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Sam both rods are terrific, i use the Snyder 9 foot Contessa an we sell the 9 foot Gary Howard where i work and i have picked it up many times and thought what a nice rod it was.

You don't say what species you want to use it for, if you're after a specialist whiting rod i would go with the Gary Howard, if you want one for bream and whiting i would go for the Contessa "Light", cheers wayne

Lachie, unfortunately the Christmas casual positions at BCf have all been filled in around October, but go online and put your name down for a future position, this is what i did 4 years ago when i wanted a change.


I am not going to get into the what stores best and who knows what, i think in our store we have someone to help you wheather you want to catch Marlin of Garfish and everything in between.

Unfortunately on busy days we sometimes can't spend as much time with customers as we would like but if you want help with something try and come in during the week when it is not as busy.

Still remember a couple of years ago going in to a so called specialist fishing store and being told i wouldn't catch fish unless i used braid that was worth $60, was all i could do to stop laughing.

Personally for me i love working there, we have some terrific customers some of whom have become good fishing mates, cheers wayne

Well I am back and may edit this post as there is SO much to cover...
The trip was amazing and so much more than I hoped it would be. Baia is simply phenomenal offering so many river and bluewater opportunities. The lodge itself was top notch and the fishing was out of this world. Way more surface action than the last trip as well which is always a highlight.
Sef, Henry and myself headed to the furthermost river for our first days foray to cast up some blacks... The blacks were there in good numbers and so were a lot of quality jacks...


On the way to the Torio there were also some good bluewater captures including mahi mahi and yellow fin...

The next day we hit the Pandi which turned out to be a river we frequented. This river is ALL about the surface with log jams and lay downs everywhere making throwing diving lures tough. Although there were plenty of blacks at the mouth, this river was home to tonnes of monster spot tails as well...

After spot tail mania we had a fairly so so day in the Langa Langa river. Awesome hits but conversions to big bass were a little slow. In saying that we did have some fun out the front among some birds hooking into countless trevs, queenies and mack tuna.

So for our last day we decided to once again concentrate on the Pandi River. More spot tails abounded but you have seen enough of those, I will out up however Henry's beast and the biggest for the trip. If things were recorded this could easily be a world record as Henry caught in on a 8/14lb Nordic Stage Cheater with a 2500 sized reel and 16lb braid. Just unheard of over there. The guide said not only was it one of the lightest rods he had ever had in the boat... It was the largest spot tail bass he had ever seen. It measured in at 36.5lb (not a guess actually weighed).

After the trip had officially ended Henry and I were lucky enough to stay on for two more nights as guests of Riccard the owner of Baia.
We headed up into the headwaters of the Kulu river on the first day and caught a collection of JP's and Spot Tails on bream sized gear (actually our new prototype Nordic Stage Loki rods). This was heaps of fun and ended in a blow up mattress ride back down the river selectively ignoring the warming signs...

Our last day was spent bluewater and snorkeling. Some good trevs and doggies were hooked with smaller ones coming in. I was grossly under gunned for doggies but it was fun to give it a crack! Snorkeling was just world class.

And that was that! Back to the real world!
After a few early inquiries it looks like I will be doing this again in 2016 so feel free to contact me if you are keen to get on board.
 
Cheers.
 
Angus
 

Sam both rods are terrific, i use the Snyder 9 foot Contessa an we sell the 9 foot Gary Howard where i work and i have picked it up many times and thought what a nice rod it was.

You don't say what species you want to use it for, if you're after a specialist whiting rod i would go with the Gary Howard, if you want one for bream and whiting i would go for the Contessa "Light", cheers wayne

Totally agree Andrew, this is a great site to find out what's going on in the fishing world, lets hope it stays that way for a very long time.

As for the not so nice comments made from time to time, i know when i am fishing with mates things are often said that would offend someone you didn't know but this is why these guys are mates they give as good as they get and everyone has a good time.

Unfortunately smart arse comments to some one you don't know normally do not go down well and are best left unsaid, as the others have said it would be a boring site with no fishing reports or photos, cheers wayne

Totally agree Andrew, this is a great site to find out what's going on in the fishing world, lets hope it stays that way for a very long time.

As for the not so nice comments made from time to time, i know when i am fishing with mates things are often said that would offend someone you didn't know but this is why these guys are mates they give as good as they get and everyone has a good time.

Unfortunately smart arse comments to some one you don't know normally do not go down well and are best left unsaid, as the others have said it would be a boring site with no fishing reports or photos, cheers wayne

Totally agree Andrew, this is a great site to find out what's going on in the fishing world, lets hope it stays that way for a very long time.

