Rapala X-Rap Pop
Big poppin’, Big splashin’, Big smashin’. The Rapala X-Rap Pop brings X-Rap attitude to topwater.
The arched body shape sets this lure up for a large kerplunk-pop and splash with every snap, even the slightest tug and the X-Pop comes to life!
The aerodynamic shape of this lure enable a super-long cast and a gold medal entry into the water; afterward the buoyant nature and weight shifting system carry the X-Pop to the surface and in to position, ready for action every time. Measuring 7cm, 11g, and available in 6 colour patterns.
Rapala X-Rap Pop… it has only just begun.
Rapala Tactical Bag
The ultimate in travel accessories, Rapala’s Tactical Bag, ideal for extended trips on foot.
This daypack comes with an attachable chest pack that can be connected or disconnected as you see fit, allowing ease-of-access to the items needed on a regular basis, whilst keeping the bulkier items (such as lunch) within the back daypack compartment.
The Daypack accommodated two 3700 size Rapala tackle boxes next to a water-resistant compartment suited to a hydration pack. The lightweight design is comfortable enough to carry all day thanks to its ergonomic shoulder strap, and the pack also features a whistle for attracting attention.
The front Chest Pack attaches easily to the Daypack and features a tray-style front pocket with a spiral retractor for easy attachment of accessories. A removable hook-pad allows quick and easy storage of lures/flies, whilst the addition of smaller pockets allows trinkets and other loose objects to be safely housed away.
Rapala Mini Digital Scale
Simple and easy to use, this compact design is the perfect size for storing anywhere. The Rapala Mini Digital Scale powered by one lithium coin battery (included).
Includes tare weight function and 4 minute auto shutoff; the scale is water resistant & features a chrome plated weighing hook.
With the ability to weigh captures of up to 12kg in kilograms or pounds; the Rapala Mini Digital Scale is sure to become one of your “must haves” this season.
2011 Daiwa BARRA Tour Angler of the Year- Final Results
The 2011 Daiwa BARRA Tour is all done for another year and the Angler of the Year Titles have been decided. Read more to see our winners for the year.
Northern Angler of the Year
Place | Angler | R1 Faust | R2 Teemburra | Nth AOY |
1 | Rob Wood | 97 | 100 | 197 |
2 | Jon Millard | 99 | 98 | 197 |
3 | Kerrin Taylor | 98 | 97 | 195 |
4 | Keith Stanford | 90 | 96 | 186 |
5 | Cy Taylor | 96 | 88 | 184 |
6 | Jason Crofts | 94 | 90 | 184 |
7 | Daniel Grech | 92 | 92 | 184 |
8 | Nathan Chapman | 82 | 99 | 181 |
9 | Phil Lyons | 89 | 89 | 178 |
10 | Craig Griffiths | 100 | 77 | 177 |
11 | Glen Smith | 83 | 93 | 176 |
12 | Michael Weick | 86 | 87 | 173 |
13 | Peter Price | 95 | 77 | 172 |
14 | Geoff Newby | 93 | 77 | 170 |
15 | Patrick Morgan | 91 | 77 | 168 |
16 | Simon Black | 71 | 94 | 165 |
17 | Elaine Sanderson | 87 | 77 | 164 |
18 | Craig Jarvis | 85 | 77 | 162 |
19 | Matt McAthur | 71 | 91 | 162 |
20 | Katie Sanderson | 84 | 77 | 161 |
21 | Andrew Black | 71 | 77 | 148 |
22 | Brendan Barnett | 71 | 77 | 148 |
23 | Drew Chapman | 71 | 77 | 148 |
24 | Jarrod Dalton | 71 | 77 | 148 |
25 | Spencer Troxell | 71 | 77 | 148 |
26 | Zac McFarlane | 95 | 95 | |
27 | Karim De Ridder | 88 | 88 | |
28 | Winard Versfeld (Vinnie) | 81 | 81 | |
29 | Beau Jarvis | 77 | 77 | |
30 | Alan McNamara | 77 | 77 | |
31 | Darren Corr | 77 | 77 | |
32 | Jason Wilhelm | 77 | 77 | |
33 | John Trigg | 77 | 77 | |
34 | Paul Stevenson | 77 | 77 | |
35 | Tamara Stanhope | 77 | 77 | |
36 | Cody Jarvis | 71 | 71 | |
37 | John Kay | 71 | 71 | |
38 | Quintin Maclean | 71 | 71 |
Southern Angler of the Year
Place | Angler | R3 Awoonga | R4 Awoonga | R5 Monduran | Sth AOY |
1 | Peter Price | 90 | 95 | 100 | 285 |
