Thanks again guys, certainly plenty to mull over.

A couple of you mentioned fly's..

There is a technique over here that is generally frowned on by the fly fishing purists and viewed as a poachers method, but not actually illegal.

This is to attach a small bubble float on the end of your line, and then about 18" from that back start to tie droppers for fly's , usually two or three.

The weight of the bubble float (especially if half filled with water) and the fact this is used with a spinning rod enables a person to cast out far further than is possible with a normal fly setup..

This method is supposed to be very effective on lakes when there is a bit of wind and a chop on the water, and is fished into the wind...