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Month: January 2015

Fishing stories, Freshwater, Native, Sustainability

‘Codtroversy’: catching a monster cod during closed season

Lee Georgeson / 29 January 2015

After nearly 20 years of serious fishing, I’ve finally caught a ‘trophy’ fish. I went out to my local lake on Sunday to chase redfin on soft plastics. The plan was to suss out whether the reddies were active, and if I got lucky, bring a few home for the table. I was also keen to get another look at…

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Fishing stories, Stuff we've learnt

‘Fishticipation’: Is fishing better than Christmas?

Lee Georgeson / 22 January 2015

I’m going fishing today. The plan is to leave my place at a civilised 7.20am to go and pick Graz up before making the 45 minute drive to one of the local trout streams. So why then, am I writing this at 5.10am? Have I gone MAD?! I could have slept for another 2 hours, and still only been 10…

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Fishing stories, Fly & Tenkara, fly tying, Freshwater, Native

Addicted. Bass on fly

Hamish Webb / 19 January 2015

Recently, as I waded up a south coast stream, I found myself thinking “Why in the #$@@ haven’t I done this before. This is awesome.” It was a few afternoons after I popped my bass on fly cherry. That happened something like this.. It was hot and muggy. The air clung around you, enveloping. On a whim, thinking it might be…

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Estuary, Kayak, Stuff we've learnt

Worth their weight in salt – highlights from the estuaries in 2014

Graham Fifield / 14 January 2015

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing isn’t it? It was while looking back through the images and articles of 2014 for this weeks newspaper column that I realised just how much fun we’ve had this year fishing the estuaries. They never cease to amaze for the quality and diversity of fish on offer.  As a young fella starting to learn about…

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Fishing stories, Freshwater, Native, Trout

Holiday fishing around Canberra

Lee Georgeson / 11 January 2015

It’s been a while between drinks, so to speak. Between catching up with friends and family, tending to my small acreage outside Canberra, or the rollercoaster of Christmas and New Year, it’s been difficult to focus on fishing and blogging. Nonetheless, I had an amazing time in New Zealand in early December (Hamish wrote a great blog here), and have…

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