dutchy

Salt water is a killer isn't it Rod always something that needs maintainance on a boat. I have been trying to check and rustproof every electrical conection and metal part of my boat😥
Bratko the 3500 hd is an awesome reel enjoy.
Got myself a new outfit for my birthday😆

It would be great to know what frequency they actually do see in different light conditions!
As the 3 large lures look similar under uv but completely different in normal light   
Rod you never know...

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

Can't pretend to know much about tuna fishing but those lures sure look pretty!

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

I finally got around to rigging for a tuna trip
Took a few photos
First is with shed light
second UV only
Last both
The mono on that reel looks amazing with UV lol might change that...
The squid jags and lures glow nicely as well
The small skirts are on 80 fluorocarbon but had trouble keeping rig straight during crimping. When tested to destruction the crimp slipped chaffed the line rather than just breaking line😬
I found the 150, 200lb jinkai so much easier to use
Now I need to do my favorite hard bodies and service reels
I have been trying to get ready for last few months but sick, family and trying to run business has slowed me down.
Feel so much better now
BRING IT ON....  

Glad you ok now poppa
I'm still waiting to get my boat back    after warranty repairs
I have been so sick my man flu (as misses calls it) has given me a black eye
I'm glad I don't have boat as misses is away with the kids I would go tuna fishing anyway

Glad you ok now poppa
I'm still waiting to get my boat back    after warranty repairs
I have been so sick my man flu (as misses calls it) has given me a black eye
I'm glad I don't have boat as misses is away with the kids I would go tuna fishing anyway

As Twain said "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated" but I can tell you I thought I was a gonna. Thanx to my family for quick action (Nick rang 911), the SA Ambo's and amazing staff at the QEH. Severe anaphalactic reaction to unknown source saw me soaking wet, unable to take a normal breath, swollen limbs, blurred vision and red rash all over. Very low blood pressure and erratic pulse saw me in hospital overnight. Drips in both arms and multiple adrenaline shots to stabilize and I am now home. I was sure I was having a stroke but have been assured that is not the case and heart & lungs are fine. Off tomorrow for testing and now have an Epipen as a constant companion. Thanx to all well wishers and again my family, I should be fishing again soon.

Here's a few pic's of wild brown trout on the spawning run at the weir on the Tyenna River in the South of Tasmania.. Photos are by Tyenna Dave and I thank him for allowing me to share them with you all on the site.. Dave is one of the great trout fisho's in the South whether it be on the fly or lure fishing..
 
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

Origin of the Platypus???
 

...on Sunday morning i fished O Sullivans beach breakwater next to a lovely ol fella who told me he had no problem taking over 30 salmon home when theyre running hot...when I told him of the limit he said once theyre in his bucket he doesnt care...(wrong thing to say to me  )...he caught a small flatty and upon my offer of a tape measure he shook his head left to right meaning no...when asked if he thought it was SIZE he nodded his head up and down...a few polite words under my breath aimed at him (I think he heard) and he didn't last another 10mins before he took off...off to the onka I went in search of the peace only a nice fishing session can give...once at my favourate spot my friend and I stood there dumbfounded...in shock...there was a bloke with 5 rods in the water and using chicken as bait...WTF is going on...seems like where ever you turn its like the old days and ways are everywhere...its time to change with the times to ensure our rec fishn futures...we didn't get port stanvac jetty because they rekn its $250000 a year upkeep...we wont get anything until we put our money where our mouth is...times have changed...its time we change too...its time we change what we need to...to keep fishn which means so much to people like me and you...fishing can save your life...its time we saved fishn....peace

