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This is one of my folkier efforts that could work…
http://www.saltwaterfly.co.nz/song1.mp3
Not quite RAGE though…. 🙂
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I have the ZXL 9′ 6 weight here and also the TXL 7’10” #4.
If you like a slower actioned type of rod these are the babies to fish. The TXL with it’s shorter length throws some nice loops. This one I wasn’t even trying to be tight, just messing about… I was very impressed…
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The ZXL Has quickly become a favorite. It’s only been here a couple of weeks, but it’s been well used already. A lovely rod. Not a rip shit and bust rod, but a nice easy actioned fishing tool.
As always, your mileage may vary.
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Luminous flies have been popular in New Zealand for night freshwater fishing around stream mouths in lakes for many years. Recently materials containing UV reflecting properties have become very popular in the daytime also.
I incorporate both into fresh and saltwater patterns and they certainly take a lot of fish… how many would not have taken them had they not had these properties I am unsure.
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Andrew I think you’ve hit the nail on the head. The leader or something should break before the rod unless unnecessary high stick or poor technique is involved. Even the drag setting shouldn’t be an issue really…
Having said that, an eight might be an inappropriate weight, I haven’;t fished up there, but rod breakage shouldn’t be the problem in my opinion.
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I collect caps… I have the Leland one too given to me by Josh Fraser and a Kaufmann’s one from Randall. I’ll start photographing some and post them… I wear them all depending on my mood so all are a bit weather beaten, but a hat has to have character.
I have a number of Cowboy hats too but usually only wear them when I’m singing… sometime wear them fishing though.
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Zach,
I’ve been hitting the gym hard these days. Â You have something that’s gonna fit?
Otherwise, I am sure I can squeeze into a large. Â Short sleeve pleeeeez.
Only my right arm looks like that! ;D
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Long Sleeve XL Please… please pick one that doesn’t make my stomach look fat! 😎 ;D 😕
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Another…
the water in the middle of this poool is approx 15 feet deep….
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Clark you have a lot of offices…… I remember visiting you in this one.
AND this one.
::) ::) 😉 😉The first one was a shi**y office… gawd… we were talking the other day about that run of weather… unbelievable mate!
The second one… a glorious day, my first Kingfish and no small part of it due to you and John Fraser… a fishing memory never to be forgotten. A huge head start in the salt due mainly to yourself. It helps that you tooks such a bloody good photograph of it too!!!! What was it Fraser said… “Sh*t.. You couldn’t punch that smile off his face”!
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At the Office….
or at the Office..
or this office…
or this office…
You can judge a man by the size of things which annoy him.
Casting is simple… as soon as someone tells you anything different it is time to start questioning them….
Load the rod stop. Unload the rod… stop. Straight line path of the rod tip.. keep it smoooooth (As Morsie says)… that’s it.
You can judge a man by the size of things which annoy him.
Not many skinny fella around here huh?
Put me doen for a LS XL…
Thanks
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Tell them the story about having to outsprint that croc with the Barra up the top end Morsie… I remeber the pics from the first time we met in Melbourne.
You can judge a man by the size of things which annoy him.
I fish mainly for trout and I’ve always maintained that you do need some type of adjustable and fairly smooth drag if you fish for trout and large (20″ and above) trout are a good possibility. Just a click drag or a coarse uneven drag – and you are just asking for trouble in my opinion.
Smooth running yes, agree totallty, but click and no drag is just fine…. even better with the option to plam a bigger fish. I’ve fly fished for trout that average above 20″ for over 30 years and landed browns in fast flowing streams up to 14 lbs in weight, Rainbows to 12 lb. I can’t recall a single instance with a trout that I had wished for more of a drag capability than a click and pawl…
On Saltwater species they are a necessity of course.
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Amberjack are not a species we encounter here. The yellowtail Kingfish is a very similar fish and a good one is more than capable of smoking you. I have never had the experience personally. The Kingfish head to the nearest structure usually… if you are fortunate to hook one in an area of clean ground you could possibly be spooled simply because the fish will still endeavor to head for the nearest structure… If that’s mile away that’s where it will try and get. Craig Worthington has had this experience in the far north of the country fishing from shore.
The better reels are needed for the amount of drag you require. I wind them up pretty close to full on the first run because if you don’t stop them before they get to structure you are doomed… you can usually back off a bit after that.
The Danielsson models I have are the original freshwater models and I haven’t used them in the salt at all, it is one of my all time favorite trout reels though.
The Sages and Lamsons are my go to reals in the salt. Neither have ever let me down on big fish.
Clark
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I went for the “fundamentally different reason” option although i could have just as easily chosen being a slut for a pretty girl or being a gear freak or liking the looks of some of them….
From a trout perspective, even big trout, I don’t want or need a drag, I do want an exposed rim and I’ll take care of that aspect myself, no worries. Never been spooled by a trout, had a couple try and fail. I have had several clients lose fish due to reliance on a drag, messing with it when fighting a fish and not concentrating on what the fish is doing.
In the salt it’s different. I need drag, I need it smooth and strong and I want it reliable. 2 miles offshore is no time for a reel to start pi**ing me off…. The fish i mainly target are hard running powerful fish who’s main motive is to get to structure first and foremost and I need to use maximum rod and drag pressure to beat that first run or i will lose….
In the fresh I was a fan (Still am) of the original Loop’s (Danielsson) because their start up inertia is almost nil and they protected light tippets on BIG fish well.
Having said that I currently have Sage, Danielsson, Lamson, Hardy, Fin-Nor reels in my collection and plan to add a couple of Tibors later  this year or early next. Simon Chu said somewhere that reels are more like an heirloom than a rod is and I am inclined to fully agree with him. I have reels that are now out of date technology that i simply will never part with.
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Clark – I can’t believe you haven’t had a kingfish blow up a rod yet.
No mate, keep the fight in the butt and it would take a lot of angler error and a very wild fish to bust the rod before the tippet.
They try their best though… This guy had my Xi2 under the boat for a while as he headed for the anchor line… but still would have had to have come into contact with the hull or something to break it.
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I’ve used Sage since about 1985 and have not had one break on a fish either for myself or anyone I have fished with. Of course, we all have our own experiences.
However, when playing fish… anglers break rods, it is extremely rare that a rod simply breaks for no reason.
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Durability is hard to rate on rods that have been so new out but knowing Sage it is doubtful they’d release a rod without most of the “kinks” worked out. I have a couple of Z-Axis here which I think are awesome rods and just recieved a #4 TXL… what a little beauty! Ton of grunt for a softer rod. I doubt this is a sound indicator to durability but if
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