Saltwater Flyrodders

They are often near the shore, but not often the shore that you're standing on.

I normally chase them on my kayak. They can be in close to shore sometimes but most of the time that I was on them last season, shore bashing would not have been an option.

They seemed to want quite large flies, and even if they took smaller flies, they tended to work their way off because the hooks weren't big enough. 2/0 SL12S minimum. Generally deceivers or clousers, and from the yak in 10m of water, a sinking line to get the fly into the zone.

Having said that, the times when they were in close, they were very close. A floating or intermediate tip line would have worked just fine.

Cheers,
Graeme

Graeme Hird wrote:They are often near the shore, but not often the shore that you're standing on.

I normally chase them on my kayak. They can be in close to shore sometimes but most of the time that I was on them last season, shore bashing would not have been an option.

They seemed to want quite large flies, and even if they took smaller flies, they tended to work their way off because the hooks weren't big enough. 2/0 SL12S minimum. Generally deceivers or clousers, and from the yak in 10m of water, a sinking line to get the fly into the zone.

Having said that, the times when they were in close, they were very close. A floating or intermediate tip line would have worked just fine.

Cheers,
Graeme

Sound info! I was in Tackle World in Morley at the weekend, they seem to have a pretty good selection of flies in there including big ones. They are cheaper than the ones I was picking up at Nedlands anyhow. So I stocked up on a few. Hopefully we will see some action from them in a couple of weeks time. Might have to invest in a yak at some stage over the winter. Be handy for exploring the river as well.

Nice fish beau,

What rod, reel and line are you using?
Cheers