MIKECATTS

Hi all..
Got a surprise when I got home today ( I live between 2 houses..)... Wow.. Gifts for me.... Im happy, thanks guys.. well done..
I like the beanie.. Battery charger looks nice...and some free tackle as well.... I needed the Jetty clip at Haslam last year.. a snook took my rod for a swim.. I got it back.. the rod that is..
Mike
 

Will do.. I like the beany....Thanks guys...

Will do.. I like the beany....Thanks guys...

A nice variety of gear which I'm sure you'll have a use for each bit  

Hi all..
Got a surprise when I got home today ( I live between 2 houses..)... Wow.. Gifts for me.... Im happy, thanks guys.. well done..
I like the beanie.. Battery charger looks nice...and some free tackle as well.... I needed the Jetty clip at Haslam last year.. a snook took my rod for a swim.. I got it back.. the rod that is..
Mike
 

Hi all..
Got a surprise when I got home today ( I live between 2 houses..)... Wow.. Gifts for me.... Im happy, thanks guys.. well done..
I like the beanie.. Battery charger looks nice...and some free tackle as well.... I needed the Jetty clip at Haslam last year.. a snook took my rod for a swim.. I got it back.. the rod that is..
Mike
 

Hi all..
Got a surprise when I got home today ( I live between 2 houses..)... Wow.. Gifts for me.... Im happy, thanks guys.. well done..
I like the beanie.. Battery charger looks nice...and some free tackle as well.... I needed the Jetty clip at Haslam last year.. a snook took my rod for a swim.. I got it back.. the rod that is..
Mike
 

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

That will be a great trip ..... and hopefully you can control the drone  
Good luck on the Kingies too, as they have eluded you a few times around Point Lowly - but there are coming in around there now, so you should have a good chance of hooking into them.

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

More to come.. Heading over to the west coast next week for 6 weeks bumming around.. Want to do it before christmas as I feel its going to be mad.... 
Starting @ Lowly=king fish.. then Cowell=YFW, then move further west=salmon/sharks/Mulloway..
Ill have my new Gannet drone with me as well..
Mike

More to come.. Heading over to the west coast next week for 6 weeks bumming around.. Want to do it before christmas as I feel its going to be mad.... 
Starting @ Lowly=king fish.. then Cowell=YFW, then move further west=salmon/sharks/Mulloway..
Ill have my new Gannet drone with me as well..
Mike

Well done Mike on a great report too  

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

Wow... Nice way to wake up..... Yes please... I do need a new charger. 
Thanks ALL ABOUT BATTERIES.... Great service, great products and a nice guy as well...

Yep I agree.. Ive set up markers on my property.. I have 1 hector.... have practised to get the best cast... Ive found it goes further if the leader to braid knot is past the last eye... But tends to ware out the braid.. I use FG knots.. With knot before eye.. about 30-40metres.. 
I use super thin 6lb braid/12lb leader... The thinnest braid I can find... and making sure the braid on the spool isnt to full. A little wind behind also helps .. with no wind or very little I still can get easily 40-45 metres consistently.. using 2-6lb rod.. not as good with the 4-8lb rod around the 30 metres... same reals... I set up the two with identical braid/leader/reel/4.5g lure (no hooks).
I tend to keep the lure in a over head straight flat cast, rather than a over head lob or round house... The light rod whips it out no probs.. Dont need much effort to cast.. can do it all day.
I try and keep the knot right on the last eye when casting now, with about 2 feet of leader. Taken me a while and 100's of casts to get it right... My FG knot has 40 first wraps, then 10 second then 10 to finish.. Its a longer know but its easier to sit on the last eye..
My lite 2-6lb Diawa rod doesnt do as good/feel right..... I prefer the Samaki any day.. 
 

My Samaki Archer... 2-6lb 6'9" long casts a 4g lure about 40-60 metres using 6lb braid.. my other Samaki Archer 4-8lb 6'11" doesnt do as well.. But the heavier one is way better to get "walking the dog" action better..... I prefer the lighter rod... Suits my fishing style... I use it for hours at a time and its soo light/balanced.. doesnt fatigue me at all..
I use a cheap Shimano $30 1000 reel.... Its held up well, but have to keep up the maintenance with it, especially the bail arm/roller.. gets tight...... It was best/cheapest way for me to get extra spools. I bought 3 when on special for $30. I have plenty of spares as well.. LOL.. and they balance well with the Archer.. Ive got a decent/expensive 2500 reel, but it feels too heavy/awkward for the light rods.. 
Ive always thought "would an expensive reel do better? One day Ill find out.. But spare spools are as much as the reels themselves.... I like to have 3 spare spools ready to go... Its just me...

You do better than me I started lure fishing after saltwater fly fishing 10 years ago the Diawa aird rod was the first one I used . The 2-4 kilos I’ve been using weren’t cutting it for me the savage travel. rod was great over the other two rods until one of the eyes fell off .
i have used diawa aird 2500 back when they were massive I’ve used shimano  sienna 1000 and my shimano 750 now with a smaller 2500 .
the aird was much lighter than the 2-4 kilos plus would cast the smaller light weight lures . Once I have my first cast with this diawa 1-3 hyper rod I’ll try the smaller reels that was my dream back in 2015 before my head injury .
lets be honest the shop person tried to take me for a ride I should’ve known it was a bait rod like a broom stick .
i wanted a lighter rod my dream catch bigger fish on smaller reels I’ll get back to it pretty sure the 750 and maybe the 1000 have landed me 38 cm bream the old aird got me bream and mullieway

My Samaki Archer... 2-6lb 6'9" long casts a 4g lure about 40-60 metres using 6lb braid.. my other Samaki Archer 4-8lb 6'11" doesnt do as well.. But the heavier one is way better to get "walking the dog" action better..... I prefer the lighter rod... Suits my fishing style... I use it for hours at a time and its soo light/balanced.. doesnt fatigue me at all..
I use a cheap Shimano $30 1000 reel.... Its held up well, but have to keep up the maintenance with it, especially the bail arm/roller.. gets tight...... It was best/cheapest way for me to get extra spools. I bought 3 when on special for $30. I have plenty of spares as well.. LOL.. and they balance well with the Archer.. Ive got a decent/expensive 2500 reel, but it feels too heavy/awkward for the light rods.. 
Ive always thought "would an expensive reel do better? One day Ill find out.. But spare spools are as much as the reels themselves.... I like to have 3 spare spools ready to go... Its just me...

My Samaki Archer... 2-6lb 6'9" long casts a 4g lure about 40-60 metres using 6lb braid.. my other Samaki Archer 4-8lb 6'11" doesnt do as well.. But the heavier one is way better to get "walking the dog" action better..... I prefer the lighter rod... Suits my fishing style... I use it for hours at a time and its soo light/balanced.. doesnt fatigue me at all..
I use a cheap Shimano $30 1000 reel.... Its held up well, but have to keep up the maintenance with it, especially the bail arm/roller.. gets tight...... It was best/cheapest way for me to get extra spools. I bought 3 when on special for $30. I have plenty of spares as well.. LOL.. and they balance well with the Archer.. Ive got a decent/expensive 2500 reel, but it feels too heavy/awkward for the light rods.. 
Ive always thought "would an expensive reel do better? One day Ill find out.. But spare spools are as much as the reels themselves.... I like to have 3 spare spools ready to go... Its just me...

I use flannelette jarmy bottoms., thick wool socks. I get some strange looks when dressing for a wade... 

I use flannelette jarmy bottoms., thick wool socks. I get some strange looks when dressing for a wade... 

I use flannelette jarmy bottoms., thick wool socks. I get some strange looks when dressing for a wade...