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Thanks heaps Doobie - you've given me the confidence to have a go - we've got some warm days coming so I'll give it a another crack. As soon as you mentioned Newspaper a little light bulb went off - with my old technique, juice would gather at the bottom of my container and fishing maggots out of putrefyed meat soup, was never a fun task - but hopefully the news paper soaks most of that up and makes maggots separation a bit easier.

Thanks for that Doobie - the day time temp is something I'm concerned about over the coming months - and that fact that I dont see many flies in my area over winter

Thanks Kelp - Now I've just got to go find some blow flies - I seriously cant remember the last time I saw one. Might wait for the sun to come out before launching the operation

Thanks Kelp and Doobie this sand and bucket method sounds very doable - might just get a batch on the go. Doobie - how long did you leave the chicken under the sand after the flies had laid their eggs.

Yeah my attempts at breeding havent been all that fun - produced plenty of maggots but the stink is something I can do without

or has anyone had much luck with those maggot buckets

I've only done a few batches of maggots over the years and stopped because it was such a filthy stinkin business. And as I was using lamb hearts - it was almost as expensive as buying the maggots from the shop. Has anyone played around with the milk powder and bran method https://www.naturallyforbirds.com.au/flies-without-tears-a-personal-approach-to-maggots

Yeah those drones would save a few hours searching for activity. As kids - We thought we had our burley game sussed by asking the local baker for old bread - getting tubs of bread crumb is next level

Yeah - when bait fishing, winding right handed is probably a good idea. Having your smart hand doing the winding is often taking care of the most complex part of the process But when it comes to accurately casting lures, Rex reckons you should have your most intelligent hand doing the casting - especially when casting single handed into tricky spots. The right hand should also be able to more intricately work the lure, as it spends most of a right handers life doing all the tricky stuff. I didnt find the switch super easy - but I just kept a rod next to the couch, with a left hand

Yeah those bow and arrow casts can come in handy in dense cover - and they are pretty accurate over short distances

Yeah when Rex Hunt said the dominant hand should be on the rod, I made the switch and havent regretted it. re the soundtrack - I first heard his skills the other day and thought it suited the Swampy feel I was going for

How to break bulk spools of braid into 100m topshots 1. Measure it out on a rugby pitch (100m try line to try line) 2. jam 2 sticks in the ground 10m apart run the line around them 10 times 3. use your reel and the manufacturers guess as to how many cms of line is taken onto the spool in one turn of the handle. (this guessed distance will be for a full spools) 4. Buy a line counter and turn it around so it counts line coming onto the reel

Yeah those Norman speed clips look like they would be hard for a fishes mouth or a rock to open accidentally

The little clips are pretty strong but some people have said they have had trouble with them opening up - part of me thinks they didnt shut the clip correctly. - but their could be other factors at play. Rocks catching on the clip under strain and pushing the little keeper in and opening the snap could cause them to fail early. But its never happened to me

I started using clips when fishing for Jewies coz I like to throw 3 different lures at a spot before moving on to the next - and I dont like casting with long leaders - so after a few spots, my leader would be getting short after tying 3 uni knots at each. Then I started just using clips for all my lures - the only time I dont use them is on very delicate lures like 35mm plastic vibes and little stick minnows that need to flutter on the drop. And they do have a habit of catching weed in very weedy spots so I dont use them with little weedless presentations. I tend to chase every

yeah - if they're going to eat a fish with a lead head and a hook sticking out of its back - A slightly hunched back probably wont be the final straw

Do you reckon a thicker band over the eye would stop it snapping

ARe you wearing orange undies when you fish? - that could be the problem.

Yeah the majority of people that replied elsewhere didnt seem to have that issue with zmans either - but it has been a real issue for me in the past with the old "snap-backs"|. I think it has alot to do with the skinny lead collar style keepers on the majority of my jigheads. Users of TT head locks jigheads were particularly surprised that some people find glue necessary As you can see from the photo below - the TT's offer a better chunk of lead to be pulled over and grip onto than my standard heads

Yeah we used to work the bay rockwalls with SX40's for the pinks which is alot of fun - but the versatility of plastics is hard to beat on the pinkies

Yeah getting pantsed is predominantly a micro pinkies on plastics problem. Heaps of aggressive hits that dont hook up when you strike is the issue. But I specifically bought the ZMANS to target pinkies that hang around bait schools so white is a half decent match - it could be better but it will do

Yeah I'm the opposite when it comes to colours - I just pick one and stick with it. It takes a fair bit for me to change these days - I used to be mad for it but now I just cant be stuffed If they arent hitting little bait fish profiles I will switched to a worm if I'm near some worm beds but usually I just put my faith in bait fish imitations. When I do change plastics its usually to a different weight head, profile or hook size. But I do carry a few pre-rigged in a little tackle box in my pocket in case the toadies move in.