On our recent family trip to Exmouth for April school hols I introduced Cam to his first taste of serious saltwater fly fishing - until then he had caught a few herring, tailor and small mulloway on fly around Mandurah and the Murray..
He took to it like a duck to water and chose to fish fly only for the 2 weeks.
He got to experience all the usual frustrations and pain along the way but learnt a lot about reading the water, sight casting and the merits of Olive over White
No better way to teach a young bloke how to cast than stick them in front of hungry fish.
The trip included a night sleeping on the tinny under the stars at the bottom of the gulf.
His biggest queenie nudged a metre (a few over 90) and his biggest goldie was 85cm.
My biggest Queenie was a PB at 1.07.
Cam came home with line burn as a badge of honour.
Return trip booked for next year...can't wait.
Here's a couple of pics.
Gav
Exmouth - the coming of age
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Awesome! Congrats to both of you.
Cheers,
Graeme
Cheers,
Graeme
IFFF Certified Casting Instructor
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Nice work lads
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Awesome Gav, they'll be hooked on fly now! Can't wait to get back up there myself!
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Nice work Gavin and Cam.
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Sounds like a great trip Gav - well done to you and Cam
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That's what I call parenting Gav.
Well done!
Well done!
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Great Pic's! All your fly gear will start going missing now! lol
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Nice work Gav and Cam what a way to cut your teeth in pure saltwater fly fishing... <*>>>><