2 | Scott McAuley | 100 | 85 | 99 | 284 |
3 | Kerrin Taylor | 100 | 97 | 83 | 280 |
4 | Cy Taylor | 90 | 85 | 83 | 258 |
5 | Jon Millard | 100 | 98 | 198 | |
6 | Craig Griffiths | 99 | 97 | 196 | |
7 | Michael Weick | 96 | 96 | 192 | |
8 | Daniel Grech | 98 | 83 | 181 | |
9 | Matt McAthur | 85 | 95 | 180 | |
10 | Glen Smith | 85 | 94 | 179 | |
11 | Keith Stanford | 85 | 93 | 178 | |
12 | Rob Wood | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
13 | Elaine Sanderson | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
14 | Brendan Barnett | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
15 | Greg Mitchell | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
16 | Brad Purdy | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
17 | Bill Schloss | 85 | 83 | 168 | |
18 | Craig Jarvis | 90 | 90 | ||
19 | Fred Jacobs | 90 | 90 | ||
20 | Mick Jones | 85 | 85 | ||
21 | Nathan Smythe | 85 | 85 | ||
22 | Jacob Jones | 85 | 85 | ||
23 | Gary Leather | 83 | 83 | ||
24 | Shane Anderson | 83 | 83 | ||
25 | Shane Sanderson | 83 | 83 |
Overall Angler of the Year
Place | Angler | R1 Faust | R2 Teemburra | R3 Awoonga | R4 Awoonga | R5 Monduran | Nth AOY | Sth AOY | Overall AOY |
1 | Jon Millard | 99 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 297 | |||
2 | Craig Griffiths | 100 | 77 | 99 | 97 | 296 | |||
3 | Kerrin Taylor | 98 | 97 | 100 | 97 | 83 | 295 | ||
4 | Peter Price | 95 | 77 | 90 | 95 | 100 | 290 | ||
5 | Scott McAuley | 100 | 85 | 99 | 284 | ||||
6 | Rob Wood | 97 | 100 | 85 | 83 | 282 | |||
7 | Daniel Grech | 92 | 92 | 98 | 83 | 282 | |||
8 | Keith Stanford | 90 | 96 | 85 | 93 | 279 | |||
9 | Michael Weick | 86 | 87 | 96 | 96 | 279 | |||
10 | Cy Taylor | 96 | 88 | 90 | 85 | 83 | 274 | ||
11 | Glen Smith | 83 | 93 | 85 | 94 | 272 | |||
12 | Matt McAthur | 71 | 91 | 85 | 95 | 271 | |||
13 | Elaine Sanderson | 87 | 77 | 85 | 83 | 255 | |||
14 | Craig Jarvis | 85 | 77 | 90 | 252 | ||||
15 | Brendan Barnett | 71 | 77 | 85 | 83 | 245 | |||
16 | Jason Crofts | 94 | 90 | 184 | |||||
17 | Nathan Chapman | 82 | 99 | 181 | |||||
18 | Phil Lyons | 89 | 89 | 178 | |||||
19 | Geoff Newby | 93 | 77 | 170 | |||||
20 | Patrick Morgan | 91 | 77 | 168 | |||||
21 | Greg Mitchell | 85 | 83 | 168 | |||||
22 | Brad Purdy | 85 | 83 | 168 | |||||
23 | Bill Schloss | 85 | 83 | 168 | |||||
24 | Simon Black | 71 | 94 | 165 | |||||
25 | Katie Sanderson | 84 | 77 | 161 | |||||
26 | Andrew Black | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
27 | Drew Chapman | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
28 | Jarrod Dalton | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
29 | Spencer Troxell | 71 | 77 | 148 | |||||
30 | Zac McFarlane | 95 | 95 | ||||||
31 | Fred Jacobs | 90 | 90 | ||||||
32 | Karim De Ridder | 88 | 88 | ||||||
33 | Mick Jones | 85 | 85 | ||||||
34 | Nathan Smythe | 85 | 85 | ||||||
35 | Jacob Jones | 85 | 85 | ||||||
36 | Gary Leather | 83 | 83 | ||||||
37 | Shane Anderson | 83 | 83 | ||||||
38 | Shane Sanderson | 83 | 83 | ||||||
39 | Winard Versfeld (Vinnie) | 81 | 81 | ||||||
40 | Beau Jarvis | 77 | 77 | ||||||
41 | Alan McNamara | 77 | 77 | ||||||
42 | Darren Corr | 77 | 77 | ||||||
43 | Jason Wilhelm | 77 | 77 | ||||||
44 | John Trigg | 77 | 77 | ||||||
45 | Paul Stevenson | 77 | 77 | ||||||
46 | Tamara Stanhope | 77 | 77 | ||||||
47 | Cody Jarvis | 71 | 71 | ||||||
48 | John Kay | 71 | 71 | ||||||
49 | Quintin Maclean | 71 | 71 |
Halco Monduran Afternoon Event – Final Results and Story
The final round of the 2011 Daiwa BARRA tour at Monduran saw anglers tangle with tough conditions for a final chance at glory. With event victory, southern angler of the year (AOY) and overall AOY still on the line, the anglers had everything to compete for. Click through for full results.
