Issue 97 Spring 2019

Description

In this issue:

• ESTUARIES OF SOUTHLAND — Nick Reygaert enjoys a different side of New Zealand
• HIGH TIMES ON THE SNOWY — David Anderson profiles the alpine reaches of the Snowy River in NSW
• TAKING CHANCES — John Robertson endures a cyclone in the Cocos Keeling Islands
• BACKPACKING MADE SIMPLE — Greg French encourages the do-it-yourself approach
• CURIOUS CUNNING BASTARDS — Peter Morse deals with blue bastards in Western Australia
• RESET IN THE BACKCOUNTRY — Piero Bertocchi revisits the North Island of New Zealand
• MOUNTAIN BLUES — Joshua Hutchins seeks trout in Sydney’s Blue Mountains
• PHELPS LAKE PIKE — Rasmus Ovesen targets giant pike in the Canadian wilderness
• SOUTHERN COMFORT — Mick Fletoridis shares some South-East Coast estuary lessons
• HEADS DOWN THUMBS UP — David Vincent refines inverted fly patterns for carp
• WILDERNESS THERAPY — Benjamin Kerthe spends time in the wilds of Tasmania
• BORUMBA — Geoff Volter targets impoundment bass and saratoga in Queensland
• BACKCASTS – Readers’ letters
• WATSON’S FANCY – Muz’s Messy Dun — Peter Watson
• ON THE BEACH – Little Pink Flats Shrimp — Chris Beech
• LATEST & GREATEST — New gear and industry news – Steven Dally
• REVIEWS & NEW PRODUCTS – Reviews of Fishpond Quikshot rod holder, a Joe Brooks biography and ‘River Stories’ by Mark Cloutier, plus new gear from South Pacific, Scott, Airflo, Orvis and Loop.
• TRAVEL GUIDE — Guides, lodges and services by region
• SHORT CASTS — Nick Gust, Mike Dimond, Ben Mackereth, Ollie Bassett, Charles Knyvett
• LAST CAST — News, events and editor’s musings