DOWNSIZING DOWNUNDER!

Tackle Source travels downunder with ultralight rod in hand and tiny lures in bag in the hope for a slice of exotica. New species always intrigues and drives us as anglers and so the chance to chase some is always hard to turn down...

Blue sky, blue waters and white sand presents a pleasant day to hit the water...

The Major Craft Nextino Trout rod is a perfect partner to hit the flats with, chasing small fish with small lures. The excitement upon hook-up is amazing!

Turns out to be a Tarwhine, a close cousin of the Bream and a feisty little fighter...

It has a small mouth but it didn't stop it from pouncing on the yummy Jackall Mametai jig...

Next cast in the same direction and we pick off another nice one on the Jackall Mametai jig as well. In fact we hook yet another but it was released prematurely when it threw the hook...

Bathers and Black Swan essential in the all-authentic beach scene...

The next day we trek South in search of more flats action with lures...

The Major Craft Nextino Trout special spoils the anglers with all the right accoutrements...

Its a massive flats system which will provide endless hours of fun...

Yellow Eye Mullets aren't shy when faced with a life-like topwater pencil like the Jackall Chubby Pencil...

To prove the first was no fluke we get another...

And another on the Jackall Chubby Pencil...

The Whitings down these parts are of a decent size and they go hard on the ultralight outfit and are a joy to catch...

The Jackall Chubby Pencil proves to be the king of the flats today...

A tinier Whiting which isn't fazed by the little DUO Bivi and thought it food...

Herring are ever-present on these flats and are explosive little critters especially on topwater lures...

The DUO Poco Poco popper scores this one...

The Whitings get in on the action too...

And the DUO Poco Poco popper scores one...

A big Whiting dwarfed by bigger angler...

The Jackall Chubby Pencil scores another...

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