Securing his maiden win was Peter Price with 7/10 for 462 cm. With two fish late in the first session, Price headed off on the second day with the formula to take the win. Price’s tackle consisted of an 8kg Wilson live fibre match with a Shimano Chronarch reel spooled with Fins 20 lb Braid and 45 lb Snyder leader. Showing his understanding of his tackle and what the fish wanted, Price altered his Reidy’s junior B52 in kryptonite, changing the standard trembles to wide gape Decoy trebles and placing sticky weight under the nose of the lure to slow the rise of the lure and ensure a better hook up on tentative bites. Peter fished wind swept banks in the southern arm of Bay B, anchoring the boat just off the weed banks. Price would cast parallel to the weed bed before starting a medium speed roll and twitch retrieve.
“I have been fishing these events for seven years, it’s such a great feeling to finish on top of such a quality field”,explained Price. Such was the dominance of the technique that Team Reidy’s lures/ Lowrance 2 managed to catch 19 of the 26 fish for the event.
Also catching his share of the fish was Scott McAuley (5/10, 271cm) who compiled a quality second day bag to secure second place for both the tournament and southern AOY. “It was great to have super guide on the boat and to be there for his maiden tournament win. To see Peter take out the southern AOY was special”, explained McAuley.
With the win and other angler’s results going in his favour Peter Price was able to take out the 2011 Daiwa Barra tour Southern Angler of the Year (AOY). After starting the season with a new ABT big barra record at Peter Faust(130cm), Price was fishing with confidence. “I really thought I had a good shot at the northern AOY but was unable to stick the bites”. Price changed partners from the northern rounds to the southern rounds. New partner Scott McAuley showed he was on the fish at the Awoonga Pro/Am, sharing the win with Kerrin Taylor. McAuley’s result gave Peter the confidence that he would be on fish for the Awoonga 3 x 3. This proved to be true with Price taking out a respectable 6th place.
Heading into Monduran Price had some local hot tips and knew it would a process of working out what the barra wanted. Showing his knowledge of lures, he tuned in to what the fish wanted. With the lure tuned in Price and partner McAuley went fish for fish during the second session, taking out first and second respectively. “It has been a great barra tour for me. The biggest changes for me as an angler this year have been fishing with self confidence and my Lowrance side scan. Being able to see the fish come through on the side imaging keeps my head in the zone, giving confidence that the next big fish is only one cast away” said a very humble Peter Price, “I would also like to thank my two partners for the tour, my wife and family and the team at Reidy’s Lures who have supported me for a long time now.”
Another angler who had a fantastic barra tour was overall Angler of the Year winner Jon Millard. Jon showed supreme consistency, never finishing out side the top three in each event he competed in. Millard entered each event with the mindset of you can’t beat a fellow angler without catching the fish, keeping his focus on getting bites and letting the competition take care of itself. “This year I have fished harder than I ever think I have before. I have enjoyed fishing with the rest of the Rapala team throughout the year and we just keep learning and growing as anglers. This has been a perfect way to cap off a long tournament season.” Millard adds, “Big thanks go to Rapala, TT Jig heads, ACM Rods, JT reel repairs, Nashies Complete Angler and to my partner throughout the tour Daniel Grech. He goes alright.
” With the 2011 Daiwa Barra tour done and dusted for another year ABT would like to thank all competitors and sponsors for their help, support and assistance. It has been another season to remember and from all the team at ABT we look forward to seeing you on the tournament circuit in 2012.
