You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
- Mud
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You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
You know you’re a barra fisherman when.......
You intend to see the Incas, the Taj Mahal, Paris in the Spring and The Great Wall.
But not till you’ve seen a Meterey, a 120, a Black Bass, a Nile Perch, a Tiger Fish,…….
You haven’t got a clue what these colours look like
Cobolt
Magenta
Cerise
Chartruese
But you know exactly what these colours look like
Elton John
Guns n’ Roses
Bobby Dazzler
Nitro
You can name 18 Australian animals…….and 122 Australian fish
You can’t drive across any water, no matter how small, without checking for surface activity
The following action gives you all the information you need to buy a rod.
1/ You hold it pointing out in front of you one handed by the butt
2/ You wobble it
You can’t look at most southern trophy fish pictures without considering the live bait potential of the fish
You have eight dead reels in a box in the shed that you keep for parts
You have never fixed a reel using a part from an old reel. Ever
You can’t believe how many rods you now own
You can recall buying just one of them.
You think Robson Green is an opinionated self obsessed twee Jordy twat.
You wish you were Robson Green
You once went on a Yellow Waters Sunset Cruise and never saw the sun set.
(You did however return several weeks later with a dinghy and a rod)
You know the closure dates for every regional water system including bag limits and tackle regulations.
You don’t know what subjects your kid is doing at school this year
And you’re not sure of their birth date….April I think…yeah it was runoff
You spent your landie years wondering why boaties didn’t need deckies more often
You spent you boatie years wondering why you can never find a deckie
You open the BOM radar more often than you open facebook
Feel free to add!!
You intend to see the Incas, the Taj Mahal, Paris in the Spring and The Great Wall.
But not till you’ve seen a Meterey, a 120, a Black Bass, a Nile Perch, a Tiger Fish,…….
You haven’t got a clue what these colours look like
Cobolt
Magenta
Cerise
Chartruese
But you know exactly what these colours look like
Elton John
Guns n’ Roses
Bobby Dazzler
Nitro
You can name 18 Australian animals…….and 122 Australian fish
You can’t drive across any water, no matter how small, without checking for surface activity
The following action gives you all the information you need to buy a rod.
1/ You hold it pointing out in front of you one handed by the butt
2/ You wobble it
You can’t look at most southern trophy fish pictures without considering the live bait potential of the fish
You have eight dead reels in a box in the shed that you keep for parts
You have never fixed a reel using a part from an old reel. Ever
You can’t believe how many rods you now own
You can recall buying just one of them.
You think Robson Green is an opinionated self obsessed twee Jordy twat.
You wish you were Robson Green
You once went on a Yellow Waters Sunset Cruise and never saw the sun set.
(You did however return several weeks later with a dinghy and a rod)
You know the closure dates for every regional water system including bag limits and tackle regulations.
You don’t know what subjects your kid is doing at school this year
And you’re not sure of their birth date….April I think…yeah it was runoff
You spent your landie years wondering why boaties didn’t need deckies more often
You spent you boatie years wondering why you can never find a deckie
You open the BOM radar more often than you open facebook
Feel free to add!!
Its not a crisis unless there is blood around.
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
- seano
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When you choose the handle'MUD' rather than 'BLUE WATER'.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
Touche!
Its not a crisis unless there is blood around.
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
- olfart
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When a 'birds-nest' has absolutely nothing to do with birds.
" YOUTH is a GIFT "
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
- olfart
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
Or when your kids ask for a 'popper' and you take them to Frenchies tackle shop.
" YOUTH is a GIFT "
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
"AGE is an ART ""Doesn't mean you get any smarter..just wrinkled and cracked".
"No angler watches nature in a passive way...He enters into its very existence." (John Bailey...Reflections on a Waters Edge)
"Govern a Family as you would catch a small fish....Very Gently." (Chinese Proverb)
"Only those become weary of angling who bring nothing to it but the idea of catching fish." (Rafael Sabatini...1857-1950)
I pray that one day God sends me a fish so big that, when talking of it...I have no reason to lie.
- STANDY
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
Giving directions a tackle shop is a landmark ( 4 doors up from tackle world pinelands).
Look at the supermarket fish section just to scoff at $29.99 for barra when you spent $200 on the weekend fishing and got 2 Powertail.
You turn off IFish when bream and whiting are fished for.
When all the knots you tie on anything are fishing knots.
Look at the supermarket fish section just to scoff at $29.99 for barra when you spent $200 on the weekend fishing and got 2 Powertail.
You turn off IFish when bream and whiting are fished for.
When all the knots you tie on anything are fishing knots.
A Fish in the Boat is Worth Five in the Shop.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
Your wife tells you the kids have a sleepover, she has bought new lingerie and read 50 shades of grey that afternoon.
.....and you are busy packing the boat for an overnighter.
.....and you are busy packing the boat for an overnighter.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
You are willing get out of bed at a ridiculously early hour to drive over 500+ ks and 100+ ks in the boat, spend a heap of coin just to cast or troll a wobbling piece of plastic that vaguely resembles something a barra may eat, in the hope that you may get to experience the joy when a slab of chrome latches onto it.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
Lol some excellent ones.
When you don't leave the house without a brag mat and a dog-eared nt news under your arm....
When you don't leave the house without a brag mat and a dog-eared nt news under your arm....
Its not a crisis unless there is blood around.
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
- Ben Jam
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When your Facebook profile picture is you holding a barra!! Your wife on the other hand has nice sunset or family shot.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When on a work day your alarm wakes you up in the morning! And on the weekend you just keep waking up thinking is it time yet, till you think stuff it I'm going now.
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When in march you say to the wife, why don't you go visit your sister in Sydney for a week. You can both go shopping.
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- Mud
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When you see a barramundi scale on the ground.....and you know its a barramundi scale.....and how big it was.....
Its not a crisis unless there is blood around.
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
If there is blood around......well its a police matter...
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When the kids throw a ball in the pool and it reminds you of the fish you heard but couldn't catch the other day
You go to pack the boat and have to decide which rods and which tackle boxes you are going to take this time!! At the same time you are trying to visualise what size the bait will have grown to!
You go to pack the boat and have to decide which rods and which tackle boxes you are going to take this time!! At the same time you are trying to visualise what size the bait will have grown to!
If there is water and it holds fish, then it is fun trying to fool them into eating what you offer!!
Especially when you can see them!
Especially when you can see them!
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Re: You Know You're a Barra Fisho When.......
When you lay your Barra rods on the bed and say...honey, you'll have to sleep on the couch tonight.
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