by Dave Mckenzie Fishing options out of Brisbane are endless. If you can manage to drive past the brilliant fishing that lies within Moreton Bay and cross the South Passage Bar, some great fishing can be had. I’ve only been out there a handful of times, but each time we have returned with memorable catches.…
by Dave Mckenzie There’s a million types of hooks on the market, but it’s easy to overlook this and have only one or two styles in your tackle box. Hooks are designed for specific purposes, and generally this relates to presenting the correct bait, the correct way. If you plan on using multiple types of…
by Tom Derr My efforts at tying my own flies began 46 years ago although it wasn’t until 30 years ago that I met George (G.E.P.) Rowney and Maurie Wilson that, under their guidance, I was able to greatly improve a raw skill. I will be putting up regular blogs covering fly tying, most of…
By Paul Malov The first round of the Victorian Bream Classics series for 2014 kicked off last weekend down in the heart of Melbourne. Anglers took off from Williamstown and could fish anywhere in the bay, as long as they got there by boat and followed all other tournament rules. Some teams traveled as far…
Paul Malov fishing with his father Alex Franchuk have recently beaten 67 other teams from all around Australia, to take out the season ending ABT Bream Classic Championship which was held at Mallacoota on November 5&6 2013. After a solid pre-fish, catching 6-8 legal fish and leaving a number of areas un-touched, due to previous…
By Brad Bell Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty crossed the Pilbara coast on Wednesday afternoon leaving a wake of huge seas and damaging winds. Given the circumstances, I wasn’t overly confident that we would get much of a window to do anything, let alone head out into the Dampier archipalago for a fly fish. Sunday morning…