A few years ago I got to the nice drift below Black Creek on the Nooche at first light...had the thing all to myself. Tossed eggs, tossed sandshrimp, tossed spoons and tossed spinners. Dissected that water every which way...just knew there was a fish in there. Reached a state of total frustration when around 10am an old fart walks down with his ol'fiberglass stick, beater Mitchell 300 and 25 pound test. Rigged up a 2 oz. pyramid on a dropper and put a peeled prawn tail on his hook ....nothing else. 4 casts into the tailout and he was packing out a nice little 12 pounder.
Talked to him a bit...he seemed to find my fancy gear humorous...he'd been getting fish the same way for 30 years. Just goes to show you I guess that old ways haven't ceased to reliably catch
fish.

Gooose