Stanley river.

[kiwifisho]

Got to work this morn to be told by a mate that the stanley river rose by more than 5 meters yesterday :ohmy: and by all this rain I would say its getting bigger by the minute. By all accounts it seems to stand up to it but with the fish still bein caught after the fact.Oh and by the way I only just made it off Bribie this morn after an hour at work, goin through water up to me doors on me ute and rising rapidly.

Dean

[James W]

so that mean we "are" hitting the stanley this weekend??!!

the best part bout it flooding is that all the undergrowth gets cleared away making it a bit easy to walk the tracks.

[Angus]

You dont think it will still be flowing like crazy?

Angus

[plugga]

where did all this rain come form/

PLUGGaAaAaAaAaAaAaA

[Feral]

Outta the sky Plugga!

[James W]

you are a idiot plugga, stop trying to start shit ya little nerd

[kiwifisho]

James W wrote:

you are a idiot plugga, stop trying to start shit ya little nerd

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Now that I like James Some how I think the stanley may be hard to walk this weekend mate

Dean

[bmxdirtjumpa]

James W wrote:

you are a idiot plugga, stop trying to start shit ya little nerd

:silly:

[planetfonz]

[jmacphee]

Any news on the Stanley? Anyone seen what state it's in at the moment? Was thinking of venturing up if it's not pissing it down.

[James W]

it will be a no go zone for at least a week at least..

im up that way today and will check..

but ussually if we have a "normal" arvo storm up that way, it can be out of action for a few days..

my mate up there has been flooded in all week..

[Freshy]

Mate they had 300mls up the coast I reckon it might still be flowing pretty hard.

I saw a pic the last time it flooded with James W and I think Angus jusyt after and it looked like hard fishing, especially with the river crossings.

Brett

[Angus]

James W please let me know how it looks as I really want to head up that way next week if we dont get anymore huge down pours.

Cheers.

Angus

[jmacphee]

Yeah, I'm itchin' for a fishin'. Might head up this weekend anyhow just to see how much tackle I can lose.

[James W]

next week will be still outta control i reckon..

this weekend mcphee??? good luck! ya might need it!

heading up that way now, will let yas know how it looks

[jmacphee]

Well, I figured you'd be hiding under your doona so I might take the opportunity to swoop in and catch your cod for you.

I'll staple a little MACPHEE flag to one of its fins just to let you know I was there first

[James W]

noooooooo! :silly:

[jmacphee]

Hey James - did you make it up to the Stanley? How's it looking?

[jmacphee]

Hey - went up to the Stanley (just off Old Cove Road in Woodford) yesterday for a snoop around. It's actually looking better than I expected. I was worried that water levels would be crazy but from what I can tell it's probably only a couple of feet higher than pre-flood. There's a fair bit of current and the water's definitely murky but free of floating debris.

I wondered along it throwing every hard-bodied lure I've got at it but didn't have a single take. I saw four different tail flips, so the fish are definitely active but I've got no clue what they're going after because I couldn't see any food on the surface.

If anyone's heading up be mindful of some of the banks - some eroding's happened and there's also some very slick mud where you wouldn't expect it (I came very close to going for an unpexcted swim in a few places).

PS - let me know if anyone sees a flouro yellow stumpjumper zipping past them. After breaking free on an underwater snag it gently floated to the surface, flipped me the bird and zipped off down the river.