Hat Trick on the Tweed

[Leighton]

First fish on an MF, slow hops were doing the damage
First fish on my Samurai and
First Whiting on Surface
Cant wait to get back out after those Whiting, I know where you are!

[Mick Baker]

Hi there Leighton, I am certainly going to try the whiting on lures this summer.

[Andy]

Well done leighton on the flattie and those whiting are pretty sweet on the surface arent they.

cheers Andy

[happygilmour]

Good stuff Leighton,

Good to see you back on the site. How do you fingd the mf40's?

Have ordered a few packs here but on back order


How did you get the whiting? an agressive ploop ploop ploop or some pauses? looks like awalk the dog type lure.

cheers

[adidaspeteman]

Nice trifecta!
I've had a play with the Samurai Reaction rods and they feel so sweeeeet!

[marty]

samurai??? mate that rod and reel collection is growing pretty fast...but you are running out of bargaining power with the boss now the renos are done!

did you try for red fish early?

[Leighton]

Marty
Plan was to head outside mate, but white water on the bar changed that plan.
Did a troll for Jacks, water temp was only 20.5 deg and air temp was 16, pretty cold.

Mick, Aaron
this was my first time raising a Whiting, they certainly dont muck about. You can see the Whiting line the lure up then they hit the lure full noise. It was a Dog x jr, for next time I will drop the trebbles down a size. A constant retrieve seems to work best, pausing the lure seemed so spook them and the Bream took more interest.

The MF's work well, they cast a mile. Small slow hops did the damage, the Flatties seemed to love them. I had to run with a heavier leader as several were hooked quite deep

Pete
Its a nice rod, I wanted a Dancing Bream with bigger guides or a Loomis 820 over 7 foot and the Samurai 201 was the closest rod I could find to do that job.
I want to use it for flicking small/med lures at rock walls and pontoons

[mattuna]

i got a nice whiting on a top dog, up the coast the other day. Awesome hit it was

matt

[pinkey]

i got a nice whiting on a top dog, up the coast the other day. Awesome hit it was

matt

congrats

I like the action of the mf40's but they seem to foul up and loose their eyes easy. Awesome colour dog x, nice whiting to.. wish there was some whiting surface action in Brissy.

[Leighton]

congrats

I like the action of the mf40's but they seem to foul up and loose their eyes easy. Awesome colour dog x, nice whiting to.. wish there was some whiting surface action in Brissy.

Yeah the eyes only last a few casts, lucky flatties arent the smartest fish.
Bushy was on i Fish a few weeks back, he recomended to feather the line with your finger towards the end of the cast, to keep the lure straight at the end of the cast