Check lists

“Mal de mer”, “sea sickness”, “motion sickness”

This is my approach to “Mal de mere”, “sea sickness”, “motion sickness” or whatever you want to call it. It is a terrible affliction and can spoil what may well have been a great fun day. The reason for sea sickness seems to be two fold. The first factor is that our balance centre, which is in the…

^{Last Updated: May 2026}

Check lists

One of the most important things I learned in my competition fishing career was the importance of not forgetting to have items on hand that I needed in a competition session. An early memory I have was a bank session on Little Pine Lake in Tasmania where my beat was on the opposite side of the lake…

^{Last Updated: March 2026}

Check list – lake barra outings

One of my favourite past times is dusk and night fishing for big barramundi in Lake Awoonga. To be successful in the dark it's important to have the right gear at hand and knowing where each item is. My Lake Barra check list helps in that regard … there is a place for everything and everything is…

^{Last Updated: March 2026}

Check list – offshore deep water dark side fishing

From the year 2000 and up until we moved to Gladstone in Central most of my fishing was with fly. Since moving to CQ my fishing has been quite different and with "tongue in cheek" I have basically called it fishing on the dark side. As it has turned out I love it and have spent a lot of time…

^{Last Updated: July 2022}

Check list – lake loch style fishing for trout

For those many years that I lived in the Snowy Mountains region of NSW loch style fishing for trout was absolute favourite fishing preference. This is my check list of items I take on every trip when targeting trout on fly from boat.     GRAB BAG: as set out in this link.   ESKY: as…

^{Last Updated: July 2022}