From the Orrs, Tony and Rebecca
Been a while, apologies
for lack of communication, been traveling back and forth to Qld.
Did manage to get down
to the Ross River with the 9-wt during a rainy day and scored 3 barra: a 75 and
a 95 cm at Black Weir in the morning,.....
95cm from Black Weir |
..... then after a big midday downpour I managed a 105 cm specimen in the afternoon. Fishing from the bank amongst
tight riverbank structure and overhanging paperbarks, I had to keep that
afternoon fish within about 15 metres or lose him to the sunken trees.
105 cm from the bank and amoungst the paperbarks!! |
Absolutely brutal white-knuckle fly-fishing, almost straightened the 4/0
Gamakatsu!
All were taken on that
flash-tail rattle-rouser that I like to tie, its a very useful dirty-water fly
for barra.
Anyway, back in town for
a while now so will try to keep in touch more regularly.
Cheers all
Tony (& Rebecca)
A bloody ripper Tony, well done. Look forward to seeing your pics of the one that beats this one. Go get him!
ReplyDeleteHave a great trip.
Jim Churchley