Place | Angler | Status | F1 | L1 | F2 | L2 | TF | TL | Cash | Prizes |
1 | Peter Price | 2 | 120 | 5 | 303 | 7 | 423 | $800 | Daiwa Prize Pack + Big Barra Prize Pack (70cm) | |
2 | Scott McAuley | 5 | 271 | 5 | 271 | $300 | Prize Pack | |||
3 | Jon Millard | 2 | 114 | 2 | 114 | Prize Pack | ||||
4 | Craig Griffiths | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | Prize Pack | ||||
5 | Michael Weick | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | Prize Pack | ||||
6 | Matt McAthur | 1 | 49 | 1 | 49 | Prize Pack | ||||
7 | Glen Smith | 1 | 48 | 1 | 48 | Prize Pack | ||||
8 | Keith Stanford | 1 | 47 | 1 | 47 | Prize Pack | ||||
9 | Rob Wood | |||||||||
9 | Greg Mitchell | |||||||||
9 | Daniel Grech | |||||||||
9 | Cy Taylor | PRO | ||||||||
9 | Gary Leather | |||||||||
9 | Brendan Barnett | |||||||||
9 | Brad Purdy | |||||||||
9 | Bill Schloss | |||||||||
9 | Kerrin Taylor | PRO | ||||||||
9 | Shane Anderson | |||||||||
9 | Shane Sanderson | |||||||||
9 | Elaine Sanderson | |||||||||
19 | 1052 | |||||||||
Ave: 55.36 |
Squidgies Awoonga 3×3 Evening Event – Final Results and Story
With the longest tournament hours of any event, the Awoonga three by three, was going to be a true test of angler’s endurance. Jon Millard of Rapala/ ACM rods showed he had what it took to endure the long sessions and tough fishing, by grinding out his first victory of the 2011 Daiwa Barra tour.
Millard (5/9, 221cm) fished in the New Zealand gully area, targeting the weedy back bays with sunken timber. Millard’s winning tackle was an Extreme Jack ACM rod matched with a Shimano Calais DC reel spooled with 20 lb Suffix 832 and 40 lb Suffix fluorocarbon. The all-important lure of choice was the ever-popular Rapala X-Rap 10 in purple albino. Millard changed the standard trebles opting for the slightly heavier VMC 6X hooks in size 4, “this change would slow the rise of the X-Rap and keep it in the face of the fish for a longer” explained Millard.
With his lure tuned of optimum performance Millard would make long casts into the back of the bays working his lure back to the boat with an erratic twitching retrieve, mixing it up with random pauses. Millard explains, “In the first session we went looking for big fish. Having no success we changed tact and knew it would be a process of just grinding out a limit of small resident barra to take the win”.
In second place was fellow Rapala angler Craig Griffiths (4/9, 199cm). Griffiths targeted fish in the New Zealand gully area. All of his fish came from a wind swept back bays in the broken weed where the water was more discoloured. Griffiths tournament tackle was a G.Loomis Gl2 6′ 6″ baitcaster rod matched with a Shimano Calais reel, spooled with Suffix 832 in 20 lb and 30 lb Suffix soft fluorocarbon.
Griffiths threw the proverbial tackle box at the fish before settling on a Halco shallow scorpion in natural wonder colour. Not happy with its performance of the lure out of the box the clued in and meticulous angler opted to change the hooks to VMC 6X hooks, which got the lure to suspend rather than float.
Casting his lure up the channels in the broken weed Griffiths would employ a fast twitching retrieve with long pauses as it would come past points of the weed. “I would have loved to take out another win, but failing on that it’s a good feeling to have the Rapala team take the top three places,” said Griffiths as he remarked about another good performance by himself and the Rapala team.
The event big barra (66cm) was caught by team Hobie Fishing angler Kerrin Taylor. Taylor targeted fish near the mouth of New Zealand gully. Using his X-Rap 12 in purple albino, Taylor employed a twitch and pause retrieve to tempt the fish out of their dormant state. Kerrin used his Millerods high roller rod matched with a Shimano Chronarch reel spooled with 20 lb fins and 40 lb Black Magic leader to land his big barra.
With four of the five rounds of the 2011 Daiwa Barra tour now completed attention now turns to the final round at Monduran. With southern and overall angler of the year still in play the anglers have plenty to fish for. Will the Rapala boys continue their dazzling form or will the other competitors mow them down at the final hurdle? Only time will tell.
