Weekend at Bynoe
After not fishing Bynoe for probably 3-4 years I decided
to spend a weekend fly fishing with my son Jack. Since we had only bait & lure fished it
previously I thought it wise to seek assistance from NT Fly Fishers via the
email address on the blog. Assistance
came promptly with some detailed charts and maps marked with suggested areas to
fish. Prior to the weekend we were
advised Jim would be down there at the same time. Contact was made and we arranged to meet at
the Sand Palms.
Saturday had us meeting Jim on the water around Knife
Island. Further fishing continued on the
way to Annie River. Some barra were
sight cast to before Jack caught his first queenfish on fly (released after a
photo).
The fishing was tough, however Jack managed to hook another small queenfish again at knife island on the way back to the ramp. Returning to the Palms for an afternoon swim to cool off & some snags on the bbq rounded of day one nicely.
The fishing was tough, however Jack managed to hook another small queenfish again at knife island on the way back to the ramp. Returning to the Palms for an afternoon swim to cool off & some snags on the bbq rounded of day one nicely.
Sunday had us start a little earlier to meet Jim at the
ramp at first light for a run up to Turtle Island. We again spotted Barra which were sight cast to
unsuccessfully. A deviation to the small
island saw queenfish feeding, unfortunately they would not take my fly.
However I did hook and land a golden snapper, this was released into the esky along with another that Jack caught on a lure. As the tide was dropping we headed back to other flats & creeks to continue fishing. Jim hooked a salmon briefly at Indian Island. I managed a small barra at Vigilante which was released to catch another day.
However I did hook and land a golden snapper, this was released into the esky along with another that Jack caught on a lure. As the tide was dropping we headed back to other flats & creeks to continue fishing. Jim hooked a salmon briefly at Indian Island. I managed a small barra at Vigilante which was released to catch another day.
The weather was perfect & Jim's guiding
excellent. However the fish didn't turn
on as expected. I guess thats why its
called 'fishing' & not 'catching'.
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| THE 'WHITE' BOAT |
Regards,
Jon & Jack White
UPDATE (From Sonny Jim)
Both Jon and Jack's casting will put many of us to shame. Fantastic to see such a good casting arm on someone so young. The thing that p....d me off about young ones is their energy. After 2 full days on the water in stinking hot weather, Jack was eager about getting home about 4.00pm with enough daylight left to grab the shotgun and get out to the reserve to shoot geese. Me, I was anticipating bed for around 6.30pm!!
Jim
UPDATE (From Sonny Jim)
Both Jon and Jack's casting will put many of us to shame. Fantastic to see such a good casting arm on someone so young. The thing that p....d me off about young ones is their energy. After 2 full days on the water in stinking hot weather, Jack was eager about getting home about 4.00pm with enough daylight left to grab the shotgun and get out to the reserve to shoot geese. Me, I was anticipating bed for around 6.30pm!!
Jim
Cathie and I had the same problem with the schools of queenies, until we got onto the small white and blue DNA clousers, it seems that this was the only fly that they would take. I notice 'The Stig' was using much larger flies in Darwin Harbour, might have to get a photo to see what they are like, because its frustrating when there are schools of fish and you cant hook one.
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