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Mickyj

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  1. After reading of Brentons Popper or Lure quest . I to started my own quest to get a large fish on the surface.Now in the past I had posted pictures of my failed attempts to tie a popper.The to large dissolved in water flies :thumb:What I may not have posted when I downsized I encountered other problems .such as getting the foam to close to the hook point .Or backcasting into bench seats lights trees etc.So today I took my first baby steps with a properly tied FOAM POPPER on a number 16 trout hook(they were free).with the odd jump from behind and swirls .I had no success with the purple tailed
  2. Do u think they might work on whiting as well Tonk ?
  3. quote author=Big Ian link=topic=4374.msg40457#msg40457 date=1237378707] Maybe try dinner and a movie followed by a few drinks :P :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:but I bet his answer will be sod off. ;Dhe's into a pretty bouquet of flowers?Might try him out this Sunday :icon_lol: :icon_lol: :icon_lol:Geez dinner movies flowers when will I get to go fishing. :icon_lol: :icon_lol:
  4. So do I tony I'll see ya sunday mate
  5. Love watching anything to do with fly fishing .Including Botham on the fly (that clears my lounge room of teenagers young adults and the wife).
  6. And AP Manns mitre 10 in the port has the foam material (that morsie uses) for 40 odd centsa metre .
  7. The fly was a Ozzie variation on the well used "Gurgler" complete with malibu tailBy then I should have the sound working again
  8. better than me roger I just tie on my computer bench I'm still mucking around with foam flies went tiny last week and have tied one between tiny and to big .May try it out tomorrow arvo.
  9. Its a very good idea a place to meet like minded (be it salt or fresh) people.share ideas etc etc.I certainly would like to see a video or in person that fly roger (i think) was talking.the one made from cutting a feather that floats .
  10. Perhaps a combination of both would work.And with the moderators/site owners permission we could be called"STRIKE AND HOOK" FLY TYING CLUB.Just a thought .Besides I live in Adelaide and fall asleep very early these days ;D and sleep through appointments :icon_lol: Be nice to learn some traditional flies and try them out on bream etc
  11. Just to let you Popper Fishers know .I tried out some very tiny Foam Popper Fliesthis morning.And yes I understand it was a dodge tide.Firstly they Floated hooray (thanks to Morsies Foam)Secondly during a dodge tide mainly only the inch long mini me Bream attacked them.Did get a few jumps at them from the odd bigger fish .And as a measure of the Dodge tide the main fish attacks occurred after the dragon boats had past.By this I mean the water was moving like in a strong wind .then the larger ones went off slightly very slightly.So does anyone else find Poppers(whether flies or Lures) work bet
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    Booby fly

    thanks fishingpol thats the stuff Grubb was talking about :icon_e_biggrin:
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    Did anyone ?

    yeah I had about 25 hits on a gurgler.Only 2 hook ups smallish fish nothing large.Sunday I fished a spot I'm not going back to for a very long while.From over 20 hits twice in a week on a gurgler (in an other spot)to 4 hits on a gurgler nothing even looking at any thing else.very disappointing. Did get a 40cm fish sniff the gurgler but not take it.You could see the fish in close and out further but they didnt want to play .funny in an awful wind cooler morning the fish went off .nothing in a smaller wind .Oh well always next week
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    Did anyone ?

    At the risk of boring everyone with more bream fishing reports .Did anyone else go out and have a flick in the wind this morning ?And did anyone do any good ?
  15. The 20 hits I was talking about wasn't your normal hit or tail spits.These tail spits make fly making rather hard if u make the tail long the tiny bream spit the fly to short and no Bream will take it .Now the 20 hits were the fish jumping up hitting the Gurgler (surface foam fly)and either not taking the fly or in 2 cases spitting the fly after a short run.And just like poppers gurglers go pop when they bob back up.And a note for lure or fly guys have a surfce fly/lure in your tackle box (popper etc). The little buggers weren't feeding under the waves but were trying to eat anything up top.An
  16. geez i'm getting old we've met before sorry about that :(still I was surprised the number of hits I took near that pontoon .Normally I cant cast at them .
  17. That was me Micky, wish I'd had one with me, but you can bet I put one in my bag when I got home today!! Next time I see you I'll have to introduce myself, I met Samboman today as well, he saw the strikehook sticker on my car and said hay, good to meet some local guys out on the water. 8)you were the guy in shorts or in waders ?when u both left the baitfishers and kayakers turned up .Also noticed a lot of baitfishers down bartley tce on the way home.Samboman where abouts were u fishing ?I liked that little beach no weed .would be an interesting beach weekdays to fish IMHO.I cant modify this
  18. That was me Micky, wish I'd had one with me, but you can bet I put one in my bag when I got home today!! Next time I see you I'll have to introduce myself, I met Samboman today as well, he saw the strikehook sticker on my car and said hay, good to meet some local guys out on the water. 8)you were the guy in shorts or in waders ?when u both left the baitfishers and kayakers turned up .Also noticed a lot of baitfishers down bartley tce on the way home.Samboman where abouts were u fishing ?I liked that little beach no weed .would be an interesting beach weekdays to fish IMHO.
  19. Thanks waterboy I'll take that. :icon_e_biggrin:A couple of lure guys who came along got zero fish and left before I did .And I yelled out to one to try a surface lure ,they left way before I did .was fun and moving away from the northern beaches at the lake was worth the small fish. :fishing:cheers
  20. After Saturday's zero day fish wise,I decided to try a new spot at West Lakes.Arriving at a little beach not very far away from AAMII stadium (football park to us oldies).A very strong southerly blowing around 20 knots .I put on one of my bait fish imitation flies and nothing changing flies nothing.Finally I decided to put a Bass Gurgler on.Well why didn't I try this earlier 20 fish tried hitting this surface fly and number 15 gave me a great big laugh.Its been many many months since I landed such a tiny Bream.After that I hat five more hits but no more strikes.So at the end of 1 1/2 hour ses
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    Booby fly

    Nice looking fly Dave :icon_e_biggrin:Is that the foam u recommended to me before (I will try it out in the future) ?Colour should work well on the old Bream .Trying to see the length of the fly.As I have found sometimes if the fly is to long you get tail spits. And if it is to short the damn Bream wont touch it !!
  22. Thanks Dave at this stage I'll take any fish grabbing any of my flies .This time I may cast it first from the bank to get a better view than from wading .And I now know that beam will go for foam
  23. Your not wrong Luke I keep saying to the wife I'll have a sickie .Better wait for Saturday morning no matter what the wind direction.
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