tonyb

Wow! a 50% reduction would make them a heaps better deal

Hi Kai,I have a little "Olympus UTough" camera which is good for 3 metres depth and I've been really pleased with it.I have had a bit of success with hand held shots from the bank side but as you can imagine it's real tricky trying to frame the shots so I just go trigger happy and rattle a load off and hope one or two might come good which they sometimes do. http://www.strikehook.com/forum/23-freshwater-fishing/189424-call-that-a-safwaa-golden

Don't forget the hidden tape recorder and spy cam DVD recorder for the next SAFWAA Meeting boys

Does anyone know where I can buy some of these in Aus or overseas? their very hard to find' date=' wide gape weedless worm hook with 1-3.5g heads on a no 2 hook?If anyone knows of a tackle store that has some in stock please let me know cheers[/quote']Anglers Choice, Beach Road, Christies Beach, have ship loads of these jig heads in from 0.9 grms to 14 grams with around 7 different sizes in between these two weights :ohmy: Not cheap at 10 bucks for a pack of 3 jig heads but good value as you seldom lose them

Fantastic initiative Darren onya for encouraging the guys to learn a fascinating hobby and you get to catch fish with your own creations as a bonus. From memory, this topic/initiative was introduced a year or more ago and although there was a lot of enthusiasm it simply died off with out getting any further I'd like to see some sort of organisation in place such as Goldy suggested, ie, a possible venue, whattimes, weekends, evenings? and any possible costs incurred like a Hall hire fee, cost of fly tying kits, hooks and materials. The "time poor" among us could then plan around and commit to your idea more readily?Just a few thoughts and thanks again Darren.

Here here Wes!,this is the pecking order:NUMBER ONE... Commercial sector ie Aquaculture, line and net and pot fishing!NUMBER TWO....Recreational sea angling.NUMBER THREE...The "poor cousin" Recreational freshwater angling with ONE paying permit fishery at Warren Reservoir for two species of fish, both of which are a declared "noxious" species!

In principle i'm for a rec license but have the same concers as many ie' date=' money not allocated properly.On the freshwater side I have seen the benifits in other satates of improved facilities, environmental management (re-snagging ect) and the stocking programmes as well as more money into fisheries research, the only problems with this in SA is that PIRSA have policies against stocking, have almost non existent background research into fw fisheries accross the state, apart from the info recieved from nsw and vic fisheries ie, the murray.S[b']Some serious policy change and re-thinking would need to be carried out by Pirsa BEFORE any benifit would come from a rec lic in SA IMO.[/b]

Thanks Ranger, it took you quite a while to rise to my bait but it was hell worth the wait A brilliantly innovative and well thought out treatise mate AND, should it ever come to be OUR VERY OWN Recreational Group, I reckon you'd make an awesome President/Chairperson! I'd be the first one to put my hand up for you too :woohoo:

Onya mate and I see you've got the S&H trader working for you already If you get deluged with offers I'll take any spare Raiders off your hands :woohoo:

Just chuck a wanted advert on and watch what turns up, all the guys will have their new gear from Christmas and are sure to be clearing out their old kit ;)I might even be tempted to part with one of my two spares if you get stuck

Thanks guys! tonyb - I'll keep an eye out for a second hand Shimano Raider' date=' but I'm not really sure where to be looking.. thanks again![/quote']I picked up two in the trading section on S&H when my original 150 buck model got run over! :S :pinch:

Yeah' date=' Tony, it would be. Trouble is I doubt the government will accept it. They are cash-strapped at the moment, so they'll take cash from anywhere for their pet projects. Do you know what other representation we Reccies have other than SARFAC?[/quote']I can't say too much at the moment but I can promise all South Australians Anglers that 2012 will be a momentous year for Recreational Fishers, both the salties and freshies

You should be able to pick up a second hand, Ian Miller designed, Shimano Raider for around that much cash and you will not regret a cent of the money spent :woohoo:

Hey Tony & U4L' date='I agree in principal. Yes, something needs to be done. I don't necessarily have an issue with RFL's either. What I do have an issue with is how monies generated from the RFL will be handled. With the track record of this government and past governments, I, like many others, have serious concerns with where the money will actually go and be used. Providing there were written guarantees that the monies raised would NOT go back into general revenue or other government department and was utilised for Recreational Fishing only, then there would be a lot less resistance. Having said that though, Us rec fishers already pay through the nose with bait costs, facilities management costs, registration, Insurances, Fuel, Maintenance costs etc, A further charge may make this pasttime unaffordable for some that may well be stretched enough already. Introduction of such as written in the report, will need to be undertaken very, very carefully.[/quote']Hi B214,I hear your objections and it is a strongly voiced one, on the many discussions that I've had on this issue.However, if you could please go back to the Document and inspect page 3, option 3, it makes reference to"Ring Fenced Fees" a new term to me and probably a few others, but meaning that ALL permit fees go solely to a "ring fenced" Trust fund set up for the sole purpose of Rec Fishing funding and it makes the pointthat "Revenue can not be diverted from it" A near ideal solution to the question you asked don't you think?

