Had a invite from Squidgie Palmer to come down to Evans and fish his backyard.
Arrived very early Sat Morning and were on the water by 8.30.
Yes no a morcel of bait on board which was a first for me, he also broke out the Squidgies, 6-8lb braid and reels you could fit in your pocket
Withdrawal signs started as we hit the water, what the hell am i doing.
Headed u p the river to all his favourite tree trunks, holes, drop offs and other spot x's.
In the first hour i must have lost 6-8 jigs, either on the banks or stuck on tree trunks, or other underwater hidden rig destroyers.
But slowly slowly started to sort of master the art of flicking jigs on rods the winds could have blown away.
Gordon scores the first for the day, a nice lizard one of our target species along with bream.
Then i finally scored a nice bream, my first on plastics, shite all that tackle lost to get my first bream.
We work the river south hitting and flicking at every object that looked fishey and ended up at the river mouth by the arvo.
Learnt all the tricks of the trade from Gary, which i believe he had learnt from Bushy and Starlo.
So couldnt have been taught by anyone with more experience.
Even learnt the superglue trick on the jigs
Great day and some nice fish, and again a first for me all released, shite whats happening.
Finish the night off at the local pub, and back home this morning.
Great trip mate.
Some pics before of plastics caught fish.
regards.
PS heard it straight from the horses mouth, Squidgies and Starlo's that Gulps are really baits ???
So that will certainly stir the pot.
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Next it will be fly, then it will be deep water jigs (if you haven't already), it's all good fun!!
