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MulletontheFly September 23rd, 2007 07:55 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
Hi All,
Just like to introduce myself to the forum - I've been
reading for a while and have found some of the discussions very
informative and some very entertaining. I always feel with forums it's
always rude to just 'lurk' so thought I should say hello!!

Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years ( yep
- first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra). I
mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and mullet,
around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some success - Bass to
6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been likened by others to the
British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as I've yet to hook a
bonefish!!).

Anyway - enough for now - I'll keep reading and post / reply if I have
anything to contribute,

All the best,
Gordon.


Mike September 23rd, 2007 08:31 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
Welcome to the nut-house...............


JR September 23rd, 2007 09:52 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
MulletontheFly wrote:

Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years ( yep
- first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra). I
mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and mullet,
around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some success - Bass to
6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been likened by others to the
British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as I've yet to hook a
bonefish!!).

Anyway - enough for now - I'll keep reading and post / reply if I have
anything to contribute,


You sound like a nice guy.

I give you two weeks.

;)

- JR

MulletontheFly September 23rd, 2007 11:21 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
On Sep 23, 9:52 pm, JR wrote:
MulletontheFly wrote:
Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years ( yep
- first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra). I
mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and mullet,
around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some success - Bass to
6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been likened by others to the
British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as I've yet to hook a
bonefish!!).


Anyway - enough for now - I'll keep reading and post / reply if I have
anything to contribute,


You sound like a nice guy.

I give you two weeks.

;)

- JR


....where??

atb g.


Tim J. September 24th, 2007 01:46 AM

Hello and good evening!.
 

MulletontheFly typed:
On Sep 23, 9:52 pm, JR wrote:
MulletontheFly wrote:
Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years (
yep - first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra).
I mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and
mullet, around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some
success - Bass to 6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been
likened by others to the British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as
I've yet to hook a bonefish!!).


Anyway - enough for now - I'll keep reading and post / reply if I
have anything to contribute,


You sound like a nice guy.

I give you two weeks.

;)

- JR


...where??


Based in southern U.K., of course.

Welcome!
--
TL,
Tim
---------------------------
http://css.sbcma.com/timj/



Mike[_6_] September 24th, 2007 02:40 AM

Hello and good evening!.
 
On 23 Sep, 20:55, MulletontheFly wrote:
Hi All,

All the best,
Gordon.



Maybe you know of this already, but if not, you might like to have a
look;

http://www.ukswff.co.uk/Forum2/

TL
MC


MulletontheFly September 24th, 2007 08:01 AM

Hello and good evening!.
 
On Sep 24, 2:40 am, Mike wrote:
On 23 Sep, 20:55, MulletontheFly wrote:

Hi All,


All the best,
Gordon.


Maybe you know of this already, but if not, you might like to have a
look;

http://www.ukswff.co.uk/Forum2/

TL
MC


No - hadn't come across it before!!

Thank you very much,

Gordon.


Don Phillipson September 24th, 2007 09:17 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
"MulletontheFly" wrote in message
oups.com...

Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years ( yep
- first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra). I
mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and mullet,
around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some success - Bass to
6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been likened by others to the
British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as I've yet to hook a
bonefish!!).


OK, now tell us how you do it. It is decades since I
saw hordes of mullet in the tidewater of the Ballynahinch
River (Connemara) but all I know is that they did not
respond to British Columbia sal****er cutthroat methods.
How do you do it?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)



MulletontheFly September 24th, 2007 09:45 PM

Hello and good evening!.
 
On Sep 24, 9:17 pm, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:
"MulletontheFly" wrote in message

oups.com...

Myself - 40 - based in southern U.K. - fly fishing for 36 years ( yep
- first fly caught trout 1971, Lake Burley Griffin, Canberra). I
mainly spend fishing time these days pursuing bass (sea), and mullet,
around the local coastline with a fly rod, with some success - Bass to
6lb and Mullet to 7.5lbs (mullet have been likened by others to the
British Bonefish, but I wouldn't know as I've yet to hook a
bonefish!!).


OK, now tell us how you do it. It is decades since I
saw hordes of mullet in the tidewater of the Ballynahinch
River (Connemara) but all I know is that they did not
respond to British Columbia sal****er cutthroat methods.
How do you do it?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


Seaweed fly larva (maggot) imitations and Idotoea imitations - needs
to be a lot of natural food in the water (spring tides) and the sport
can be hectic!!

Mike Ladle describes it far better than I ever could and catches far
more - he keeps an online diary which is fantastic reading..

a sample page.. http://www.mikeladle.com/archive/catch139.html

his website diary... http://www.mikeladle.com is split into three
parts - sea, coarse and tactics. And his book - Operation Sea Angler
is also online although it has ben reprinted.

All in all fascinating reading!!

All the best,
Gordon.



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