Great photo it is just a pleasure to fish in those conditions

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
 

Well....Just got back from FIJI, what an awesome fishing holiday! Oh I mean honeymoon We were staying on the denarau island resorts, which is nice and very social but not your typical white sand blue water area, but a nice place to stay and on previous trips, also a good place to fish in between pool trips and general touring.Last time I was there I got busted up hard by rampaging GTs so I went prepared with 10kg worth of fishing tackle, and took a 7# and a 9# fly rod and also my 10-20kg xrap rapala popper rod teamed with a diawa heartland 4000 with 50lb braid on it, heavy enough to handle any gt...... Yeah right! Under gunned again.The first few days saw me fishing locally in the early morning and late arvo/ evening. The days were balmy 30deg+ and the late arvo it rained most days, but it was nice rain and very welcome to wash off the sweat from hard fishing lol. The very first arvo I was flicking some fly’s around with not much luck so did the dirty and picked up the lure rod, 3rd cast of a metal and BANG ZZZZZZZ and more ZZZZZZZ and slack. Lost a monster gt. But that’s ok, 80 cast later I hooked another which turned out to be a smaller model of about 3kg, but as it was bleeding a bit and I didn’t want to dirty my lovely clean boardies I released in the water. Had a few more follows and missed takes and then tried another spot with allot of current. Tried everything in the box and also tried the fly again and managed to christen the new GT painted Abel reel with a minniGT. Just as the light was fading I was day dreaming and retrieving a lure and BOOOF right at my feet a nice 3kg GT took the lure, scared the S@&t out of me lol.Over the next few days I caught another few fish on fly and had a few misses and follows by gts. Got plenty of mangrove jacks too, man they fight dirty! They were a dime a dozen.... I got 6 of them lol.then one night I was casting away doing my daily work out and a local boat came past and we did the customary “BULA” and a wave and right then got monstered by a cuda which put on a very Ariel display for the locals. After trying to get a nice self photo which didn’t work too well another small local boat came past, I waved them over and they were kind enough to take a few pics for me. And were even more ecstatic to be given a cuda for dinner.I tried to organise a charter to go trolling but a 590FJD for just me, I wasn’t too keen. So I put my name down for a share charter which didn’t eventuate.In my frustration I was chatting to a very nice local guy who was the gardener at the resort who then arranged a local guy to take me out for the evening in a 6m glass dinghy with a 40hp yamma on the back. It was fishing FIJI styles and only cost me 100$ FJD for 2-3 hours. There were GTs busting up everywhere that night and also tuna too, missed a few GTs and managed to hook and then pull hooks on a small tuna est. 4-5kg. So fishless for that night,I had arranged to go out with them again the next morning but after having an extremely good night at the bar I decided the porcelain lady in the bathroom was a much better option for the morning.The next morning I arranged to go back out again on the boat for 3-4 hours found some nice reef systems with steep edges and bait balls everywhere, and I was in for an exciting but tackle hungry few hours!Crystal clear waters I could see Spaniards chancing my poppers and meter plus long toms fly from nowhere and smash the lures. I had XOX GTs bust me up and also follow lures right to the boat.I lost all my poppers and managed to lose 5-6 gt’s two of which made my rod feel like a twig before popping my leader-braid knot. I dropped dozens and dozens of big long toms that managed to free the trebles. I had 2 Spaniards on that bit through. I had an 8kg plus coral trout straighten my hooks and bend out the clips I was using, which I stopped using after that. It was insane!I managed to boat 2 good long toms, 3 reasonable Gts; one might have been a gold spot trev.And when I told the guy that the fish were all his, he said I had to come and have lunch on their family’s private island. We had a fire cooked GT with lemons and mango and some spices and a good 3 hours of chatting with the villagers and enjoying a traditional Fijian lunch and swimming the crystal beaches. It was the best finale. Will go back for sure.Oh if anyone is going back and wants some pointers contacts ect. Send me a PM.Enjoy the pics.John.

This year I will be putting fluro carbon againtst mono leader to test in a practical sense.  As of today I haven't seen any major benefit when running fluro as opposed to mono in the fishing that I do.  The only benefit I have seen is to external parties ie, more cash in the pocket of the tackle shop.

Took this photo tonight from the back deck here in Sheffield.. it's a typical Autumn sunset after a wet day..
 

 
cheers
Adrian
 

I snapped 3 rods one night.. giving them the "flex test" you think i would have learnt after the first one broke..
 
Damn beer......
 
Lucky they where just cheapies tho!