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Hey Dazz, Definitely looks the goods mate pretty weedless to. Have been busy tying flat out for an up coming comp :silly: so haven't had a chance to tie anything for fun . Will put up a pic or two when I get round to tying. Reckon I'll use some Zonker strips and marabou so it has plenty of wiggle

Cheers guy'sCheers Highfly I tie all my own flies still a beginner but gettin there .Cheers Dazz Googled Keel flies looks like to go mate . I have plenty of lead wire for my czech nymph's Will look at mucking around with a few differant patterns in the near future (when I have few more brownie points spent to much money on ebay lately missus not happy :whistle: :pinch: ) Still might get some sculpin heads and see what I can come up with once the heats off .Thanks guys

Hopefully the link/pic works want to tie something resembling this dirty grub .Cheers Goldy's_fishin also found a possibility "sculpin heads" look tailor made for the job

Weighting a fly to swim hook point up any ideas? I have pattern in mind but trying to work out how to get it to swim hook point up to grub around on the bottom.Have heard to about putting weight near the bend but don't want it to go to the bottom a@# first. Also to make things more difficult I can't use dumb bell eyes :pinch: Cheers

Have been putting off looking at this post. Made me home sick Great pic though

Tying all my flies on Knapek barbless hooks at the mo. Like VMC's or owners on my HB's and I used to use Mustad Hoodlums for live baiting up north awesome hook super strong and super sharp.

River cottage rocks if we could we would live like Hugh in a heartbeat. We grow as much fruit and veg as we can most of my front yard is dedicated to veg growing with the back yard currently under conversion. We also have 4 very much free range chooks which will have there range cut down a bit with the veggie patches going in out the back . Fresh eggs from your own chooks are so much nicer than any shop bought egg. We try and have one main meal a week that has no meat even if it's veggie burgers. Our main reason for the lifestyle change is you don't know what your getting from the shop half

Saltwater: Fresh Threadfin SalmonFreshwater: Gradvalaxed or smoked Trout

G'day alexcarn, Qu1. I use Gink (floatant) and I also use Rio Dry X fly drying shake to remove any moisture from my fly/s before i apply floatant.Qu2. Tippet is attached to the end of your tapered leader, Tippet length can vary from a couple of feet up to several metres depending on where your fishing and how pressured the fish are. For Dry fly in a open area I normally fish a (5ft floating poly leader we wont go there yet) 9ft tapered leader followed by about 6 ft of tippet. Don't go to long if your just starting out as the tippet and fly wont roll out for you and will end in big mess. I'd p

Definitely no need to apologize.2wt :pinch: I'll stay with my little 3 wt end up in the river chasing em half the time as it is . cheers1fish

Definitely a Canberra creek

Nice dude

Would be good to come over for a tie. Muck about with a few things. I have a new vice on the way from the good old US :cheer: can't wait.Cheers1fish

Nice fish Fishigan. These fish go a dark colour in spawning season. The fish also vary in colour from lake to lake dependant on water clarity and quality. I've even noticed a diffeance from river to river creek to creek. I have attahced two other browns I caught on the same day one from the lake and one from the river.

Thanks dudes,Couple of guy's I fish with reckon around the 7Ib bracket.Suprised a lot more SA freshie fishers don't head over this way. We have been living here for nearly two years now and I have only bumped into one other south ozzy up at Jindabyne. Heaps of :c Victorians no shortage of them like Carp I will put up a report soonCheers 1fish

Yo dudes bagged this beaut :cheer: brown Tuesday arvo in Lake Eucumbene with a sz 16 black wieghted fur seal nymph on a 5Ib tippet.I will put a report up in the next day or so under interstate reports with a bunch more fish from the last two days on the river and the in the lake. Cheers 1fish

I got a head like a robbers dog, don't wanna scare people away from the site . Nah you get burnt pretty quick up in the mountains and we have been fishing pretty hard lately and on top of that, I don't like getting sunscreen grease on my line and flies etc. I've had six weeks off and the old sun spots are starting to get bad on the back of the hands :S. I quiet word of warning for you young blokes and something I've finally drilled into my young bloke cover up.I've seen spawning pairs of browns upto 4-5 Ib in the upper reaches of this creek and I've heard rumors of fish upto 8Ib.The Canberr

Thought I'd put up some more twiggy creek pics from Wednesday . We managed 8 rainbows and 1 small brown in a 3 hour session. Most fish fell to black woolly buggers and a couple fell to a small stimulator pattern. Enjoy dudes.

Great work fishnuts awesome fun on the fly gear. We get into them over this way when the river is right and not running high.

Right there with you fish nuts I nearly :c my pants when I reached for my rod, a mate of mine and his 8 year old came across a tiger snake last week right on the edge of the lake. Some of the creeks are real twiggy :whistle: I have a 6 foot 3 wieght which is an awesome little rod for the tiny tight creeks and you really know about it when you hook a good fish. Can't wait to get back up to the lake after x-mas .

There are some handy little spots close to Canberra

More pics

It's been a while . I haven't posted anything for a little while so I figure I should pull the thumb out and put some pics up from the last month or so. I have been fishing some of the local creeks as well as hitting Lake Eucumbene which has been going off of late and is now over 50% :cheer: . Enjoy the pics sorry about the quality of some as they where taken on the phone cam. See if you can spot the Copper Head snake near my rods :S :c

I agree with fishnuts buy the best outfit you can afford. Maybe even ask your local shop to rig up some differant priced rods with some lines and have a feel.

NICE two thumbs up