Great to find someone committed enough to work through it and basically agree with the overall thrust of the article mate. I would be very surprised if anyone totally agreed with the whole thing without quite a few misgivings.The gnawing problem to advance our Sport and its supporting bodies is and always will be, one of FINANCE IMO.The Interstate fisherys are ALL in an incredibly good condition simply because they work under the proven system of "User Pays". Unfortunately, in our world, it's impossible to get something for nothing!

PLEASE take the time to read this stunning report by Martin Salter!This is SOLID GOLD for all thinking fisherpeople every where, in my opinion and hopefully yours.Try not to bring your fixed angling opinions and read it all with an open mind?Very refreshing and exactly what Rec. Fishers in the whole of Australia need to embrace, again in my opinion.I look forward to some good healthy debate on the issues and solutions proposed Cheers, tonyb.http://bia.org.au/boat-users/rec-fishing/Exec-Summary-2011.pdf

Hi Cal,Yes, I must admit that I was desperately slow getting into the weedless technology because all my lifetime experienceof fishing screamed at me that the hooks MUST be too clogged up with the soft plastic to be wholly effective. My tech savvy young fishing buddys kept pushing them until I finally relented and then, I never once looked back :woohoo:Nowadays, the weed filled dams which I used to walk past are suddenly a steady supply of magic fishing moments The best Sp's I've found to use in combination with weedless hooks, are the hollow bodied stick/flick baits which by their design, have little resistance to a hungry fish chomping down on them

Good luck with the experiment and we NEED pics of your expected success

Are both of you guys suffering an identity crisis?C'mon fellahs, you BOTH can't be that ugly??? :laugh:Beautiful looking piece of water tho', wonder what she looks like in a drought?Well done fellahs and thanks for sharing the patterns doing the damage

Hi Wes,Those particular jig heads you mention were bought from "Angler's Choice" in Beach Road, Christies Beach and I must confess to being hell nervous about initially paying around 10 bucks for four and secondly, would they work? as the extension piece out of the jig head to the SP gripper, is made of a very stiff wire which would mean the fish would have to bite down squarely and firmly to get a good hook up rate! Tried it out on a very snaggy stretch of the River Finnis after losing a few standard jig heads and then pulled 4 nice redfin out, one after the other with out dropping a single fish! ALL of those hooks in the pic work well and all have caught fish for me, even Trout! When you nip the lead shot on them they have a totally different action in the water to the weight forward jigs and operate similar too the middle bottom jig in the picture Interestingly, the latter mentioned jig actually travels on a level keel but sways gently from side to side in the water!Cheers, Tony.

Fisherman's Paradise in the City at Pirie Street has some good quality Fly Tying gear and made up flies http://www.fishermansparadise.biz/products/freshwater-fishing-range/tackle/freshwater-flies/

Hi Piranha,There are quite a few stores around Adelaide which sell the illustrated weedless jig heads but you might find some difficulty getting the desired weight of lead head?I solved this problem by buying those little packs of lead shot in the weight I needed and just pinching them on to the shank with a pair of pliers, works really well and you have an infinite range of weights.Another option is to insert those little barbed type lead weights into the body of your soft plastic to get the desired weight? You can snap bits off them to make them lighter or put extra pieces in to make 'em heavier?As you say, the pre weighted ones are a pain to get ,but those un weighted hooks in the pic, in the sizes you are interested in, can be bought locally in Adelaide. (I know you're from the South East mate)[/url]

I was researching a YFW Fly and happened to hit on this piece of genius :woohoo: No less a person than Peter Morse involved in its creation :ohmy: http://www.flylife.com.au/library/articles/40/40.html

Flash is a total killer of pics at night in my opinion mate.I get best results with the camera in auto, the flash off, (mine is permanently switched off!)and shine a light source on the subject from a side angle like a bright LED lamp.I have some acceptable pics of dead foxes, rabbits etc just using my spotlight and the method above, although the pic tends to be a bit yellowish?

Brilliant looking Fly Fishnuts and some very impressive pics