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Sunrise, Cape Hillsborough, Whitsundays.
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About to listen to a good piece of music. The word ’good’, meaning classical, means. I love opera and will be listening to Madama Butterfly, sung by Renata Tebaldi
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I live near the small city of Mackay, if I went from there to Rockhampton, in the south, or Townsville in the north, there is no need for wearing a mask. The distance from Rocky, through Mackay to Townsville is a tad over 700 km., abit longer than Land’s End to Newcastle… I would have included Cairns, another 450 km further north, but a taxidriver got covid up there. That’s pretty much the distance from Land’End to John ‘O’ Groats…So, not much martial law in Queensland,,,
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48 minutes ago, Vagabond said:
Yeah - after about age 70 your wading really starts going downhill. Its akin to Jim Callaghan's advice "After age 7o, don't stand on one leg to put a sock on"
In Iceland the melting of glaciers each spring gives an extra push to the rivers, and the boulders soon become the size and shape of snooker balls. stand by the river and you will hear a low rumble as these snooker balls grind against each other. It demands very careful wading technique. Went to fish salmon in Iceland - I was by then (about 12 years ago at age 75) becoming a bit doddery, but not admitting it, and waded in regardless.
Jorg my guide probably saved my life by stretching his English and tact to the utmost, saying "Dave, you are a brave wader, but not a good one"
Its hard when things like rock-hopping and wading enter the past.
Fun being an eighty odd year old kid, innit? I still clamber up and down a 17 ft granite rock, carrying 2 rods and a back pack
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Thought they were pulling it to get the motors started...
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Sounds like MARITAL law, rather than martial law…
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Nowt here, in North Queensland. About 5 months ago, had to wear a mask at the local supermarket, but that only lasted 1 week...
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In Australia, braid is definitely the most popular line, either in fresh, or sea water.
My preference is high viz braid, as I usually start a session about 20 minutes before the sun comes up. My saltwater target fish are the mackerel family, spaniards and queensland macks and golden snapper (lutjanus johnii). When a big spano makes a 100 to 150 metre run, it's nice to know that the finer diameter makes for more line on the reel.
In the dams and rivers, I target barramundi and braid is by far the best line for these bruisers; its 'no stretch' ability and a thumb clamped on the reel, is perfect for stopping big fish from charging into mangroves, or drowned trees in dams. Oh, the joy of a burnt thumb!!
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Was it true about the archers at Agincourt who waved their bowstring fingers and yelled out to the froggies, "We can still pluck yew"
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Sea fishing, I look at an hour either side of high and low tide. In estuaries, more or less the same in the neaps, as most northern Australian estuaries carry large tides between 5 and 11 metres and there is NO fishing on big tides.
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Just for chesters1…
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What's left of a 54 cm 'doggy' mackerel. I took off the fillets and let the big cod have the frame for brekkie!
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3 years in, still learning the ropes
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At age 14, er, some years ago, I bought an ex army tank aerial for a rod...You could say that was a tad heavy...Now, I have a couple of ugly sticks for mackerel and trevally and a couple of Daiwa Heartland rods for barramundi fishing.