Fly Rod Beach Bash
Submitted by GusG on Mon, 2008-06-16 10:06
I took the fly rod down to the local beach (metro beach) on Friday and berleyed up pretty hard trying to get a few herring. I ended up getting a few skippy which was great fun on my 5wt rod.
Saw some awesome action. As I was bringing in one trev I had a couple of salmon following him taking swipes at him. They swam right around my feet then circled back (I was in waist deep water). I put on a bigger feather to try and tempt them but no joy. They were taking swipes at it but no hook ups. Would have been interesting to hook a big horse salmon on a 5wt. As soon as the weather settles a bit I will try again. Great session but sorry no pics.
I might take my new 9wt Sage down and try that out.
mako magic
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sounds like a good session,
sounds like a good session, how big were the salmon?
GusG
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Decent sized, they would
Decent sized, they would have gone a few kilos.
mako magic
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sounds good, would have been
sounds good, would have been fun on a 5wt thats for sure
Adam Gallash
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you'll like it
You'll like that new 9wt Gus, I had a few swoffs with it a while back and its pretty nice.
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GusG
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Yeah it looks great Adam,
Yeah it looks great Adam, haven't used it yet as I am waiting for my reel but it feels really nice. Thanks for putting me onto it
tangles
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KEEN
hey GusG, keen to go down for a swoff m8, now im down in the big smoke for a few months. send me a pm w ya nr and we.ll hook up if you keen.
tangles
GusG
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Sounds good
Sounds good Tangles. We should get out when this weather settles down a bit. Check your PM.
Gus