Phil712z

Shimano has stuffed the squidgy range since Starlo and Bushy sold out....I hope those two did well out of the venture.
Shimano most likely will not listen to anything about Squidgies and will continue to drop or modify items to what they think they might be able to sell.....so many good lures now lost forever....bugs, wild prawns, lobbies etc. Thier "green" alternative Biobaits are not working at all for me.

They discontinued the Squidgy Stealth Prawns as well. I have no idea why - the Tiger Prawn colour was usually sold out every time I looked for them.

They discontinued the Squidgy Stealth Prawns as well. I have no idea why - the Tiger Prawn colour was usually sold out every time I looked for them.

They discontinued the Squidgy Stealth Prawns as well. I have no idea why - the Tiger Prawn colour was usually sold out every time I looked for them.

They discontinued the Squidgy Stealth Prawns as well. I have no idea why - the Tiger Prawn colour was usually sold out every time I looked for them.

Are you sure it actually melted from heat? Sometimes soft plastics will break down into goo if when they're stored they come into contact with a different type of plastic and the chemicals in the two plastics react with each other. Soft plastics are best stored separate from other brands of soft plastics and in their original packaging to prevent this.

Are you sure it actually melted from heat? Sometimes soft plastics will break down into goo if when they're stored they come into contact with a different type of plastic and the chemicals in the two plastics react with each other. Soft plastics are best stored separate from other brands of soft plastics and in their original packaging to prevent this.

Are you sure it actually melted from heat? Sometimes soft plastics will break down into goo if when they're stored they come into contact with a different type of plastic and the chemicals in the two plastics react with each other. Soft plastics are best stored separate from other brands of soft plastics and in their original packaging to prevent this.

The Albright knot is a seriously good knot but you shouldn't really getting busted off at the leader knot - just use a longer leader to allow for several reties of the terminal tackle or lure.

The Albright knot is a seriously good knot but you shouldn't really getting busted off at the leader knot - just use a longer leader to allow for several reties of the terminal tackle or lure.

As I said I never had a problem with knots. i have seen to many people with braid problems & I am not going down that track.
The jury is out on longer leaders. Some say short leaders are better.
With Lures I always use clips,better then have to cut the leader or replace it.
There is an interesting article in the November Fishing World Mag. The write up is about not using leaders at all. Interesting.
i still catch fish with a Mono set up, so why change. If it ain't broke, don't try to fix it.
Cheers.

Use Mono instead of braid.
You won't have a problem.

There's definitely freshwater trout fishing locations in NSW and Victoria as well as in Tasmania at places like Falls Creek (Vic) and Lake Jindabyne (NSW). I don't freshwater fish so I don't know too much about it but there's a lot of other locations as well including commercial trout fishing farms. My mate goes fishing at one of those in Oberon which is in the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney.

They don't work as well as the original...Biggest mistake Squidgies ever did.

There's definitely freshwater trout fishing locations in NSW and Victoria as well as in Tasmania at places like Falls Creek (Vic) and Lake Jindabyne (NSW). I don't freshwater fish so I don't know too much about it but there's a lot of other locations as well including commercial trout fishing farms. My mate goes fishing at one of those in Oberon which is in the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney.

There's definitely freshwater trout fishing locations in NSW and Victoria as well as in Tasmania at places like Falls Creek (Vic) and Lake Jindabyne (NSW). I don't freshwater fish so I don't know too much about it but there's a lot of other locations as well including commercial trout fishing farms. My mate goes fishing at one of those in Oberon which is in the Blue Mountains just west of Sydney.

There's a heap of great trout in the river near me, in a lot of the rivers near me actually.
Some great size too.

I'm pretty sure the trout in Australia are the same as in the UK - in Australia we have brown trout which were introduced from the UK and rainbow trout which were introduced from the USA. Rainbow trout were also introduced into the UK and are now established in the rivers and lakes. I don't think we have sea trout like you have in the UK but they're just freshwater brown trout that have headed out to sea and the saltwater river estuaries and undergone a colour change from brown to silver in the process.