Place | Angler | Status | F1 | L1 | F2 | L2 | F3 | L3 | TF | TL |
1 | Jon Millard | 2 | 101 | 3 | 120 | 5 | 221 | |||
2 | Craig Griffiths | 3 | 144 | 1 | 55 | 4 | 199 | |||
3 | Daniel Grech | 3 | 130 | 3 | 130 | |||||
4 | Kerrin Taylor | PRO | 2 | 109 | 2 | 109 | ||||
5 | Michael Weick | 1 | 59 | 1 | 59 | |||||
6 | Peter Price | 1 | 46 | 1 | 46 | |||||
7 | Glen Smith | |||||||||
8 | Rob Wood | |||||||||
9 | Matt McAthur | |||||||||
10 | Greg Mitchell | |||||||||
11 | Cy Taylor | PRO | ||||||||
12 | Mick Jones | |||||||||
13 | Scott McAuley | |||||||||
14 | Elaine Sanderson | |||||||||
15 | Keith Stanford | |||||||||
16 | Brendan Barnett | |||||||||
17 | Brad Purdy | |||||||||
18 | Bill Schloss | |||||||||
19 | Nathan Smythe | |||||||||
20 | Jacob Jones | |||||||||
16 | 764 | |||||||||
Ave: 48cm |
Daiwa Awoonga Evening Pro-Am – Final Results and Story
Awoonga greeted all anglers with an extremely tough bite. The Awoonga Pro-Am was the first ever barra event using a random pairing and shared length format designed to enable the sharing of skill and knowledge between both anglers. In the end only one fish hit the brag mat of joint event winners, Kerrin Taylor and Scott McAuley. Click through for full results.
Kerrin Taylor and Scott McAuley took to the new format like ducks to water, using the shared length format to work together and work out what presentation the barra wanted. With only one fish for 101 cm, the pair shared the winnings. In the end it was Taylor who managed to latch on to the winning fish. The tackle used to land his quality Awoonga barra was a Millerods high roller rod teamed with a Shimano Chronarch reel spooled with 20 lb fins braid and 80 lb Black Magic leader.
The pair targeted a back bay in the New Zealand gully area, casting their lures into the broken weed. The team noted they rotated through 20 – 30 lures before catching the winning barra on a Rapala X-rap 12 in purple albino colour. Taylor fished this lure with an aggressive twitch and pause retrieve, tempting the barra out of its slumbering mood. “We had fish swimming past the side scan all the time which made us confident that we could get a fish. It was a nice feeling to have another angler to work with and ultimately share the spoils”, explained McAuley.
With all anglers walking away with a new range of skills and ideas, the series stays at Awoonga for the upcoming 3 x 3 event. This event will be sure to sort the men from the boys with three sessions over two days and a tough bite on the cards.
Place | Angler | Status | F1 | L1 | F2 | L2 | TF | TL | Cash | Prizes |
1 | Scott McAuley | 1 | 101 | 1 | 101 | $275 | Prize Pack | |||
1 | Kerrin Taylor | Pro | 1 | 101 | 1 | 101 | $275 + $400 1st PRO | Prize Pack + Big Barra prize pack | ||
3 | Peter Price | Prize Pack | ||||||||
3 | Fred Jacobs | Pro | Prize Pack | |||||||
3 | Cy Taylor | Pro | Prize Pack | |||||||
3 | Craig Jarvis | Pro | Prize Pack |
Berkley Teemburra Evening Event – Final Results and Story
With a tough bite greeting anglers at the second round of the 2011 Daiwa Barra Tour, the word on the street was that it would only take the conversion of a handful of bites to take the win. Click through for full results.
Yet again it was the anglers from the Rapala Street team who secured the win, albeit this time it was Gin Gin Hotel owner Rob Wood who excelled in the difficult conditions with three from ten for 242 cm.
Woods gear consisted of a G.Loomis Spin Rod matched with a Stella 4000 reel rigged with 30lb Suffix 832 and 80 lb Suffix leader. The key lure was the ever-popular black gold Slick rig, rigged on an area 51 jig head. Woods did some minor modifications to both products, using a lighter gage treble for his stinger and thinning out the tail wrist of the lure, enabling it to work at slower speeds.
Wood targeted fish hanging off weed points on the tree line close to the main basin. The technique involved casting past the weed points and retrieving using a painfully slow roll back to the boat. “We had such a short bite period it was really key for us to convert the bites we got and the area 51 jig heads helped me maintain my confidence that I could make the bites stick”, Woods explained.
