AFTA 2023 THE BEST NEW FISHING GEAR! 🇦🇺 🎣 

Great video as usual, was great catching up with you at AFTA. Get out there and crush them.

Thanks a heap for putting this together, I’m sure I’m not the only person to appreciate you covering what’s new. So much to see and absorb, and so many different products that are going to be super hot in the Creeks n Estuaries. Mate, I’m excited!

Thanks for showing this mate. I don’t get to go to these shows......thanks for taking us along.

2 absolute Jack slayers chatting together. Rapala lures look sexy this year!

Those Rapala soft plastics look amazing. Can't wait to get my hands on some.

Oh my God, that is just candy for my eyes, fantastic John 👍🏼. Absolutely great review of all the gear.

Hey John. Very keen on the 200 Curado Reel. In chasing Jack and Barra would you recommend the DC or the K model? Also rod of choice - considering the T Curve Barra 6’…

Been using Trigger X Slop Hopper all my life , and recently Zerek's Absolute Shrimp for catching Jack & Estuary Cod. And Rapala's came out with brilliant ideas especially just for barras, jacks , cods & tarpons. These lures works like charm in Malaysia's Mangrove rivers ! Thank y'all , mate ! Have a nice day and take good care of yourself !

Cheers for posting the vid John, Appreciate getting to see this stuff when I can't physically get there.

Glad u put on all the efforts to bring us this video , it's mind blowing ! There's nothing like this from where i live ! Thank you !

I went yest ..was going to try for fernvale today and say gday to you Mr Costello if you were their.

Great video for anyone who couldn’t get to the show! Love your work John 👍

Been using the double clutches for the last year or so, noticed that the trebles don't hold up to the barra, tarpon and queenies too well so swapped them out for some heavier duty Decoy trebles and works beautifully

Look forward to your testing mate. Pretty sure what those Imposters will do on the flatfish 😉

Barambah and Nomad look to be the most innovative companies there, can't wait to try the sinking jerkbait and baby squidtrex. The new shimano flash boost as well looks great, might be a bit too much for some fish. Did you manage to get to the Daiwa stand and see any of their reels?

Just listened to the Shroom podcast with DanG. He mentioned you and skip casting on baitcasters and then the very forst thing you show is that hehe

Nice one mate. I didn’t get there this year so that was sick

Couple of the Daiwa soft plastics look a dead set carbon copy of the Hurricane Spratz range. Sad to see. The Rapalas look good, will be interesting to see how they fish. Thanks for covering AFTA, appreciate the run down.

Thanks for the video of the show

Great review thanks Teacher.

Thanks for the show 👍

Hey John, good on you for redoing the video with decent audio. Much appreciated!

Great video Johnny and great filming Jai 😉🤙🎣

I think I'll be more focussing on soft plastics like those Rapalas. The new hardbodies look good but hurt the wallet too much these days when you lose them.

Watching this, I can only imagine Tommy doing this in 15 years!

I"m liking the new double clutches shallow & the Squidtrex looks like a must have for me.

What's the weights of the smaller Squidtrex's?

'Keep it G rated' 😂😂😂

id sit n watch the zman tank all day

Shitmano have 2 good reels, sustain FD 4000 and Stella SW 5000. All the rest have been nothing but failures, no longevity, gear failures and bearing issues. Only 2 reels out of 14 reels have been good reels. 8 Daiwa reels bought in the late 1990 early 2000 still function well today,