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Don't do it Henry you will look too much like an illegal. :silly:
Imagine the harrasment you will be on the recievng end of from fisheries, not to mention border security.

Our new pup. Only four more days till he comes home. :woohoo:

Can anyone who I havent already told guess the breed?

Our new pup. Only four more days till he comes home. :woohoo:

Can anyone who I havent already told guess the breed?

maybe Osama was a little obvious, you could try TapTap

my brother had an Afghan, great dogs, great personalities

Bingo. I want to call hom Osama but my wife won't let me.

Our new pup. Only four more days till he comes home. :woohoo:

Can anyone who I havent already told guess the breed?

Afghan puppy

Did you witness the mating ? (Hope you didn't buy from ebay) lol

Looks like a bit like a Belgian Shepherd??
Beautiful pup anyway

Don't know why, but that last image reminds me of Freddie Mercury. So I'm guessing the breed is Queen/Poof ?

Our new pup. Only four more days till he comes home. :woohoo:

Can anyone who I havent already told guess the breed?

My 12 month old Shep. It took me 2 months and lots of fence work ($) to figure out she can jump over a 7 ft 5 inch fence but not a 7ft 6 inch high fence

She's a lovely dog and so damned determined when she puts her mind to something. There's lots of training and exercise ahead for both of us.

One of our Shepards giving the young fellas face a bit of a clean. We have an Island bench in the kitchen and they will chase each other for hours if you let them.

with your new dog Dom, you will need to dress up to go to the dog park otherwise you will look under dressed.

Give me about 2 months and I will be able to contribute to this thread.

Give me about 2 months and I will be able to contribute to this thread.

Give me about 2 months and I will be able to contribute to this thread.

Oscar Pistorious will definitely have his bail application denied.

He doesn't have a leg to stand on.

I only have very limited popping experience, but from what I have learned there is no such thing as cheap yet effective popping gear.

Firstly you need a strong reel with strong drag and fast retrieve gear ratio.

Reel: At a bare minimum I would look at a Daiwa Saltist 6500 or a Shimano Saragosa or similar. Either will be around $280. Anything less is likely to get bent or completely destroyed on the first few fish.

Rod: As a minimum a shimano Tcurve GT special or a Daiwa monster mesh popping rod. Around $250-$300.

Line: Around $100

Total ~$650

Disclaimer: I may be wrong and it would be awesome to see something reasonably cheap that works.

Popping is very physically demanding and anything less than what I have listed just won't cast a lure or bloop a lure well, and will have you completely shagged after a few minutes.

A more typical $2000+ combo will be way easier to cast and fish for any period of time than the options I have listed.

I ended up taking the plunge and buying a highish end combo but unfortunately haven't had many opportunities to you use it.

My time will come this coming summer though. :evil:

Excellent write up. I have only caught a few but things I have learned:

1. They can show up anywhere and I mean anywhere not just closer to shore. I have caught longtails on livies fished right on the bottom (heavy patternoster) 30kms off Fraser Island. Have also heard of several reports of them being caught well into Pumicestone Passage.

2. If you are short on plastics or slugs but have a spare livie use it. Just lob it straight into the action and it will likely get smashed.

3. When winter westerlies have well and truly set in, longtails feed in really close to bribie. Just reiterating the whole feeding into the wind or current thing. Have heard it is possible to catch them off the beach with a bit of luck.

Hey Andrew,

Have you had any longtail encounters on popper?

LOL Ted the psychopath.

True but whatever it is its a damn nice looking dog.

Don't do it Henry you will look too much like an illegal. :silly:
Imagine the harrasment you will be on the recievng end of from fisheries, not to mention border security.