mrsswordfisherman Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 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. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Awesome thread art on those rods. Nice bag off fish too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big Neil Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Some serious $$$$$ tied up in that collection eh Waza? bn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfisherman Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Great catching up with Jimmy and what he knows about fish and fishing is a masters degree in its self 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 I regularly have a short, internet chat with Jim. Nice guy and very knowledgeable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsswordfisherman Posted March 15, 2020 Author Share Posted March 15, 2020 @Jim Bowers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Wow, and I thought some of us had collection issues! Nice catch too! 👍 cheers scratchie!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Looks like a very diverse & orderly collection. I recon some of those old lures would still catch plenty of fish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Super Photos and some. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazatherfisherman Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 14 hours ago, big Neil said: Some serious $$$$$ tied up in that collection eh Waza? bn Hi Neil yep serious $$ 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! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolts1 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J0nn0 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 Wow! And I thought Stewy had a big collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoods Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Appears to be afellow subscriber to X + 1 - where X = the current number of rods owned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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