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well it been a few years since I logged on here and to see that scribe has passed away was a bit of a shock I only met him once and that was up the farm Mucko was sharemilking on in Te Kuiti, Gareme...

Well I got to test out some flasher rigs I had previously made over the weekend on kawhia harbour I tried one of my chartreuse coloured ones and nailed a nice kahawai with it I changed to an orange...

Nope you won't find any daiwas in my house, one of the fixed spool combos has a shimano baitrunner 6500, there is an okuma trio rex arena sitting in the corner and then not in the pic is a shimano...

All of my rods and reels get used some of them are set up for west coast (heavy action rods for fishing with 10-12oz sinkers) the others for east coast where I do not need such a stiff boat rod then...

Ok you asked for it, it ain't pretty guess which reel isn't a penn. Missing from pic due to being away for servicing penn senator 6/0, penn delmar 285. Other vintage penn reels in the pics 309M and...

Salmon is on my bucket list of fish to catch but I have to get my butt down there first

Thanks for the compliment mate, as for materials I very much prefer to use proper fly tying stuff as I know what I am getting I already skimped out once and used the $2 per bag feathers from the...

As Kukuwai said there are some good prices with marine deals there are a few good ones on trade me too I got mine from wrights fishing and outdoors in Te Awamutu for $30, a bobbin holder would make...

some more of my stuff I have done recently
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Once I have tested them I will let you know how they go I want to get some marabou to tie better ones with than the cheap $2 bag of feathers I got from the warehouse, I also just had some 7/0 1.5oz...

Takes about 10 to 20 minutes depending on how tangled your fingers get the jig head lures are similar to the ones that are used by Nathan on big angry fish he calls them scoots but they are also...

Time to put my fly tying skills back to work had a guts full of buying commercially made flasher rigs and lures

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Sweet as mate will remember that for next time however if you do see a boat with the name eros 2 being dragged through clevedon behind a black VW station wagon feel free to give me shit :P

Nope i stupidly followed the directions of the gps through to miranda

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Kawhia harbour gets upto a 3.5 knot current at the entrance, 2.5 knots in the main channel, 1.5 knots by the wharf. Depth from .3m to 24m heavy sinkers needed if you want your dropper rigs to stay...

I do go to Kawhia quite a bit and fish in the harbour but those trips are only a 5 minute boat ride each way and strong currents to contend with while fishing (10-12 ounce sinkers required), I do...

Only a fixed VHF instead of the handheld and a rod rack along one side of the cockpit to stash the rods instead of them taking up room in the car, looking at putting in a bilge pump in case I end up...

Still in Te Awamutu Rushy

Ok I did my first trip in the boat to Waiheke island from kawakawa bay for a spot of fishing and a bit of reminiscing of where I had been and how far I had come in the last 23 years.
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Was browsing the listings on trademe for a nice level wind overhead for the other half to use seeing she has trouble laying the line back onto the spool with a non level wind overhead, now with me...

Things have been pretty quiet for me since Easter weekend ended up going down with the flu and had to go on antibiotics. So to pass the time seeing I could not go to work I ordered and installed a...

There are no pics like I said I was not going to pull the phone out in the rain to take pics

Really liking the boat always picking up on new things have been watching coast guard videos on bar crossings ( I am not going to attempt it) to pickup on different boat handling techniques and what...

Well I did the fishing comp weather was crap squally showers was even worse on Saturday which stopped me from going near the harbour mouth to the spot where joyce caught a good sized snapper the...