I’ve been taking a little trip down memory lane recently. It all started when dad found an old black and white photo of him as a child holding a huge Kahawai (Aussie Salmon). After a couple of discussions over dinner to tease out the details, we came up with this post. The second trigger for my recent nostalgia was a…
Month: September 2013
Tuross Lake fishing report
This weekend I had the pleasure of fishing Tuross Lake for the second time. The first was a few years ago with my boss, and unfortunately we didn’t catch much. The boss and I didn’t go fishing after that…I wonder if you only get a return invitation if you catch a few. Anyway, regular followers of the blog might have…
Lee’s on the wireless! – Tales from the Tinny (ABC)
Following the shenanigans from the blog’s trip to Dundee and the beer transfer video, Lee was a guest on ABC’s popular ‘Tales from the Tinny’ radio show this week. News of the extraordinary lengths us ‘southerners’ will go to for a cold tin have spread… Check out the podcast here The whole show is a great mix of laughs, fishing…
Sometimes you’ve gotta break the rules…
With spring in the air and some more stable weather my local creek has finally cleared up and I can sight-fish for carp again. Afternoon dog walks now often involve me wandering the 2 or 3 km to my favourite carp hole rather than to the dog park, which brings lots of strange looks from commuters as I wander through…
Operation beer transfer- short video from our NT trip…
A short video from our trip to the NT earlier this year. Hope you enjoy 🙂 If you want to read about the trip the posts are here and here Hope you enjoy Cheers Hamish
Like father, like son
Has fishing changed in a generation? 1958 An 11 year old boy took his turn casting into the melee. He was fishing the mouth of the Waitara River in New Plymouth, New Zealand. It was a sunny Sunday afternoon, 1958. Men and boys of all ages were lined up shoulder to shoulder along the sand casting metal lures or ‘slices’…