RogerG

Its great to see this stuff coming over, I can see that you blokes are on the same wavelength as myself. I use Cheap as Chips (Clare) quite a lot as they have some good gear from time to time. I scored some ball-chain the other day for small eyes. Also some stick on "Doll's" eyes that rattle. A couple of months ago a found two "Bazooka" type rod cases, long enough to take my 7'6" flick rods, for $10 each. I also picked up a pack of assorted Balsa wood (Hard type) for two bucks, enough to make heaps of lure bodies. Their acrylic artist paint is also excellent quality for the price and, if cut w

The fly was a Ozzie variation on the well used "Gurgler" complete with malibu tail

I couldn't agree more Tony. The more knowledge we share the more we gain. The resources idea is a great one and it is suprising what comes out in a conversation between strangers with common interests. There are a lot of materials out there that are suitable for flies and with a bit of imagination you can save an awful lot of money. For example, I went into an "Op Shop" in Clare last year and scored enough grey and black chenille to make hundreds of "Woolly Buggers" etc. All from a crocheted woman's scarf or stole. Cost 50c. A tackle shop specialising in fly-tying would have charged $15-$20 fo

I found this in a box of old lures that I got of eBay!

I will see what I can do Mickyj, At present I am just completing my new shed which will have a dedicated fly-tying/rod building station as well as video-DVD conversion and sound/video recording set up. I have a lot of old time video footage of fly-tying that needs to be sorted and put onto computer together with day to day stuff like fishing trips etc. The shed is 14 m X 7 m and will house my Sundowner and pop-top in one half and my "clean" workshop in the other, leaving my "Old" shed for welding etc.At present all my fishing gear, fly tying gear and sound equipement are stored in another tiny

Nice looking flies Tonka! let us know how they perform.RogerG

ProjoeI am all for a fly-tying club but, right here on this web sight, I am prepared to provide stills and movie footage from my own collection as well as from my own techniques and would like to see others do likewise. This way we could receive contributions from Worldwide instead of a few people in a "Venue" in the city. I, for one, would not be prepared to drive a round trip of over 200km and I know of others even further out. A CBD based club would be great for Adelaide urban dwellers and I am sure that you would find a lot of interested people, however, your scope would be severly limited

After the REX HUNT TUNA OIL fiasco, I would think long and hard before I bought anything with that name on it. Rex Hunt Tuna Oil contained only 10% tuna oil and was cut with 90% vegetable oil. It was also selling for almost twice the price of pure tuna oil just because it was endorsed by Rex Hunt.RogerG

The times that I have heard this!The best one though was Christmas Eve 1977, I was visiting some Kiwi mates, on their ferro cement sail boat, in North Fremantle (Swan River) I was lying on top of the cabin, beer in hand, when I spotted a moving light in the sky, brighter than the usual satelites. I pointed skywards and said to Jackie "Do you believe in UFOs" she looked up and yelled out to hubby, Rick, "quick! look! a UFO" He emerged from the cabin and looked up and said" That's a satelite, silly b!@#h " just as he spoke, the light stopped, a smaller light came out of the side and moved away f

Nice looking fly, it should go well, on the drop, for Bream with the set up you have described. Also should be good on a jerky retrieve along the bottom for lizards.Let us know how you go!RogerG

Still an environmental criminal whoever it was.

Plus the fact that the Gulf waters are destined to rise with global warming and melting of the ice caps. It may be sooner than we think! Within fifty years a large amount of our low lying coastal plain will be inundated at high tide. If the powers that be want the lower lakes to remain fresh water then they will need to start building levee banks around them NOW! I have stated this on another thread and I will state it again on this one. The Lower Lakes need to revert to their natural state which is tidal estuary. Despite what some ignoramuses think, the lakes have not always been fresh water,

Just my name and 1st letter of my surname. I used to use Agrothic but too many people took it the wrong way and called me Agro! Agrothic was my nickname way back when I was a Goth and also studied Agronometrics. Back in the DARRRRKKKK AGES.RogerG

Ha! Ha! Ha! You could try Seine netting or dredging with a kitchen sieve.

Snapper heads make a beautiful mournay. Just boil them up, pressure cooker is best, and simmer and gently stir until all the meat falls off the bone. Fish all the bones and skin out and any scales that got away and strain off excess water. Leave about three or four centimetres of liquid in bottom of pot and simmer some more with any herbs or spices that you want to add. Much too delishious to feed to crabs.RogerG

I still reckon that feral pigeons are the best crab bait. SHhhhh!!!!

Invest in a small jar of anchovies! Just a centimetre long piece brings em straight out then grab them with BBQ tongs with the ends hammered flat. much cheaper than pliers and last longer especially if you wash the salt off. You can always eat the anchovies too.RogerG

FishieThey use some pretty harsh chemicals to treat sewage at Bolivar not to mention white king etc that people throw down their bogs. That all ends up in the Gulfs sooner or later. Take the size of Port Stanvac, imagine a small corner of the entire plant and in that corner you have an area about the size of an olympic pool into which you backflush your filtration plant. With reverse ozmosis this is an ongoing process. When the pool is full the brine it gets pumped back out to where it came from.Now go out to your backyard pool, if you have one, if not try to imagine one,Take a scooner glass a

Great pic pescados.

The lake was closed to public activity in the morning, in the late afternnoon somebody opened the weir. The people screaming the loudest about the closure were people who hire out boats. Now the people screaming loadest about the lake being empty are the people who hire out boats. Who had the most to gain by draining the lake? The Council said that it was a "Malfunction" Malfunctions switch electric motors off, not on! Humans switch things on, so look for a Bloke named Mal Function.DaBuilda The brine from the de-sal plant came out of the Gulf in the first place, There is NO EXTRA SALT going

An experiment was conducted at Cambridge Uni in the early 70's using a Geranium plant and a galvanometer. Flea clips from the leads of the galvanometer were clipped to the one leaf of the plantto measure electrical reaction. The scientist then flicked a zippo lighter and very briefly held it on the leaf, the needle on the gm. swung violently to full scale. This was repeated three times. The fourth time the scientist just flicked the lighter from about a foot away and the needle swung half way across the scale without the flame being near it. This is a well documented experiment.I reckon that a

Have you tried these out yet? That stuff looks interesting.Instead of winding it around the hook try this-

For your bee type bug an easy, quick one is the base of a big, wide feather, split the quill so that it is flat and easy to wind around the shank of the hook, whip the quill to the eye end of shank and wind enough of the feather closely around the shank until level with the point. whip the end securely and cut off surplus feather. With a pair of sharp scissors trim the feather down a bit at a time until it is bristle like.Similare to a crew cut. You can bulk this fly out by winding chenyle (Pipe cleaners without the wire) type stuff first then overlaying with feather to form the hackle.You can

Try your clouster minnows on them. They must have been blokes going for the pink, it works on me as well.

Yeah, Bloody weather is getting to everybody.You should have plenty of time to practice before the next brood. If you can get duck's rump feathers for the hackle then try em they float better.