Hi Nick,

Herby, those 2.2kg models got my attention

Yep, I'd agree that they would be slightly lighter. Just had a look at Collins guide to the seafish of NZ & they say the average size would be 30-40cms but some (occasional) reach 75cms & 5kgs!!! Tga's Sulphur Point marina is chocka with the buggars but they would be hard to stop/land with all the structure.Mmmmmm..........

yeah it can be a bit tricky to nail them, but theres a spot we go to that they are in amongst big boulders with mud in between so they can be snuck up on like snapper. The 2.2kg one was going like a bat out of hell right on the edge of the viz with about 20 mates and i pulled off a bit of a fluke shot. theres a resident school in lucas creek that you can see every so often bottom feeding with the incomming tide. Sometimes they are feeding on the surface and sometomes they are just chilling out. In the surf at Muriwai you can sometimes see them surface feeding too. Now theres a challenge for you, mullet on fly in the surf!

I've had a few cracks at these grey torpedos and hooked only two. One on a very small shrimp fly, bought in Aus where they use them for bream (I think), and another on a home made jobbie using a tiny amount of champagne egg yarn on a size 14 fished with an indicator. The shrimp fly looked like a sand hopper on about a size 12 in light brown colour, I haven't seen anything similar here. I can't help thinking that one of the Mullet took the fly out of pity in the end though. I'd love to see a pic of your fly Craig, why didn't they show it in the mag? Perhaps you are still thinking of a name for it...

In old Denmark, I fished a lot for big mullets. They arrived every summer in great numbers and our biggest fish so far is 7,8kg. We struggled for a few years until we found the technic. Mix sand with white bread and start a little burley trail. The bread will unfold and float on the surface. Within �hour the mullet should start to feed on the bread. You cast a little bread immitation fly in there and watch very carefylly. The mullet will take it on the surface, but will also spit it out in a second. We used size 14 dryfly hooks and white artificial fibres. Will see if I can find photos from some danish websites.

Here's a few shots of my gear for mullet. They fight like heck for a short time.

Bloody awesome, thanks guys I appreciate the feedback and tips.

On the Kaipara Harbour. We walk down to the low tide mark on the flats and just follow the tide incomming for a little while. They group up looking for the channels and guts to be first onto the weed beds.

Nick F  if you use split shot on the leader try placing a very small cork about half way down to the hook. That way in a current I guess it'd bob about between the surface and the bottom. I havn't tried that but you just gave me the idea. Thanks