First session ever with fly gear

[francomas777]

hey guys,

met up with this fella who is moving back to Switzerland and was getting rid of heaps of fishing gear. ended up buying my first fly set up and another fly reel.

went to the barra farm at bli bli to try and break my fly fishing virginity.

ended up going really well, fly fishing is awsome and dont think im looking back now.

hope you like the pics

[nadders]

nice barra, glad you enjoyed waving the magic wand lol

cheers

Dan

[francomas777]

haha cheers mate doing the runner from work and about to head back there now for another session. yew!

[bigtez]

Well done. It feels even better when you start getting fish on flies you have tied yourself. Must dust off the long sticks again and have a swoff.

[straddiebrad]

nice one we had caught carp on bread flys near beenleigh great fun.brad

[free2rome2]

I've never tried fly fishing, but have always wanted to...

Good on ya for getting them nice barras...

Didn't know that there are farms like this in Oz...

Looks exactly like what we have here in Malaysia...

The fly set-up still looks new.

Cheers, Jonathan

[Joel Eadie]

nice fish mate, did you catch them on actual flies or pellets on a hook?

[francomas777]

they were caught on a pellet fly that the guys made in the shop for me.

[roger]

Did that Barra have a deformed mouth?

[mick fillet]

well done!!what away to break your self in on the new fly out fit.nice reel looks like you have stacks off line on it.what type of line are you useing?hey do you have a close up photo of the fly?I would like to have a look at it.

How did the farm barra fight,was it a good fight or are they lazy pigs.

Cheers mick

[francomas777]

cheers mick. the guy i bought the gear off hasn't used it once. not too sure about the fly line on the big reel but i bought some of that scientific angler fly line for my gold reel.

the farm barra dont really go as hard as i thought but still heaps of fun average fish taking about 5 to 10 mins to get in on the gear i was using.

i dont have a pick of the fly they made me but i am currently trying to make some so i will send u through a pic when they are done.

[mick fillet]

your making your own flys ....oh nice!!

do you have to use barbless hooks at the farm or what?

mick

[Angus]

Nice one Franco!

Ill have a chat to you soon about another good spot for those flies

Angus

[dhess]

Seriously, everyone knows flyfishing is gay!

Jokes. Awesome stuff.

Would love to get a heavier setup to have ready to sight cast surface feeding fish offshore. Problem is I would have no idea how to use it.

[francomas777]

haha yer ever since catching them fish im hooked for life i think.

the black abel reel there is apparently meant to hold small black marlin big gts and pelagics so i have ordered a custom sage rod from japan that should be here in a few weeks for it and then gonna head up to magnetic island to give it a real test out.

been trying to call you angus give us a bell when you can. cheers