As for the not so nice comments made from time to time, i know when i am fishing with mates things are often said that would offend someone you didn't know but this is why these guys are mates they give as good as they get and everyone has a good time.

Unfortunately smart arse comments to some one you don't know normally do not go down well and are best left unsaid, as the others have said it would be a boring site with no fishing reports or photos, cheers wayne

Totally agree Andrew, this is a great site to find out what's going on in the fishing world, lets hope it stays that way for a very long time.

As for the not so nice comments made from time to time, i know when i am fishing with mates things are often said that would offend someone you didn't know but this is why these guys are mates they give as good as they get and everyone has a good time.

Unfortunately smart arse comments to some one you don't know normally do not go down well and are best left unsaid, as the others have said it would be a boring site with no fishing reports or photos, cheers wayne

Totally agree Andrew, this is a great site to find out what's going on in the fishing world, lets hope it stays that way for a very long time.

As for the not so nice comments made from time to time, i know when i am fishing with mates things are often said that would offend someone you didn't know but this is why these guys are mates they give as good as they get and everyone has a good time.

Unfortunately smart arse comments to some one you don't know normally do not go down well and are best left unsaid, as the others have said it would be a boring site with no fishing reports or photos, cheers wayne

This is only speaking from personal opinion but I would like this forum to not head in the direction I have seen other forums go down the track of. For some people like my self who works long hours in a stressful job coming home and reading this forum is a release from the day to day grind, if you don't get a chance to get out fishing as often as some people are lucky enough to do.

You get on and read about other experiences that other members have had at the sport that we all love so much. You can relate to their excitement or disappointment as you share the same dreams. What causes the downwards spiral of these forums is negativity and a whole lot of keyboard cowboy syndrome. This has a negative affect on the entire site, at first some of these threads may seem funny but can turn nasty very quickly. This promotes people not wanting to report any more and even worse the potential loss of sponsorship which in turns pays for the site that we all enjoy. 98% of posts on this site are of a positive or fun making gesture but as usual in life a minority can wreck it for all.

The first thing people will reply to this post is that this is a free country, and it is an open forum and people can post what they want, but do some of these things really needed to go so far. If everyone just thought, would I say it to their face, maybe a whole lot of the crap would not even make it onto the forum. If a post gets heated put a time out on the member or something, I am pretty sure some of the men in blue will vouch that if you chuck someone into the courthouse for the night, with maybe an accidental spraying with the fire hose they are a whole lot calmer (and sober) in the morning.

This is not my forum, I do not run this forum or have any say in it, I do not believe that my opinion will be that of 100% or even 50% of people that read this but as the first arguement that will be written opposing my opinion will be is that it is an open forum. I just believe that if every one thought about why they joined the forum for originally (fishing) not whinging and bitching that maybe we might even make this forum even better than it already is.

If enough people stop reporting, not going to socials or comps, no new sponsorship there will be no forum. It might sound over the top or dramatic but it can happen and has. Once again this is only my opinion, someone who loves to read about other peoples fishing related adventure or reporting on my own.

Thankyou for reading

Andrew

Lachie, unfortunately the Christmas casual positions at BCf have all been filled in around October, but go online and put your name down for a future position, this is what i did 4 years ago when i wanted a change.


I am not going to get into the what stores best and who knows what, i think in our store we have someone to help you wheather you want to catch Marlin of Garfish and everything in between.

Unfortunately on busy days we sometimes can't spend as much time with customers as we would like but if you want help with something try and come in during the week when it is not as busy.

Still remember a couple of years ago going in to a so called specialist fishing store and being told i wouldn't catch fish unless i used braid that was worth $60, was all i could do to stop laughing.

Personally for me i love working there, we have some terrific customers some of whom have become good fishing mates, cheers wayne

Lachie, unfortunately the Christmas casual positions at BCf have all been filled in around October, but go online and put your name down for a future position, this is what i did 4 years ago when i wanted a change.


I am not going to get into the what stores best and who knows what, i think in our store we have someone to help you wheather you want to catch Marlin of Garfish and everything in between.

Unfortunately on busy days we sometimes can't spend as much time with customers as we would like but if you want help with something try and come in during the week when it is not as busy.

Still remember a couple of years ago going in to a so called specialist fishing store and being told i wouldn't catch fish unless i used braid that was worth $60, was all i could do to stop laughing.

Personally for me i love working there, we have some terrific customers some of whom have become good fishing mates, cheers wayne