Mickyj

they do look good .

projoe wrote: There still flies a cross between poppers and what bugsplat(dave) calls bobby flies .But very very very tiny makes them a bugger to tie that small but its a challenge .the best part is the buzz u get when a bream(no matter what size) or whatever fish from Garfish to mullieway jumps and strikes a a popper bobby or gurgler on the surface.

The Lake yep at the Lake .Hopefully my tiny poppers will be working in the warmer weather.

a man after after my own heart.Just think of poor Mickyj doing a 10hr day four days in a row good luck and I hope u do well

benny wrote: Thanks ben .

benny wrote: Thats how I like it .Now u know a little secret look where they are feeding in the shallows then cast your fly and wait !!there is more to it but I worked it out myself Nope didnt see one .The asian aussie couple that I passed had caught 1 tiny fish and the two guys on a pontoon looked fishless as well.

benny wrote: Thanks for the link ben .I'm still on my surface popper craze,yep the bream are still shy just at the moment.And i know the garfish will hit them they were when the weather was warmer .I was lazy today didnt want to put the waders on

benny wrote: GARFISH are back !!!!!I have date with them buggers !!!Was having fun getting hits and misses before I hurt my knee Perhaps next time I will go back to an old haunt BennyJezzz now I want to gofishing again :woohoo:

benny wrote: Was looking for them today along bartley tce as u can see .Mind u they didnt show up. Thanks about the knee .Although the fish weren't playing the fly worked well so that's a start .Persistence is the key .If its 23 Friday they should all be out getting a sun tan I'll be at work so they'll be safe. Cheers

Just thought I'd let everyone know I'm still around,I'll find out latter this month if I am having my knee replaced or not.Was told I'm not but then in the letter to my GP the hospital GP said I probably will be , just waiting on the surgeon to decide.Enough of that!!!Have been consumed with making that small/tiny popper fly,when I haven't been sick or working. FINALLY getting there with it. For the better fly tiers it would be easy but he with 10 thumbs those small flies are a bugger.And I am going super glue free for a change!!!!So :dry: anyway the wife thought I need to go have a flick.I

Benny seems to find them in West Lakes .I used to find them when they were feeding.Never landed one but lost a few on the FLY.

hahaha Nick I have a couple of weeks off due to the weather .But missed 6 weeks after my knee went bung again after exiting the lake.I didnt do anything or trip .Then I kicked the footy at work a fortnight ago and I'm still having problems .Lets just say if u see an old grey headed bloke unable to straighten a leg that will be me . Operation some time after September if I'm luckyAnyway enough of that dribble I'll be out there trying tomorrow RDO .The last two trips proved fruitless .Last trip I found the bream to be sitting mid water or my knee height with the water up to my well u know

vb4me wrote: OMG how did she miss that! funny because I always go no matter what .Stupid me listened to the weather report that said rain.

grubb wrote: Hey if I can make a fly from them I will buy them Dave .Just for the record the reject shop was 3 bucks cheaper.Plus it took my wife 1/2 a day to realise I didnt go fishing today :ohmy:

I went looking for some colourful feathers this morning. Found some colourful feather boa's at both Spotlight and The Reject shop.The reject shop won out on price and colour variety .The funniest thing was watching the young teenage checkout chicks face I didnt have the heart to tell I wasn't planning on wearing them

snapperhead wrote: I would say when the weather is warmer it would be a goer.Lots of the guys on here fly fish the lake .

snapperhead wrote: cheers Snapps I only had poppers with me so I wasn't tempted to change .I may take u up on your offer a bit further down the track .at the moment its all weather/knee permitting to when I get out .cheers

brenton wrote: Then it wouldn't be a popper Brenton Was hoping that the schools of Garfish were still in the lake .Its been six weeks so they must have moved on .anyway it was fun and a shock when something actually had a jump at it

grubb wrote: I will Dave weather wise it may be next weekend .The ST's were on my mind with the wind and waves and all the knee pain left me when that tiddler jumped at my popper.

Well it must be about six weeks since my last visit to West Lakes and hurting my knee.So with great trepidation etc. I headed forth hoping against hope of catching a fish.(sorry sometimes I get dramatic )So I arrived about 8.30 am suited up in my waders selected a popper/booby fly and away I went.Yep that's right 6 weeks ago I was on a quest to catch as many different fish and something big (I should be so lucky) on a popper .Given its now winter I wasn't hopeful.First section of beach I fished nothing I did roughly a dozen casts and moved on .This continued up the beach until I waded out to w

are they taking lures this time of year ?

Glad i wear Glasses and a hat

but just on the safe side I always check cash converters .have only seen 1 fly reel with line they wanted 40 bucks for it .i had laugh with the wife as i paid 60 for rod and reel brand new .

After asking that question I remember seeing a baby one sleeping/laying by a rock on the boat ramp .So yep they are there .

What about the beaches in the Port river Benny ?