Windy Wilson from Mornington peninsular with his first blue bastard or painted sweetlip.
These fish can be caught sightfishing the shallows and are a great challenge as they do not alway's respond to the fly, hence the name blue bastard.
These fish are becoming a challenging capture around the country, as they frequent very shallow water and tail in the sand as they fossic the flats for crustaceans and the like.
What more could a fly fisherman ask for? Almost like a poor man's permit!
Windy has been trying to catch one of these for the past 3 years and caught 3 on this trip.
2 while wading and the first was cast to from the boat.
Congratulations Windy, a great fly caster! A very enjoyable day for me also, you as alway's were a pleasure to fish with.
Bill Jeans also made a few great casts that day to catch his first sight cast blue bastard.
With blue skies and clear water and plenty of fish generally makes for a memorable fly fishing day. On ya Bill!
2 comments:
Hi Fish.
Thanks for your comments re the painted sweetlips. It was a great day.
Thank you and your guides for two marvelous weeks and truly expert guiding from a very professional organisation.
Peter Wilson
Lucky we teased them up for you the previous week , but as usual having your fly in the water and in the correct spot helps . I am still remembering the trip with great satisfaction , Kapt. Kaos
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