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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Really appreciate that mate.
Fished bait up the Warren for a donut yesterday. Expected it coz it is very cold and the natives shut down this time of year.
Fished Springbank today for a donut on bait but also put the waders on and fly casted a few wooly buggers at some carp and dropped a nice fish.
Still learning fly fishing.
Will be back up Corkscrew Rd next weekend with some spinners and small hardbodies to hopefully pin my first trout.
Got some good rainfall predicted on Wednesday and Thursday and keen to see how it flows by Saturday.
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
I've put a couple of size 1 anti-kinks and a few small spiral swivels & snaps in a envelope for you which I'll drop in the post tomorrow Steve..
cheers
Adrian
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Tinker got a reaction from doobie in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Thanks again for the heads up on that mate.
Also got a BCF down the road from me at Elizabeth.
Great place to visit but they keep having a 3 day sale every 3 days and bombard me with emails.
They also sold me a Shimano Stradic ci4 for $200 when I nagged them.
If only they could stock decent live freshwater bait like scrubbies and crawlers.
Will keep nagging them.
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Thanks again for the heads up on that mate.
Also got a BCF down the road from me at Elizabeth.
Great place to visit but they keep having a 3 day sale every 3 days and bombard me with emails.
They also sold me a Shimano Stradic ci4 for $200 when I nagged them.
If only they could stock decent live freshwater bait like scrubbies and crawlers.
Will keep nagging them.
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Anaconda & BCF stock them.. Nearest to you would be Modbury or Gepps cross for Anaconda & BCF.
BCF stock them here instore too..
https://www.anacondastores.com/fishing/fishing-lures/inline-spinners
https://www.bcf.com.au/fishing/all-lures/inline-spinners
cheers
Adrian
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Not that I know, sometimes called keels.. found this at BCF online.. Anaconda have them too..
The ones I but don't have the snap swivel on them.. not sure what sizes are available there either.
https://www.bcf.com.au/p/wigston-anti-kink-keels-5-pack/218858.html
https://www.anacondastores.com/fishing/fishing-lures/lure-accessories/tasmanian-devil-anti-kink-keel-5-pack/90077555?gclsrc=aw.ds&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5auGBhDEARIsAFyNm9FHpLPn44dqvx5MhBgHhbEaqqlOfnXjLo8NRUqeENyhfSo-77n8CU0aAv-FEALw_wcB
Cheers
Adrian
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Trout in locals dams, very nice & good on'ya... I gather they're rainbows too, very aggressive and they grow big in dams as well.
I used to fish a couple here in Sheffield & Barrington, best rainbow I caught in that was 9 lb.. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun fishing them.. All good Steve, let me know how you get on with the anti-kinks..
cheers
Adrian
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Will let you know how I go getting the keels locally.
Might be able to get them online.
Appreciate your offer mate.
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Hey Adrian. Still at same address at One Tree Hill.
Got permission to access some local dams that have been stocked in the past with trout but have never been fished.
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Thanks doobie, I don't get line twist when using the anti-kink, without them the line does get some minor twisting that eventually worsens the longer I fish without the anti-kinks. I'm interested to see how the small roller bearings will go when I test the new setup without the anti-kink, it would be great if this works. I'm not all that sure about the second anti-kink setup with the roller bearing, even though it's small the added weight may not be the way to go. Only time will tell I suppose..
cheers
Adrian..
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Tinker reacted to doobie in Small stream trout in Autumn..
A good memorable trip for you Adrian - the day of the 350th
As one swivel helps with line twist as we all know, you'd expect the second one to help immensely.
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Yes, very lucky having so many rivers/streams to choose from down here Steve, this little tannin stream is on private property & I'm lucky enough to have around 3-4 kms of it all to myself thanks to a very kind landowner. Blade spinners can create line twist quite easily on most brands of mono lines, some worse than others, even more so with fine line., As you know I use a ultra fine 4 lb Ultra High Tenacity clear mono with a 6 lb leader with the anti-kink and I never have any problems with line twist.. I picked the anti-kinks up from local tackle stores here in Devonport. The ones I have the smallest available (size 12) a made by Wigston & Wilson Tackle. A friend of mine used braid when spin fishing and had quite a lot of line twist twist, he was told by the supplier that braid was fine for hard body & soft plastics but not suited to use with metal blade spinners. I don't know as I've never used braid at all. This season I'm trying a couple of new ideas with use of a very small #0 roller bearing swivel to see how it goes without a anti-kink. Are you still at the same address at One Tree Hill, if you can't get hold of them let me know and I post a few to you..
cheers
Adrian
The new setup I'm going to try when the season opens. The roller bearing is a size #0 & not #00 as I put on the photo.