Taking second place was Townsville local, Nathan Chapman with two from ten fish for 137cm. Chapman constantly moved during the sessions, casting his 4’ Berkley paddle tail in white/green with hand painted stripes onto the lily pads. Once the lure had settled Chapman would pull it off and allow it to fall down the face of the structure before slow rolling it back to the boat. “The trick was to use a weedless Texas rig, to avoid snagging on the lily pads and to get the most out of every cast”. The tournament equipment used to extract his fish was the Abu Garcia Zabui rod matched with a Daiwa Type R Zillion reel spooled with 30 lb fins braid and 60 lb leader.
Taking out big barra and overall third place was Jon Millard, with a quality 91 cm fish. Using his ACM custom rod and Slick rig/Area 51 Jig head combo, the Townsville barra fanatic targeted weed islands in and around the main basin. Millard would cast past the weed island and sink the lure down using a twitch and roll retrieve back to the boat. With two competitive rounds in the northern leg of the tour Millard is looking to continue his good form heading into the southern rounds, and hopes to step up onto the top step of the podium.
Taking the win for the event, secured the 2011 Northern Barra Angler of the Year for Rob Wood, relegating fellow Rapala stable mate Jon Millard to second place on a count back. The AOY title tops of what has been a stellar year of fishing for him and his fellow Rapala teammates. “We have all had such a great year of learning and growth as anglers” explained Woods, “One of the keys to our success has been the use of our Hummingbird side scan, when you pull up on spot and you can see barra moving through it really gives you the confidence that the fish are there and you just need to keep casting.”
The Rapala Street team, has been a force on the northern leg of the tour with the team taking 2 from 2 wins, and with fellow Rapala team mates (Rapala/AMC rods) not far off the pace, the guys have converted the long hours of work spent on the water into consistent tournament results. The 2011 Daiwa BARRA Tour now heads to the first ever Boater/Non-Boater event format on the famed Awoonga Dam. Will the tough barra bite heat up or will it be another challenging event for the anglers. Only time will tell…
Place | Angler | Status | F1 | L1 | F2 | L2 | TF | TL | Cash | Prizes |
1 | Rob Wood | 3 | 242 | 3 | 242 | $850 | Daiwa Prize Pack | |||
2 | Nathan Chapman | 1 | 58 | 1 | 79 | 2 | 137 | $550 | Prize Pack | |
3 | Jon Millard | 1 | 91 | 1 | 91 | $320 | Prize Pack & Big Barra (91cm) prize – Spotters sunglasses | |||
4 | Kerrin Taylor | PRO | 1 | 88 | 1 | 88 | Prize Pack | |||
5 | Keith Stanford | 1 | 85 | 1 | 85 | Prize Pack | ||||
6 | Zac McFarlane | 1 | 85 | 1 | 85 | Prize Pack | ||||
7 | Simon Black | 1 | 85 | 1 | 85 | Prize Pack | ||||
8 | Glen Smith | 1 | 83 | 1 | 83 | Prize Pack | ||||
9 | Daniel Grech | 1 | 82 | 1 | 82 | Prize Pack | ||||
10 | Matt McAthur | 1 | 82 | 1 | 82 | Prize Pack | ||||
11 | Jason Crofts | 1 | 80 | 1 | 80 | |||||
12 | Phil Lyons | 1 | 80 | 1 | 80 | |||||
13 | Cy Taylor | PRO | 1 | 80 | 1 | 80 | ||||
14 | Michael Weick | 1 | 56 | 1 | 56 | |||||
15 | Alan McNamara | |||||||||
16 | Andrew Black | |||||||||
17 | Beau Jarvis | PRO | ||||||||
18 | Brendan Barnett | |||||||||
19 | Craig Griffiths | |||||||||
20 | Craig Jarvis | PRO | ||||||||
21 | Darren Corr | |||||||||
22 | Drew Chapman | |||||||||
23 | Elaine Sanderson | |||||||||
24 | Geoff Newby | |||||||||
25 | Jarrod Dalton | |||||||||
26 | Jason Wilhelm | |||||||||
27 | John Trigg | |||||||||
28 | Katie Sanderson | |||||||||
29 | Mat McFarlane | |||||||||
30 | Patrick Morgan | |||||||||
31 | Paul Stevenson | |||||||||
32 | Peter Price | |||||||||
33 | Spencer Troxell | |||||||||
34 | Tamara Stanhope | |||||||||
