Meppstas

I just saw some footage on 7news Adelaide, traffic near bumper to bumper through Port Wakefield....

Looks like every man & his dog are heading to Yorkes... 

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Adrian

It will certainly have it's place in the trophy cabinet doobie..

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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..

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Adrian

Here's a few pic's Micky, may be of some help to you.. Like I said I'm yet to try them but will do so on the trout next season..

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Adrian

I've just got a few to try out on the trout in the rivers next season Micky, never used them before either, I did get the lightest ones available for the rivers..

There's plenty of info on YouTube using blades & vibes on the bream.... 

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Adrian

Thanks guys, 

doobie the lower back & hips aren't going all that good at this stage, went in for CT scans & x-rays last Friday, seeing the Doctor tomorrow for the results.. Trout fishing has been closed here for 23 days now and the body hasn't recovered yet.. can't have injections as my Doctor is stuck overseas somewhere...

Tinker, go on Google Earth and check out the small rivers & streams.. Light, Torrens, Sturt, Finness, Myponga (upper reaches), Hindmarsh Rivers & Sixth Creek are just a few I fished back in the day, they all held trout back then, times have changed a lot since then so don't know what they're like now, still you never know what you may find..

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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..

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Adrian..

Thanks southie, you wont regret it, well worth the trip..

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Adrian

This video is one from many weeks ago when I headed back to the fast waters in the upper reaches of the Meander River.. Certainly a area that's a little tough on the body..

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Adrian

Great to see you've got some on the move and hey sold so fast.. hope it continues to do so for you too,

Thoroughly well deserved for the time, effort & money you've put into it..

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Adrian..

Sounds like a plan, small shallow divers (30-50mms) are the go down here in the rivers,

love to test a couple out for you any  time Southie..  

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Adrian

Thanks guys, time to get the body right for the next season in three months time.. 

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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..

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Adrian

Nice afternoon session with the son and some quality fish caught too, nice job..

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Adrian

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..

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Adrian

You can take what you need from my site album if they're of any use to you... mine are all freshwater though..

if any are okay PM me and I can email you a few at a higher definition..

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Adrian

52 minutes ago, vogon said:

love your office

It's a beauty isn't it, have several of them too..  

5 hours ago, southie THE BANGA said:

Cheers mate. Might have a couple to send out to you for you to try on the Tassie trout

No worries, I'll certainly give them a workout on the trout for you..

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Adrian

Here's a video from another spin session chasing wild trout in the upper reaches of the Meander River, it's all fast water fishing for the experience trout river fisho's..

This was another trip back another off my favorite fast waters, one I haven't fished for quite some time.. I had already fished a stretch of water some three or so kilometres downstream that was full of green algae so decided to make the move to the fast waters again..This video starts from when I entered the fast water, the conditions were good, great flow in the river and the trout were here. They were a little choosy going from one coloured Mepps spinner to another on a regular basis, even used a small unbranded minnow lure for a short time.. Every lure used on this trip caught trout.. The best fish of the day was taken on the smallest spinner a size #00 (1.5gram) Stone Fly Bug spinner, that trout went 1.04 kgs.. cheers

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Adrian

They look great...

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Adrian

This was a late afternoon trip to the fast waters of the Meander River and a good one it was with my first double figure catch since the 10th January. A slow start to the spin session that picked up the longer it went on as the Stone Fly & March Brown Bug spinners did their job on the trout. It's amazing how a dozen heat patches on the body gets one through a solid three hours in one of the toughest stretches of water on this river.. Just love chasing trout in fast water, cast and drift up and across the river then with a slow retrieve of the Mepps spinner, a light twitch of the trout rod every so often to make the spinner blade flutter works a treat on them. Don't forget, after every third or forth trout you catch always check the treble hooks to see if they're still in good condition & also make sure they're still sharp. I always sharpen mine after the third or forth trout is caught, even when I've hooked a few and lost them I still run the small sharpening stone over them.

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Adrian 

This video clip is from a few weeks ago when I headed over to the Meander River in the search of some wild brown trout..

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Adrian

Job well done there Banga.. 

I'm like both of the above swivels.. use the silver plain snap on hard body lures and the small black snap swivel on both hard body & blade spinners..

Don't have any trouble with either of them on the hard body lures, though I only use mono line for all my fishing.. even though mainly trout now days.

The swivels are great as it saves a lot of time changing lures and tying knots..

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Adrian

This is the rig I used for beach fishing for Mulloway at Middleton, baits were strips of squid, squid heads, pilchards, small whole mullet, salmon trout & even salmon & mullets fillets because they're an oily fish.. 

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Adrian