SA Footy

Well taking some advice I decided to head to virtually my backyard and try a spot on the port river .Before all the best spots are built on for housing.
I got to a spot recomended and headed straight in .I had a few follows and then I got snagged on the rocky bottom .Desnagging I went for a walk along the shore watching baitfish schools I reentered the water .And this time i lost my rubberband fly to a rock .
Well that put a damper on things thought about heading up the river by car closer to home .Then thought its not worth the trouble so I walked back past where I first entered the water and found a spot with less rocks and more sand.
I think after four casts I noticed movement on the footpath and as I turned to look.BANG I am on .And boy did this salmon trout fight.When I got home I realised the camera was playing up as well!!

Lucky I take two snaps to make sure sorry about the image.
anyway out i went again and lost that fly .tied on another fly and i lost the third fly to a bad knot .
So i thought after an hour I had had enough lost flies and headed home out of the morning sun. After a trip to the tackle shop for more hooks .

cheers

like your perseverance Mickj.
always a good read about your outings.
and i'm no fisherman

magpie in the 80's wrote:like your perseverance Mickj.
always a good read about your outings.
and i'm no fisherman

cheers thanks for that .
Maggie
Something i have noticed the last two weeks .There should be large amounts of Flathead caught in the next few years I must have seen thousands of around an inch in both West lakes and now the port river.

And size doesn't count in fishing

Mickyj wrote:And size doesn't count in fishing

Nice one - story of my life!!!
I'm with M80. Love reading about your outings. Makes me want to pick up a rod and reel again.

devilsadvocate wrote:

Mickyj wrote:And size doesn't count in fishing

Nice one - story of my life!!!
I'm with M80. Love reading about your outings. Makes me want to pick up a rod and reel again.

Cheers