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Getting your head around gear ratios
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published November 2021) Retrieve speeds can be really important in many styles of lure ...
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Match the catch!
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling (first published October 2021) We all know about ‘matching the hatch’, but what about ‘matching ...
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Searching for spring gold
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling From Victoria to Queensland, spring marks the peak time to target XOS yellowbelly or golden ...
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Leaders: the vital link
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling Since the advent of braided lines, leader selection and construction has become an increasingly important ...
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Why try the fly?
• Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling Chasing fish on fur and feathers certainly isn’t for everyone, but you might be surprised at ...
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Playing in the mud
• Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling “It never rains, it pours!” Following drought and catastrophic bushfires a little over a year ago, ...
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Our feathered eyes in the sky
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • Most of us know that birds can be a great indicator of the presence of ...
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Cheating the tax man
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling None of us particularly enjoy paying taxes, but when those levies take the form of ...
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Giving your lures a tune up
• by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling Just like a car or a guitar, lures do their best work when they’re in ...
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New twists on fooling flathead
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • The humble flathead is Australia’s most popular saltwater target, and it’s not too hard to ...
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How to catch bream on fly
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • It seems there’s an immense amount of interest in the subject of chasing bream on ...
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Sussing out an estuary
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • Where do you start when working a new piece of water, or returning to an ...
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Back to Basics: Stayin’ alive!
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • A few very basic steps can not only improve your enjoyment of summertime fishing, but ...
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Back to Basics: Find the bait, find the fish!
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • It makes sense: find the food that predatory fish like to eat and those hunters ...
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Back to Basics: Offshore trolling for dummies
by Steve ‘Starlo’ Starling • Trolling lures in offshore waters doesn’t have to be a matter of ‘drag it and ...
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