Went fly fishing with my son Chris during the school holidays on some local flats near Magnetic Island.
This time we concentrated on a new spot I was told about from Terry at Pro Tackle. We worked the area fully and managed to land 3 species of trevelly over 2 days fishing. The wind and rain did not help, nor did the overcast skies, but we still followed the basic plan.
We worked on a full falling tide and worked the water at about the 0.6 to 0.7m depth range. We had a mixture of clousers and crab patterns but only the yellow/white clouser worked.
We targeted swirls and movement, along with some blind casting. Chris had a 7wt outfit and I used my 9 wt. Both rods had intermediate lines (the golden took me into the backing). It was a great couple of days, but you have to be prepared to sit and watch! All fish were caught sighted usually with swirls showing there presence.
This time we concentrated on a new spot I was told about from Terry at Pro Tackle. We worked the area fully and managed to land 3 species of trevelly over 2 days fishing. The wind and rain did not help, nor did the overcast skies, but we still followed the basic plan.
We worked on a full falling tide and worked the water at about the 0.6 to 0.7m depth range. We had a mixture of clousers and crab patterns but only the yellow/white clouser worked.
We targeted swirls and movement, along with some blind casting. Chris had a 7wt outfit and I used my 9 wt. Both rods had intermediate lines (the golden took me into the backing). It was a great couple of days, but you have to be prepared to sit and watch! All fish were caught sighted usually with swirls showing there presence.
Report by Ward Nicholas
