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Need for Speed – Lamson Speedster 3.5

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And looking forward to big things to come. By big things I mean big fish, naturally. The new Lamson Speedster reel completes the 10 weight setup that I have been putting together.

The other gear that makes up this setup is the Ross Flystik and Rio Tropical Outbound Short Saltwater WF10F/I 425 gr.

The ultralight Speedster with its narrow but massive arbor is Lamson’s fastest reel to date. The inset handle will also help quicken line retrieve rate. Perfect for when the big ones come charging back.

The reel is now spooled with 300 meters of 13kg (30 pound) backing. Add the 30 meters (100 ft) and 9 ft leader, I hope to never see the bottom of the aluminum spool!

Can’t wait to test it out.

300 meters of backing line sits nicely in the spool recess

Pulau Sembilan Fishing Escapade

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Main photo: “One more cast. One for the road” Sounds familiar? – at the Black rock or Batu Hitam

Pulau Sembilan or nine islands is a cluster of islands that can be productive for fishing, especially light to medium tackle. Common target species here consist of the giant trevally, queenfish, hard-tail scad, and barracuda among others.

Pulau Sembilan is not far from Pangkor Island and the ultra luxurious, insanely-expensive-to-stay-at Pangkor Laut Resort. It takes about an hour’s boat ride to get to Pulau Sembilan in normal seas at speeds of around 20 plus to 30 knots from the mainland.

Pulau Jarak meanwhile is considerably farther at about twice the distance.

White Rock or Batu Putih where we saw the most hard-tail scad action on this trip. Two sea eagles were observed making a nest on top of the light house. Which is a point I would like to highlight. There are a lot of sea eagles at all the islands from Pulau Sembilan to Pulau Jarak. Much more than anywhere else I have seen. They are magnificent birds and if you can, remember to arm yourself with a zoom lens (note to self!).

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Malaysian Red Mahseer Fishing at Babagon Sabah

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Sport Fishing Asia is tagging along with the United Flyanglers Organisation Malaysia (UFOM) to Sabah for the 1st Borneo Fly Fishing Conclave from 23-26 January 2013.

Joining us there will be the North Borneo Fly Angler (NBFA) and Jabatan Perikanan Sabah (Department of Fisheries, Sabah) officials.

A fly casting and fly tying workshop will be held to promote this sport to our fellow anglers on the exotic land below the winds. And of course some fishing at Babagon for the Malaysian Red Mahseer. Woot! [Read more…] about Malaysian Red Mahseer Fishing at Babagon Sabah

Rio Tropical Outbound Short 10wt for the Ross Fly Stik

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This is it. The line for the new Ross Fly Stik.

I’ve already taken it to the water once and you can shoot this line right to the backing with just one back cast! Sweet! I’ll use it on the Ross reel you see in the photo for the time being till I find a matching reel.

The head section which is 30 feet sinks at a rate of 1.5 to 2ips/4-5cm. If you look at the photo you can see that it has a clear tip section followed by a blue coloured rear body and back taper section. I like this because it makes it easy to know when to stop stripping and lift the line. The running line section of 70′ is in white. The yellow is the backing.

Big fish, here I come!

Olympus Tough TG-1 Abused!

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The Olympus Tough Mju 1030SW finally called it quits so in came the latest Tough TG-1 to take over fishing adventure duties.

I had reservations about getting another Olympus Tough after witnessing the poor image qualities of the previous model. I take a lot of photos and it is a lot of resource and time wasted colour correcting the shots. The only single thing I truly liked about the previous Olympus Tough camera was it was… tough! Considering the frequent use I put it through and the way I used and abused it. [Read more…] about Olympus Tough TG-1 Abused!