17 | 1356 | |||||||||
Ave: 79.76 |
Place | Team | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | S1 | S2 | Total |
1 | Rapala Street Team | Rob Wood | Craig Griffiths | 242 | 242 | |
2 | Rapala-ACM Rods | Daniel Grech | Jon Millard | 82 | 91 | 173 |
3 | Hobie Fishing | Cy Taylor | Kerrin Taylor | 88 | 80 | 168 |
4 | Barra Fever | Glen Smith | Keith Stanford | 85 | 83 | 168 |
5 | DDC | Nathan Chapman | Drew Chapman | 58 | 79 | 137 |
6 | Mac-A-Tack | Mat McFarlane | Zac McFarlane | 85 | 85 | |
7 | I’m On Lures | Simon Black | Andrew Black | 85 | 85 | |
8 | McArthur Customs | Matt McAthur | Spencer Troxell | 82 | 82 | |
9 | The Likely Lads | Phil Lyons | Geoff Newby | 80 | 80 | |
10 | Team Reidy’s Lures/Lowrance | Peter Price | Jason Crofts | 80 | 80 | |
11 | Tree Huggers | Michael Weick | Brendan Barnett | 56 | 56 | |
12 | Sebile | Jarrod Dalton | Patrick Morgan | |||
13 | Sebile 2 | Craig Jarvis | Beau Jarvis | |||
14 | Shimano / E-Tec | Alan McNamara | Jason Wilhelm | |||
15 | J T Reel Repairs | John Trigg | Paul Stevenson | |||
16 | Tacklewarehouse Ladies | Elaine Sanderson | Katie Sanderson | |||
17 | Blown Income | Darren Corr | Tamara Stanhope |
Rapala Peter Faust Evening Event – Final Results and Story
The opening round of the 2011 Daiwa Barra tour at Peter Faust Dam lived up to the pre event hype of strong winds and aggressive barra.In total eighty two Barra hitting the competitors brag-mats.
Taking the victory was Rapala Street team’s Craig Griffiths, with nine from ten fish for 866 cm. Griffiths had a two pronged approached, having both an afternoon and night plan. Click through for full results
With the session starting at three in the afternoon, Craig and team mate Rob Wood headed to the Proserpine River arm of the dam, where in the lager bays they targeted fish holding of the creek beds. Craig’s afternoon tackle consisted of a G.Loomis Pro-Green rod (7′ 4″ 8 – 15 lb) teamed with a Shimano Stella 3000 reel, spooled with the new white Suffix 832 in 20 lb and Suffix braid buddy leader in 80 lb. The lure of choice was the ever popular 130 mm Squigy slick rig in Pilchard colour, rigged on a TT Area 51 jig head. The technique involved casting towards the broken weed and letting the lure sink down the face of the weed before slow rolling it back to the boat.
Once night set in the team would change its tact and move further up the Proserpine arm of the dam looking for points with broken weed, close to deepwater access. Craig changed his slick rig, opting for a Suspending Rapala X-Rap in White Minnow. Griffiths would make long cast into the channels in the broken weed using a classic twitch and pause technique to keep the lure in the face of the fish for a longer period of time. Griffiths discussing the keys to his success, “On the pre fish it was hard to get the fish out of the structure, but with the use of the new white Suffix 832, we could see the bites and get an upper hand on the fish early in the fight”.
As an icing on the cake, Craig and team mate Rob Woods both finished inside the top five securing the overall team honours for the round.
In second place was fellow Rapala stable mate Jon Millard, with nine fish for 862 cm. Millard targeted weedy points near deep water. The tackle of choice was his ever-faithful ACM Rods Barra light spin teamed with a Shimano 4000 reel rigged with suffix 832 in 20 lb with 40 lb suffix fluorocarbon leaders. The key lure was a 130mm Squidgy slick rig in black gold rigged on ¾ oz TT Area 51 jig head. Millard would cast his slick rig towards the weed allowing it to fall down the face of the weed before starting a medium paced retrieve, allowing for pauses to keep the lure in the strike zone. Millard stated “the weight of the ACM Rod as well as the length of cast it gave me was an important factor in my performance.”