The small #0 roller ball bearing is also on trial with the anti-kink next season. ..
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Hey mate where do you get those anti kink keels you rig up with.
Been running 6lb braid to 1.5m of 5lb flourocarbon leader and noticed some line twist when using the spinners.
Not a problem with the little hardbodies but I like your idea of using small snap swivels to save time changing lures.
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Even Little Para River is off limits above the Reservoir due to it belonging to SA Water.
Seems to me like the best waters around Adelaide are off limits or private property.
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Tinker got a reaction from Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
Thanks for putting that up mate.
You are definitely fishing in good trout real estate there.
Sixth Creek is narrow at times but the water is clear.
Torrens is murky from Kangaroo Creek Reservoir down the weir down near the suburbs.
Gets clear again where it gets shallow again above Gumeracha Weir. It needs more rainfall up there especially from Mt Pleasant where it has its origins.
Most sections high up in the Torrens are no access due to the SA Water mentality.
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Tinker reacted to Meppstas in Small stream trout in Autumn..
With the trout season closed until the 7th August I thought I'd put a few of my 2020/21 trout fishing videos on the site from time to time...
Hope you enjoy it, feel free to hit the like button as well.. thanks..
cheers
Adrian..
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Tinker got a reaction from The Fishing Guru in Metho and nippers
Been about five years since I last pumped for nippers but at Snowdens to the left of the boat ramp at low tide below .02m there are plenty.
Just look for the small holes.
Sometimes they blow bubbles.
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Tinker got a reaction from TENNANT in Metho and nippers
Been about five years since I last pumped for nippers but at Snowdens to the left of the boat ramp at low tide below .02m there are plenty.
Just look for the small holes.
Sometimes they blow bubbles.
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Tinker reacted to The Fishing Guru in Metho and nippers
Following.
Let us know how you go Mate... Very interesting concept 😁👍
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Tinker got a reaction from keenfisho in Fishing 100 - 150 days
Lazy bait sesh tomorrow up the Warren and with water levels high will be up in the timber. But with clear water deep diving lures will work well.
Hoping to get another Cod and next time I get one it will be going on the brag mat coz it sucks having to take photos of them in the water when fishing solo.
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Tinker got a reaction from Squid Inc. in Fishing 100 - 150 days
Lazy bait sesh tomorrow up the Warren and with water levels high will be up in the timber. But with clear water deep diving lures will work well.
Hoping to get another Cod and next time I get one it will be going on the brag mat coz it sucks having to take photos of them in the water when fishing solo.
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Tinker got a reaction from Squid Inc. in Fishing 100 - 150 days
But this one time a school of silver perch swam through at Nappers Bridge. Caught ten all the same size as this.
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Tinker got a reaction from Squid Inc. in Fishing 100 - 150 days
Plenty of these at Morgan.
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Tinker got a reaction from Squid Inc. in Fishing 100 - 150 days
Got a shack at Barmera so the river around Cobdogla, Kingston and Overland Corner are my favourite spots to get out in the boat.
Take the swag to other places downstream and in the last 12 months have camped at Waikerie, Morgan, Walker Flat and Mannum.
Morgan has been the most productive recently and Cadell is also good landbased coz it is a narrow stretch of river but having said that I caught my PB 52cm callop at Walker Flat and then dropped my phone in the water and lost the photo.
Nappers Bridge on Lake Bonney is my favourite carp fishing spot in all SA. Every fish swimming into or out of the lake is concentrated in a narrow section under the bridge.
Target mostly natives in the river and carp in Lake Bonney and backwaters.
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Tinker got a reaction from Squid Inc. in Metho and nippers
I dig my own bloodworms and dip them live in metho which makes them seize up and toughen up then freeze them.
Can see the method working on nippers and beach worms also.
Bream don't seem fussed about metho if you fish a whole bloodworm preserved in metho but they get picky if you cut the worms up coz they don't look natural.
Also heard stories about the folks who sprayed their lures in WD-40 and caught good fish off the jetties.
If you can source some nippers with your bait pump I would say put them live in metho before you freeze them so they don't soften up.
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