I'm pretty sure the trout in Australia are the same as in the UK - in Australia we have brown trout which were introduced from the UK and rainbow trout which were introduced from the USA. Rainbow trout were also introduced into the UK and are now established in the rivers and lakes. I don't think we have sea trout like you have in the UK but they're just freshwater brown trout that have headed out to sea and the saltwater river estuaries and undergone a colour change from brown to silver in the process.

I'm pretty sure the trout in Australia are the same as in the UK - in Australia we have brown trout which were introduced from the UK and rainbow trout which were introduced from the USA. Rainbow trout were also introduced into the UK and are now established in the rivers and lakes. I don't think we have sea trout like you have in the UK but they're just freshwater brown trout that have headed out to sea and the saltwater river estuaries and undergone a colour change from brown to silver in the process.

I'm pretty sure the trout in Australia are the same as in the UK - in Australia we have brown trout which were introduced from the UK and rainbow trout which were introduced from the USA. Rainbow trout were also introduced into the UK and are now established in the rivers and lakes. I don't think we have sea trout like you have in the UK but they're just freshwater brown trout that have headed out to sea and the saltwater river estuaries and undergone a colour change from brown to silver in the process.

I'm on the east coast rather than the west but when I returned to Australia from living in the UK for many years I could only bring back one rod and reel combo on the plane (the rest of my gear was shipped back and wouldn't arrive for a couple of months). To cover me as best as possible for land-based fishing in estuaries around Sydney and the Central Coast until all my gear arrived, I opted for a 9 foot 4-piece 5-9kg travelling rod with a 15-35 gm casting weight and a 4000 size reel with a spare spool. It proved to be a good choice. I mainly fished bait with it but the rod was really designed for fishing lures in the casting range. The main reason I would go for the 9 foot rod rather than a 7 foot rod is that the extra casting distance the longer rod is capable of delivering can be quite useful at some locations.

BTW - all these years later even after the rest of my gear getting shipped back and buying a few more rods since then, that 9 foot 4-piece rod I brought back on the plane is still one of my two favourite estuary fishing rods - the other is a 8'6" 2-piece G Loomis with almost exactly the same casting weight and line weight range.
 

I'm on the east coast rather than the west but when I returned to Australia from living in the UK for many years I could only bring back one rod and reel combo on the plane (the rest of my gear was shipped back and wouldn't arrive for a couple of months). To cover me as best as possible for land-based fishing in estuaries around Sydney and the Central Coast until all my gear arrived, I opted for a 9 foot 4-piece 5-9kg travelling rod with a 15-35 gm casting weight and a 4000 size reel with a spare spool. It proved to be a good choice. I mainly fished bait with it but the rod was really designed for fishing lures in the casting range. The main reason I would go for the 9 foot rod rather than a 7 foot rod is that the extra casting distance the longer rod is capable of delivering can be quite useful at some locations.

BTW - all these years later even after the rest of my gear getting shipped back and buying a few more rods since then, that 9 foot 4-piece rod I brought back on the plane is still one of my two favourite estuary fishing rods - the other is a 8'6" 2-piece G Loomis with almost exactly the same casting weight and line weight range.
 

I'm on the east coast rather than the west but when I returned to Australia from living in the UK for many years I could only bring back one rod and reel combo on the plane (the rest of my gear was shipped back and wouldn't arrive for a couple of months). To cover me as best as possible for land-based fishing in estuaries around Sydney and the Central Coast until all my gear arrived, I opted for a 9 foot 4-piece 5-9kg travelling rod with a 15-35 gm casting weight and a 4000 size reel with a spare spool. It proved to be a good choice. I mainly fished bait with it but the rod was really designed for fishing lures in the casting range. The main reason I would go for the 9 foot rod rather than a 7 foot rod is that the extra casting distance the longer rod is capable of delivering can be quite useful at some locations.

BTW - all these years later even after the rest of my gear getting shipped back and buying a few more rods since then, that 9 foot 4-piece rod I brought back on the plane is still one of my two favourite estuary fishing rods - the other is a 8'6" 2-piece G Loomis with almost exactly the same casting weight and line weight range.
 

A lot of the guys on here use Braid.
If you switch to Braid, get advice, otherwise it will end up in tears.
Braid can be expensive.
I know a lot of guys who use Braid & then went back to Mono.
There is nothing wrong with a good Mono line. It still catches fish.
Cheers.