Jigs and half a shrimp for shore fishing. Used these in Florida and caught all kinds of crap on them..
http://docsgoofyjigs.com/default.aspx
We used 6lb braid with 20lb flouro leads and medium action spinning rods.. Bring extra line because if you hook into something really big, you'll be spooled.
I toss some pretty big streamers with a shorter (7'6) 5wt You don't need a 9wt to toss big stuff... It's not like your doing a lot of false casting anyhow, you're basically making a single back cast then punching that bugger in there..
I'll be the first to admit I like having a beer with lunch while I'm out fishing with the oldman. However this only occurs when we are way up north and in the middle of no where (Not like that makes it anymore legal). I rarely if ever bring beer with me fishing (Unless I'm on a flyin or similar)... I don't wanna know how much beer I consumed on our trip up to Eddies a few years ago.. It might have been a world record, lol!!!
You see no harm in up to date water conditions, fish caught and what presentations worked?
I guess you like people doing the leg work for you
BTW, mentioning Angus is like mentioning Erindale park on the Credit (OMG did I just ruin that fishery to?!??!?!)
Education is way cheaper then a tag system I never fish the lower stretches, so I'm only going by the handful of times I've ever fished right in Angus. I've gotten some strange looks after releasing fish