The fibreglass porcupine

[mrsswordfisherman]

Swordie and I are travelling in our caravan and stopped for a few days in Ballina to visit his bro in law Jimmy. 
Mr Bowers is old pal of Byron aka jewgaffer and Swanos cousin. He is a gun fisho. 
He lives in Ballina and here are some shots of a bit of his tackle (um shop).

He has actually has a tackle emporium! 

The last pic is their catch on a few hours fishing.

 

[wazatherfisherman]

Awesome thread art on those rods. Nice bag off fish too!

[big Neil]

Some serious $$$$$ tied up in that collection eh Waza? bn

[swordfisherman]

Great catching up with Jimmy and what he knows about fish and fishing is a masters degree in its self 

[Green Hornet]

I regularly have a short, internet chat with Jim. 

Nice guy and very knowledgeable.

[mrsswordfisherman]

@Jim Bowers 

[Scratchie]

Wow, and I thought some of us had collection issues! Nice catch too! 👍

cheers scratchie!!! 

[kingie chaser]

Looks like a very diverse & orderly collection.

I recon some of those old lures would still catch plenty of fish 

[Rebel]

Super Photos and some.

[wazatherfisherman]

14 hours ago, big Neil said:

Some serious $$$$$ tied up in that collection eh Waza? bn

Hi Neil yep serious $$ and great old fibreglass, made to last. Some serious hours involved with all the rod thread work also- beautiful stuff- an art form in itself. Makes my diamonds and chevrons look pretty ordinary!

Bring back fibreglass! At least you could lift fish without the fear of them breaking.

Great collection of rods- no doubt there's a reel to go with many of them too!

[Bolts1]

Thanks for the post Donna, great collection and great photos to pull out the next time my wife complains I'm spending too much at the tackle shop.. could be a lot worse lol

[J0nn0]

Wow!

And I thought Stewy had a big collection!

[Hoods]

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