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I've got my 1000yrds of braid, 500lb leader, 400lb swivels sorted........just need good weather when I'm back next.
I was going to start making all sorts of jokes about using a 175 Zuke for a sinker but that's just damn cruel and I'd hate to get on your bad side with your new found photo shop editing skills.
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See them sooks in the ad with the electric reel. come on now i got me hand line and deckie ready... cause im a nice guy and supply and handline.
Not Muddy he just give his deckie 1000yrds of braid and some well wishes...
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I really have nothing organised except the fuel tank getting on steroids.... oh and a big alvey and lead. can put the alvey on a broomstick and hope for the best need to get braid, and leader. For swivels im using an old trick i once seen my mum use and using D shackles. (actually does work)
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lucee81
See them sooks in the ad with the electric reel. come on now i got me hand line and deckie ready... cause im a nice guy and supply and handline.
Not Muddy he just give his deckie 1000yrds of braid and some well wishes...
I'm still yet to decide on the well wishes.
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Trev,
I got my Mustad 16/0 39960D circles from Jones Tackle. You can also get them from wellsys up the coast.
I made mine up with stuff I had gathered off the net.
100lb braid
ball bearring swivel on top
Duralite Diamonds - off the top swivel (water activated, and OK with depth. I had read the lumo sticks sometimes crush at great depths because they have a little air in them). Great lights - water activated and very bright strobe.
400lb main leader
Crimp swivels - available at Jones and Tackle wharehouse - place about 4-6 feet apart
200lb droppers (maybe not thick enough as I have had them wear through) - lumo tube and lumo bead on dropper
cheap swivel on bottom
light 40-60lb nylon to dropper weight
Use 2-4kg
I think beyond 300m, lights and lumo is very important, as there is essentially no light.
Dunno If id be keen on using $60 jigs as a dropper weight, sometimes the dropper weights are on a one way trip. When the fish are on, they shake the my weights off (but I am using light nylon so I dont snag up.)
TM
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Muddy Toes
I've got my 1000yrds of braid, 500lb leader, 400lb swivels sorted........just need good weather when I'm back next.
I was going to start making all sorts of jokes about using a 175 Zuke for a sinker but that's just damn cruel and I'd hate to get on your bad side with your new found photo shop editing skills.
Yep, I am investigating better computer skills and software programs as well so I can put people into more compromising and convincing situations :D - will keep G rated of course ::)
I just bought some line (1500yds of 150lb line) this evening - all good till missus does the bank stuff again ;D - the price you pay for an accountant wife :)
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The plan is to put it onto a Penn International 80TW - so yep doing it tough to start with and see how we go.
The 2.2kg jigs look interesting - but I would be real peeved snagging one and losing it. Happier to lose a can of concrete or something like that - maybe something agricultural would suffice - tube filled with lead and wire trace inside?
Yes yes all a bit horse before the cart for me as I need a boat. But it is nice to be thinking of fishing anyway. I bought some fishing mags a week ago and can't get interested in looking in them.
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As for weight I've got it on good authority to think about the weight/drag coefficient and have settled on 32mm reo bar.
Don't worry about the cart mate.....mine still works.
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good pick, trev.
Power pro is one of the thinnest lines at that breaking strain.
tm
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Go for bright line(yellow) rather than green. Helps the driver keep the line vertical when he can see it from his seat.
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Muddy Toes
As for weight I've got it on good authority to think about the weight/drag coefficient and have settled on 32mm reo bar.
Don't worry about the cart mate.....mine still works.
What length are you going to cut the reo Anthony?
TOL
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What length are you going to cut the reo Anthony?
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2kg would be about 300mm long
easy enough to grind one end thin and drill a hole through - one 2kg snapper-ooglie lead whallah ;)
Wonder how they would go if you heated them then dunked them in that lumo powder :)
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I suppose green is the popular colour.
Wonder if purple would be a hit?
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Don't waste your money on the lights. Run lumo tube on ur 200lb leaders off the mainline..
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Trev,
Can get them cheaper than that.
12 for $99 at miyaepoch.com.au, or 5 for $60 on fleabay. Cheaper than getting them from the states. They are run by the solas guys up the coast.
Green or White is what I use.
TM