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I have a pic of the result, a trevvor and BIG, big. The rod I don't know but the reel was a Steelfin Abyss, like 5 inches of super gear. Great pic, makes my heart bleed. Max
Stu
I wondered the same thing and did some enquiring. Responses ranged from our larger surf, beach profile, availability of alternative flyfishing venues and fashionability of stripping baskets (?) and fishing style. lets face it, neither of those last 2 gets much press .
I have tried it a few times off bribie island (which has fairly benign surf) for tailor and longtails. Normally i am reasonably persistent but this was frustrating at times and took some getting used to . Gimme a boat anyday... Anyway, i would love to nail a decent tuna off the sand.
I guess its because of the inability of our 9 footers to handle the surf task under out conditions, but the pic indicates that you can get into good fish in some hefty surf. Personally I think long rods are better at this than 9 footers, but line management is a problem, if you get your bum wet. With a long rod you can stay on the dry. I had my Loop 12 footer out today, didn't work all that well, but it roll casts rather nicely, with a 45' head. I also had the 9#TFO 10 footer on the go, hucks a 11weight HiD SA head line a dream. The 15' Talon is a dream to roll cast and I'm going to give it a wave tomorrow, the tailor are running. Cheers Max
maxg
last year at the fraser comp I was playing around in the surf with fly chasing dart small choppers and trevally. hell fun and I got some strange looks from some of the people driving pass the only problem was I didn`t have a stripping basket which made it a bit awkward with the swell. but I do now which will help with distance..
cheers stephen_t
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