Author Topic: Microfishing & Miniatures Gallery (Read 166567 times)

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #120 on:** May 12, 2014, 09:01:01 AM »

Nice fish!

Torpedo Jack · « **Reply #121 on:** August 07, 2014, 08:10:19 PM »

Here's a little King caught in the river near T.O. Strand caravan park...

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #122 on:** August 11, 2014, 07:43:22 AM »

Awesome micro!

Allie · « **Reply #123 on:** October 25, 2014, 10:17:29 PM »

I caught this perfect little Catface Rockod this morning at Zinkwazi. Even this small it is an exact copy of its parents. Absolutely beautiful.

Torpedo Jack · « **Reply #124 on:** October 25, 2014, 10:26:11 PM »

Beauty! Well done, man!

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #125 on:** October 26, 2014, 04:07:57 PM »

Beautiful

kaptein delarey · « **Reply #126 on:** October 27, 2014, 02:11:59 PM »

A couple of micros that I caught during my lunch break last week Friday. Got 3 micros in 20 minutes ... not too bad for the polluted mess that is Zoo Lake.

Started off with a mosquitofish.

Then quickly caught 2 dwarf kurpers.

and

Used miniature chunks of Berkley Powerbait Micro Wigglers as lure on tanago hooks.

Cheers
Werner

David Taylor · « **Reply #127 on:** November 13, 2014, 05:35:47 PM »

Been playing with #30 pheasant tails

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #128 on:** November 14, 2014, 06:57:48 AM »

Thats so awesome where did you get those and how did you fish the fly?

David Taylor · « **Reply #129 on:** November 14, 2014, 09:20:46 AM »

Got them in my own dam 100m from my house (oh, the advantages of living on a farm). I used a 2 wt with a floating line and 8x tippet. Its easy if you see the fish but that gets boring so I cast into spots where I think a shoal will be holding and let the fly sink for about 5 seconds before starting a slow figure or eight retrieve. The most effective is an even retrieve not because the fish prefer it but because its the only way to detect 75% of the takes you get. You can barely feel the weight on the line when the fish is hooked and striking is out of the question. If you strip strike the hook often rips out. What you do is when you notice the line is slightly heavier or your leader starts to sink slightly faster is you twitch which is enough to set the hook. Its then a case of putting your rod tip in the water and stripping in smoothly to avoid ripping the hook out.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #130 on:** November 14, 2014, 10:35:19 AM »

Thats awesome bru, I want to give that a go sometime, just need to find some water where there is a decent population of micros

do you think a size 24 PTN would work

thats the smallest I have

David Taylor · « **Reply #131 on:** November 14, 2014, 10:44:18 AM »

Yep. I have even caught them that size on #16s. The ideal is #20 - 30. Just played with #24 grip dry fly hooks and they are nicer to use than the #30s. The gape is about the same but they come standard as barbless and the shank is a bit longer.

kaptein delarey · « **Reply #132 on:** November 14, 2014, 10:46:52 AM »

Nice micro bluegills.

Does anyone know of a place near Port Shepstone/South Coast where one can catch some bluegill? Going that way in December/

This is the smallest bass I've ever caught on lure.

Got it 2 weekends back on a tanago hook and small piece of powerbait.

The take was exhilarating and the fight pretty awesome ...

Cheers

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #133 on:** November 14, 2014, 11:00:29 AM »

Nice Kaptein!

David Taylor · « **Reply #134 on:** November 14, 2014, 11:05:38 AM »

Well done on the identification :) impressive you could even tell what it is at that size

David Taylor · « **Reply #135 on:** March 08, 2015, 10:22:37 PM »

I eventually became fed up after 3.5 weeks not wetting a line. Thats a record in summer with me and I was showing all the signs of chronic piscatorial withdrawal syndrome: Mumbled gibberish, panic attacks, emotional swings and dribbling into my lap. Clearly something had to be done so seeing as I am in Grahamstown with no transport i took my bike and a fly rod and spinning rod to the muddy dam below the monument just as you turn off the N2 just above the botanical gardens. Not sure how safe I was there but whatever. Unfortunately my report has to end up in the micro forum as that is all I found in that dam but hey, better than nothing.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #136 on:** March 09, 2015, 06:57:35 AM »

Nice one bru, what did you get them on?

David Taylor · « **Reply #137 on:** March 09, 2015, 07:51:46 AM »

The bass I got on a black jig cdc bugger and I got about 10 bluegill on a red tag nymph variation.

WalkersKiller · « **Reply #138 on:** March 09, 2015, 08:13:40 AM »

Nice!

BAUMANNATOR · « **Reply #139 on:** March 15, 2015, 08:54:45 PM »

Decided to go 'basic', made my own tanago style hooks from piano/trace wire and use 'thread' for line. The first photo is of the hook I made and the next two of fish I caught this afternoon. The hardest thing for the hook was getting a point on....chucked the wire in a Dremel and used a diamond file to get the point, thereafter bent it to shape and used pliers to shape the 'spade'. Worked like a bomb. Caught 11 fish, but it seems the small gape and lack of a barb does not hold onto larger fish.