Recent content by Spool-Song

All good advice. You will be surprised how often you get smoked by gully sharks and hounds around the bricks. You will very quickly discover what knots work and what tackle to use. Broken swivels, straightened hooks, chafed leaders, all part of the school fees.

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Dear Admin I hate the new software. I hate passwords and all that crap that comes with computer security, its like the worst thing in my life. If this sites asks me for another confirmation pin, I'm out of here. Life is complicated enough without this kind of annoyance. I'd rather go fishing in...

Tying the Uni if you are not used to it can be a bit counter intuitive, but once you get used to, it really is the best I have used. This Uni Knot demo is a good one. For circle hooks, I Snelll them. There are two methods. The first I use for inedibles with nylon coated wire, and the second is...

Never heard of that, and I'd be mighty angry if I had to dispose of my brand new braid. I remember on a Domestic flight in Australia, I was forbidden from taking my 4 piece #4wt fly rod on the plane in my hand luggage. I told the lady at security that "The only way this tiny fly rod could be...

So I realise that my allocated budget is probably a bit low to get a properly sealed salt water reel. If I stretch the budget a bit more, I am looking at: Daiwa BG 4500 or 5000 is about R2600 Penn Spinfisher 4500 R2800 Shimano Sorocco 5000 R2700 Shimano Spheros (2019 model) 4000 and...

I have an 11ft spinning rod that I use for scratching around in gullys, and my reel has packed up, so I'm in the market for a new one in the 4K-5k size range. I've always been a Shimano person, but I am open to other brand suggestions. Can you suggest what are good options in this size and price...

I remember, when I was a kid (fifty) years ago we visited some family friends on one of the East Cape lagoons and we went the one day to the mouth to collect "piss clams" , so called because they peed on you when you took them out the water. You just had to stick your hands a few inches into...

I saw the Okuma Nomad Travel 11ft 4 piece XH 1-3oz online and it specs out similar to the equivalent but more expensive Assassin Amia Zero. I never used to like Okuma tackle as it used to be on the cheap and nasty side of things, but they certainly have come a long way in the quality...

My favorite rod is(was) the old Assasin Amia 11ft 4 piece XH travel edition. It was just light enough to fish (scratching) like a spinning rod without a bucket, but had enough length to lift tackle and fish around structure and enough beef to land anything, even small sharks. It broke shortly...

Its been a strange year on the garden route. Our shad season normally starts after the spawning, in December, as the shoals move into the shallow water, and we start to get nice catches. Perfect conditions are when that blue "tropical" water moves in and you can feel the warmth of it on your...

I just had to share this. I was scratching in wilderness between the rocks with small sardine baits, and I picked up a strange looking game fish of about 45cm that looked like a cross between a yellowtail, leervis and a kingfish. Kind of like a wide leervis with yellowtail colouring. It...

I have a Shimano Sahara 4000 grinder. If I have to take in in a little slack after throwing in, or tightening up before striking, the reel has a slight glitch, before it starts turning. Once its moving, you don't notice it. I checked it out, and it gets a little stuck in two spots, one worse...

I've seen some weird "skelm" fishing methods over the years, many are already posted in various parts of this forum, but this is a chance to put them all together in one fun thread. To kick off. I arrived on the rocks on the garden route, and there were a group of guys nailing the belman. There...

I normally carry a cheap pair of side cutters to cut line, wire and braid, and then a separate pair of stainless steel surgical forceps that lock at the back to remove swallowed hooks. This combo works well, but the side cutters have to be oiled after each trip, as they rust quickly and seize...