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Had a successful trip over to the eastern side of the Top End a couple of weeks back, bagged a few buffs and scrub bulls for the chiller but it was the fishing that was a stand-out.

All land-based, fishing from a rocky outcrop up a big estuarine river as the fish arrived with the tide. There weren't many barra taken, probably because the monster queenfish ate them all!

We had several sessions on the "skinnies" over 4 days with somewhere between 35 and 50 fish caught each time, apologies for losing count! The fish repeatedly attacked the fly like a pack of ravenous wolves and were immediately airborne on hook-up! Spectacular stuff!

Average size queenies around 80cm were in plague proportions.

When an 'average' 80 to 90cm fish was hooked, there were always a few leviathans in attendance down deep but very difficult to get a fly down to them without hooking a lesser fish. Busted the 40lb co-polymer tippet twice by strip-striking the big-uns as they took off. Eventually upgraded to a level leader of 60lb Jinkai-Plus and finally stayed attached! A tough fight, over 50m of backing out twice as he made big powerful runs downstream, but stayed out of the rocks and mangroves thankfully. The end result? A 'personal best' for the fly at 104cm fork-length!

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Marrakai
When the bull drops, the bullshit stops!
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www.marrakai-adventure.com.au

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