Big Barra for the event and a setting a new ABT Big Barra record was team Reidy’s Lures/ Lowrance’s Peter Price with a cracking 130 cm Barra. The Tackle that secured Peter the new ABT Barra record was a 7′ G.Loomis IMX rod, teamed with a Daiwa Zillion rigged with 20 lb fins braid and 45 lb Snyder leader. Fishing a sunken point near the area know as the Horse paddock, Price would cast his Reidy’s Big B52 in gold bleeding mullet across the sunken weed using a rip and pause retrieve. “It was really exciting fishing, we could see the fish come through the Lowrance side imaging unit before they would nail the lures” added Price.
With the first round of the Daiwa Barra tour rapped up the tour now moves to the second round in Teemburra, where the highly sort-after northern angler of the year will be decided.
Place | Angler | F1 | L1 | F2 | L2 | TF | TL |
1 | Craig Griffiths | 5 | 490 | 4 | 376 | 9 | 866 |
2 | Jon Millard | 5 | 482 | 4 | 380 | 9 | 862 |
3 | Kerrin Taylor | 3 | 248 | 5 | 425 | 8 | 673 |
4 | Rob Wood | 2 | 202 | 4 | 366 | 6 | 568 |
5 | Cy Taylor | 1 | 100 | 5 | 436 | 6 | 536 |
6 | Peter Price | 2 | 118 | 4 | 399 | 6 | 517 |
7 | Jason Crofts | 4 | 374 | 1 | 92 | 5 | 466 |
8 | Geoff Newby | 4 | 367 | 1 | 73 | 5 | 440 |
9 | Daniel Grech | 2 | 188 | 2 | 202 | 4 | 390 |
10 | Patrick Morgan | 2 | 177 | 2 | 181 | 4 | 358 |
11 | Keith Stanford | 3 | 309 | 3 | 309 | ||
12 | Phil Lyons | 1 | 103 | 2 | 177 | 3 | 280 |
13 | Karim De Ridder | 2 | 182 | 1 | 67 | 3 | 249 |
14 | Elaine Sanderson | 1 | 65 | 2 | 173 | 3 | 238 |
15 | Michael Weick | 1 | 71 | 1 | 100 | 2 | 171 |
16 | Craig Jarvis | 2 | 168 | 2 | 168 | ||
17 | Katie Sanderson | 1 | 110 | 1 | 110 | ||
18 | Glen Smith | 1 | 84 | 1 | 84 | ||
19 | Nathan Chapman | 1 | 79 | 1 | 79 | ||
20 | Winard Versfeld (Vinnie) | 1 | 74 | 1 | 74 | ||
21 | Andrew Black | ||||||
22 | Brendan Barnett | ||||||
23 | Cody Jarvis | ||||||
24 | Drew Chapman | ||||||
25 | Jarrod Dalton | ||||||
26 | John Kay | ||||||
27 | Matt McAthur | ||||||
28 | Quintin Maclean | ||||||
29 | Simon Black | ||||||
30 | Spencer Troxell |
Place | Team | Angler 1 | Angler 2 | D1 | D2 | Total |
1 | Rapala Street Team | Rob Wood | Craig Griffiths | 692 | 742 | 1434 |
2 | Rapala – ACM Rods | Daniel Grech | Jon Millard | 670 | 582 | 1252 |
3 | Hobie Fishing | Cy Taylor | Kerrin Taylor | 348 | 861 | 1209 |
4 | Team Reidy’s Lures/Lowrance | Peter Price | Jason Crofts | 492 | 491 | 983 |
5 | The Likely Lads | Phil Lyons | Geoff Newby | 470 | 250 | 720 |
6 | Barra Fever | Glen Smith | Keith Stanford | 393 | 393 | |
7 | Sebile | Jarrod Dalton | Patrick Morgan | 177 | 181 | 358 |
8 | Tacklewarehouse Ladies | Elaine Sanderson | Katie Sanderson | 175 | 173 | 348 |
9 | David & Goliath | Winard Versfeld (Vinnie) | Karim De Ridder | 256 | 67 | 323 |
10 | Tree Huggers | Michael Weick | Brendan Barnett | 71 | 100 | 171 |
11 | Sebile 2 | Craig Jarvis | Cody Jarvis | 168 | 168 | |
12 | DDC | Nathan Chapman | Drew Chapman | 79 | 79 | |
13 | McArthur Customs | Matt McAthur | Spencer Troxell | |||
14 | Dam Barra | Quintin Maclean | John Kay | |||
15 | I’m On Lures | Simon Black | Andrew Black |