Yes, trout is excellent bait. I used old frozen stuff from freezer when living near Waihi beach and it caught fish. The only hassle is the skin is ultra ultra tough. I used an Iki spike to make a...
Liked On: 08-05-2020, 08:12 PM
Thanks Feral. Cheeky bugger. I’ll take your 300 winmag on any day out to 800m. Oh hang on...did that!
Liked On: 05-05-2020, 12:21 PM
Lapua brass, winchester primers cos I have lots, eldx 143 grain seated to 3.11 coal and use ADI 2209 powder in the 44 - 50 grain range. Velocity approx 2770 from memory. That’s in my Tikka Forest....
Liked On: 05-05-2020, 12:20 PM
Re lures: I get a real buzz from making my own. Two weeks ago I bought a mother of pearl bracelet for $2 off T/M. Carefully drilled holes at each end allowed split rings and ring -swivel combo to be...
Liked On: 04-05-2020, 08:23 PM
Thanks Feral. Cheeky bugger. I’ll take your 300 winmag on any day out to 800m. Oh hang on...did that!
Liked On: 04-05-2020, 08:22 PM
Re lures: I get a real buzz from making my own. Two weeks ago I bought a mother of pearl bracelet for $2 off T/M. Carefully drilled holes at each end allowed split rings and ring -swivel combo to be...
Liked On: 22-04-2020, 10:49 AM
Thanks for the reply Marty Henry. Partly my sentiments too. The Nikon has excellent glass (wife has their cameras) but field of view a tad tunnellish. Have tipped over a goat at 408m after using...
Liked On: 12-04-2020, 02:32 PM
I think you’d need dry media, so dry, not the wet version of Jiff. Perhaps some crushed up pumice (mums kitchen blender). Stainless pins are far better than corn,especially with small squirt of dish...
Liked On: 28-03-2020, 12:02 PM
Re lures: I get a real buzz from making my own. Two weeks ago I bought a mother of pearl bracelet for $2 off T/M. Carefully drilled holes at each end allowed split rings and ring -swivel combo to be...
Liked On: 22-03-2020, 03:59 PM
Re lures: I get a real buzz from making my own. Two weeks ago I bought a mother of pearl bracelet for $2 off T/M. Carefully drilled holes at each end allowed split rings and ring -swivel combo to be...
Liked On: 22-03-2020, 03:35 PM
Investigate the use of urine. In the old days, the poor sold their urine to tanneries, hence the expression ‘piss poor’.
Liked On: 20-03-2020, 06:42 PM
During the 80’s when full time in the West taupo bush, I experimented with food. A loaf of vogels, a jar of jam and a block of cheese were my staples for three meals a day. Carbos, fat and sugars...
Liked On: 01-03-2020, 05:17 PM
During the 80’s when full time in the West taupo bush, I experimented with food. A loaf of vogels, a jar of jam and a block of cheese were my staples for three meals a day. Carbos, fat and sugars...
Liked On: 01-03-2020, 10:15 AM
During the 80’s when full time in the West taupo bush, I experimented with food. A loaf of vogels, a jar of jam and a block of cheese were my staples for three meals a day. Carbos, fat and sugars...
Liked On: 29-02-2020, 11:57 PM
During the 80’s when full time in the West taupo bush, I experimented with food. A loaf of vogels, a jar of jam and a block of cheese were my staples for three meals a day. Carbos, fat and sugars...
Liked On: 28-02-2020, 01:58 PM