Trouthunter

Guru!feel like taking on an apprentice ?

cheers buster boy well said!..... think i will be joining! cheers....could use some fly fishing tips for sure!.....just looking on ebay at the moment for a tying kit...... think it might frustrate the hell out of me! but I'm keen to try and design a few flies!

yeah southie I've thought about it and its not the $$ but i live at moana and i wouldn't drive up to down for the meetings and stuff plus most of the dams are up through the hills ?

Hey all....As a very keen fisherman in most area's it was only a matter of time before i picked up a fly rod....i remember my Father got me one when i was about 12 or 13....but if i remember back i was just to young didn't know any knots and all that.But now I'm right into it! got myself a combo and a heap of flies and all the tools.....just need some waders but man they are pricey (simms) i have expensive taste!So Catching trout is what i love and I've only been able to get some small rainbows from a friends dam...and I'm no way ready for casting in over grown rivers it would just be a nightmare, i can not do a roll cast to save myself.Just wondering if any one on here is a member of SAFFA and if i could ask some questions whats it like all the details and stuff......Really wanna go to tassie but its not like i can do that every week and trying to get someone to come with to split the costs are hard.....especially when you say oh i want to be fishing most of the day all of the days I'm there hahhaso yeah whats the scene like in south oz for flyfishing...... cheers!

Nice fish mate. Would've pulled a bit on fly tackle that's for sure. Great work. You must be proud as punch Did it rain down that way?

G'day Everyone....Finished work at 11 am this morning and thought a quick flick to practice my casting before the wind got up!......It was raining well spitting a bit but as long as its not windy i don't care....down to sellicks very low tide waded out on the reef there.....as soon as i started trying to spot fish and tie on a fly what happens wind comes up! Fark!!!!!!......Put on a gold and what gotcha and as soon as my fly hit the water maybe a 5 metre cast if that and a nice little salmon charged it!....my first decent fish on my fly rod.... took me a good 5 mins to get it in over the reef with a few nice runs in water about 1 metre deep...... only a had a 4 lb tippet on! anyways i was pretty stoked! i walked back to the car and that was it!Cheers!

I've caught a couple of yfw on fly in the onka as a by catch when fishing for bream on fly. if anybody requires small flies to target smaller species like st's' date=' yfw, mullet etc i have made a few up & sell them at GOTONE stmary's these flies have now accounted for 12 species in this state i call them deeper dans basically my variation of the crazy charlie pattern on size 8 mustard s/s 34007 hook & hand sharpened.just a side note we also have some blackridge fly combo's now in stock & for the beginner fly fisher are ideal.cheers. Joe.[/quote']any chance of a pic of this fly mate? im interested:) cheers

Small hook with no weight.....and only the black part of a cockle... Get them feisty with bread and cast out They go Hard.

I found this a long time ago. Its from the Orvis website.http://www.orvis.com/intro.aspx?subject=2107There is a good chart for fly line Wt Vs. Fly Hook Size.I can work out how to copy the chart.Cheers Goldy

yeah thats what i thought but i remeber the guy saying that i cant cast anything bigger then a size 2 hook or something? i wasnt sure it just had me a bit confused.I guess i have to wait till i get down there and have a cast of the thing and suss it all out....i seriousy cant bloody wait!

hey hey I purchased a fly out fit this week and waiting for it to arrive...cant wait!its a 6 wt with 6wt line what does this mean? does this mean im not ment to cast flys bigger then a size 6 hook?because i have orderd size 4 and 2 salt water flys with it as im gonna start off on the beach (no trees)chasing yellowfin, salmon, bream etc just to learn how to cast and catch a fish as im starting from scratch any help would be sweet on the flyline weight info.cheers

I've caught a couple of yfw on fly in the onka as a by catch when fishing for bream on fly. if anybody requires small flies to target smaller species like st's' date=' yfw, mullet etc i have made a few up & sell them at GOTONE stmary's these flies have now accounted for 12 species in this state i call them deeper dans basically my variation of the crazy charlie pattern on size 8 mustard s/s 34007 hook & hand sharpened.just a side note we also have some blackridge fly combo's now in stock & for the beginner fly fisher are ideal.cheers. Joe.[/quote']Cheers for the help mate! im having a look at a few comobos but i will for sure purchase a few of those flies!.... just dont wanna rush into the wrong combo and find that i out grow it and have to buy another one in a year or so when i should have just bought a better one to start off!do you work at gotone?

Did you end up getting any YFW?I'm a hardcore lure....plastics man and have been looking at flycombos and living down south I think sellicks on a good day when you can spot the yellowfin would be sweet on fly!Anyone doing it? Had any luck?Or just a general yarn about it? Idea's?

Cheers fella's good tips!might have to give the salmon ago i just throw them back now or freez some for bait! all that seams to be down this way! (moana)not really in the hills "old salty" but starting to have alook....so hard to find a good spot! would you like to help?

Hey chefs out there!wanted to know whats the deal with smoking a trout? i have the smoker but do i have to brine it some how? and fillet or whole? any tips are good tips......thank you.....