Archive for October, 2009

The IVCB is here!

From Abu come the all new all singing Morrum series round body baitcaster reels. These are the best things yet from Sweden with lot’s of Japanese input. Just check out the features.The red reel – Morrum ZX 1600 BJ IVCB-4Ultra light Duralmin one piece machined frame and sideplatesWide range brake block adjustment all from outside …

Testing, 1.2.3………

It was my good fortune to recently spend 6 days wide off Mackay, Qld in search of all things that take line.The area fished was approx 220km out and with an 80′ live aboard and our own 20′ sportfisher to play with all week.Primary focus was GT’s, Mackerel and anything that would eat jerkshads.Mission one …

Impoundment barra breakdown

Over the last couple of months I have made two trips to Lake Awoonga to tangle with the lake’s big barramundi. After speaking to several groups of anglers, I realized just how tough they were finding the fishing. Some of these keen fishermen had travelled all the way from Victoria to experience Queensland’s impoundment barra …

2009 Flathead Classic

I’ve had an interesting week or two that has had me cover a lot of territory and a lot of fishing opportunities. I’ve been pulling together some technique DVD’s for AFN and they saw me chasing impoundment barra at the beginning of last week and culminated with some filming at the Flathead Classic on the …

Of Shrimps and Pheromones.

There are many colour requests that come across my desk that “must” be made into this or that shape. “I’m telling you mate, this will be the hottest thing yet” is something I hear a lot. However, the realities of a complex engineering and production sytem mean that not all colour mixes can easily be …