off to the rivers for a spin session as well, I never see anyone else on them at the best of times either, so yes all good down this way for now.. Let's hope there's a cure for this virus in the very near future and everything gets back on track once it's over which will take some time to do so. When that will be who knows but let's hope it's sooner than later for everyone's sake.. stay safe & well everyone... thinking of you all back there in good ol' South Australia..
cheers
Adrian

Thought I’d share a couple of pix shot with the drone from one of my favourite areas to fish. The West Coast 😎
 
 

The bloke I went with was a Parks'n'Wildlife ranger at Chillagoe for 15 years and used to chase them in the Walsh River. He told of very large waterholes there. I've never been out that way.

Hard hat weather , should bag it up , probably gunner be 40 degrees in a couple of days , the way the weather has been lately .
 

Hard hat weather , should bag it up , probably gunner be 40 degrees in a couple of days , the way the weather has been lately .
 

This was from a few weeks ago, tough spin session in the Mersey River with the trout surface feeding..
cheers
Adrian
 

Had the chance to run a couple of these in my last two session and below are some early thoughts. I'll also continue to post back in here as the summer goes on.
To start with, im coming from a view where the Sugarpen is the gold standard in my eyes. The Pen casts like a bullet, skips across the water beautifully, is quite a flexible lure in terms or its applications and has a success rate that is widely accepted as high. So every commen / view I have on sBT's stick bait will be relative to the Pen.
That being said.
1st impressions:

On the RHS are the 4 "Bangas" as I have affectionately named them. On the LHS are the same 4, mixed in with 4 Pens to give you an idea.
- the blank is almost exactly the same. Same length, same profile/shape. The only differences I can ascertain are (1) a small "scale" finish as opposed to the Pen's lateral dots, and (2) the casting weight is marginally further back in the Pen.
- the blank has a rattle, where as the 70mm Pen doesn't. This appears to be due to the blank having the casting weight in the "chamber" as oppsoed to right at the tail end of the lure like the Pen does.
- the assist hooks they come with look good. Size wise they are maybe a #6 equivalent, possibly even a #4. The braid / assist robe used actually glows bright orange under black light/UV
On the water:

- the blank sits differently in the water at a stand still. Where as the Pen sits almost 45 degrees (head up, tail down), the blank sits realtively flat with no discernable difference in buoyancy between any end of the lure. One of the blanks sat upside down at rest - maybe it was just a dud - but the others seem to be fine.
- casts well, much like the Pen does. To be honest cant tell the differece in that regard.
- seems to swim fine. Ever so slightly different action to the Pen, but this could also be due to the lack of belly trebel on the blank. Might pull the trebel off one of Pens then compare like for like.
Importantly - Results:
The plan I have used is - find the fish with my normal toys, then throw the "Bangas" in and see if they bite.
Trip 1 was pretty tough, nothing in my kit bag really got the job done. However the blank did seduce a couple of roughly 24 models.
Trip 2 was also tough, the wind was up and I wasn't confident the blank would create the water disturbance I needed. Normally in these conditions I would be throwing the larger 95 Pen. However I persisted and nailed an early to mid 30s!
RHS is Trip 1 (~24cm), LHS is Trip 2 (30+cm)
Note - I have cut the dangly bits off. I found they looked like weed and once I removed them I got more engagement for the fish.

@southie THE BANGA overall a good blank and very comparable to the Pen.
More feedback / photos to come over the remainder of summer.
Cheers
TL

Just a quick update. 
Been trying my best to pump a few out over the last week... 
Works been a pain in the arse. Will pump a few more out before i start to give a couple out.... but heres some I've done so far..