On the water
Hooks, leader and rigging
From 11 segments across the archive.
On the water
From 11 segments across the archive.
Terminal tackle that survives a barra. Every quote below is from a real segment — follow it through for the audio and the full transcript.
Same with a barrow and all it does is where you out and weed out the smaller fish, but, you know, a big a big fisher leader fly.
Guys in the Gulf — Ep 046 Guys in the Gulf
It went up sort of 60 odd sense of leader in 10 days or so. Yeah, right when, right when we're about to start burning a heap of it too.
Bag a Barra — 13 March 2026 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
That's probably too strong a word, but you get some clients that just would come in and think that the fishing is just going to be hot from the, you know, from the jump and you have to manage that as well as, you know, I'm sure managing other people at the same time, inexperienced fishermen's hooks.
NextGen North #63 — Glenn Watt NextGen North
I got to say to you, I mean, I mean, how good is this? Our show now has an emerging leader? As a regular guest.
Bag a Barra — 13 February 2026 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
There's everybody's polishing their hooks at the moment because it's also been too windy to get even out on the harbour.
Fishing on Arvos — 4 February 2026 Fishing on Arvos
He said, Don't be in too much of a hurry to change those trebles. These fish 'em till they bend.
Finding fish in Darwin Harbour Starlo Gets Reel
Yeah, actually, and obviously you've got hooks on the lures for these people, not unlike me, when I went, when I was just throwing out plastic with no hooks.
Bag a Barra — 14 March 2025 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Simple streamer patterns work best, and yes, we could add a short length of wire leader, but doing so would greatly reduce the number of hits from the sharp eyed fish.
Darwin's best kept fishing secrets Starlo Gets Reel
I'll come over and host a few of the trips, but a lot of the groups, they'll come over with an experience, a group leader that's been here before.
Bag a Barra — 12 January 2024 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
You know, over this wet season, you know, um, servicing or replacing rods and reels and all the hooks on your lures and this sort of stuff.
Bag a Barra — 5 November 2021 Bag a Barra, Oz Off Road Radio
Best fishing night to tie your braid onto your leader. These days, absolutely, without question, if you do it properly, the FG knot.
The Segment — Glenn Watt, Barefoot Fishing Safaris The SegmeNT