MY FISHING COMBO SET UPS
THIS IS HOW I SET UP MY ESTUARY AND RIVER COMBOS FOR VARIOUS SPECIES.
Roughly once a month I attend estuary or river fishing competitions with other WRFC members.
BREAM
My bream combo is a Miller – 6’6″ rod with a line weight 2.4kg or 5.29lb. I can remember buying this rod probably 40 years ago at the Sydney Boat Show. It’s set up with a Samurai 2.5kg spin reel with 10-20 l b Suffix 832 braid backing.
Best hooks for bream are size 4 suicide hooks and the best bait is mullet fillet.
WHITING/DART
Best hooks for whiting and Dart are size 4 Shinto long Shank hooks and the best bait is sand worms.
My whiting / dart combo is a Jervis Walker – 6’6″ rod that I have had for a long time and is comfortable with a similar backing and leader to the Miller rod above.
FLATHEAD
Best hooks/bait for Flathead as are size 4 ………. hooks carrying a ZMAN prawnZ soft plastics in motor oil sexy penny or Jelly prawn colours with nail polish red head and white eyes.
My flathead soft plastic rod is also 6′-6″ long with a similar backing and leader setup to the the two rods above except for the weight being limited to the prawn Z softies being set up on hooks ranging from 1/6 oz to 2 oz
BEACH FISHING
My beach fishing rod is similar to the above rods except that the length is 9 feet. The reel braid backing is 15-20lb Suffix 832 and the leader is a 7 length of 9.5 Riverge grand max. There is a size 1 Mustard Fastach clip at the business end that takes different interchangeable finesse weights so that I have easily interchangeable control over at what weight the baits will be presented.
LEADER SET UP
In each of the combos above there is a swivel that fits trough the top guide on the rod that is connected with a 4 turn Uni knot.
Connected to that is one of my finesse leaders as described below
The leader is made of 2 meters of 9.5 2mm diameter Reverge Grand max. Just 60cm down from the swivel there is a dropper.
A further 1.2 meters below that is further dropper.
At the business end of the leader there is a size 1 Mustard Fastach clip for a finesse weight to connect to.
The finesse weight is a round “hollow” lead weight in a range of sizes with a passage. Through that passage I have added a length of doubled over 50lb fluorocarbon with a loop at one end of the passage and a couple of loose ends at the other end. The fluorocarbon is locked in with multi grips leaving a loop at one end that can attach to the fastach clip and the loose ends are melted away with a gas cake burner.
By using a different interchangeable finesse weights I have easily interchangeable control over at what weight the baits will be presented.