When it comes to electronic thingies, I’m an old boomer. This means I am midly technophobic when it comes to computers, software and digital cameras. I used to handle the cameras with film pretty well 30 years ago when I worked as a journalist. But then my intellectual development in these matters was pretty much […]
I Love Gadgets, The Latest Gear.
Lightload towels
Lightload Towels When I’m fishing, personal hygiene is not normally my major concern. Wild trout don’t like the scent of fancy soaps, insect repellents, anti-itch creams or sunburn lotions, so washing of hands is out. No need for towels here. When I’m staying at a lodge, I get the sulks when there are no clean […]
Accessories? Moi?
Well, maybe I do carry around a little too much fly fishing gear. I admit it. I hope that’s the first step on the way to recovery. On the last trip to the beautiful Bundara, I noticed the fly vest was getting a bit heavy and my more minimalist mate Warwick politely suggested I should […]
At last the perfect sunnies!
Last day of the trip on the Bundara, it was late afternoon, merging to dusk and Warwick and I were casting some big ugly flies on the water, hoping to tempt some evening risers. I chucked it in when I couldn’t see the fly in the shadows and started to pack up, but Warwick kept going. […]
I love this hat!
I love gadgets. I found this little beauty in Bunnings, of all places, and buying it was one of those snap decisions blokes tend to make when their wives turn them loose in Bunnings unescorted. I have no idea what it cost, for reasons explained above. Not a lot, I suspect, because she whom I […]