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Editorial

Swim for the Salmon

To fish is a privilege that should be understood by all who decide to hold a pole.

I grew up on the Sunshine Coast and have had a fishing pole close at hand for as long as I can remember. Today, I would consider myself lucky to catch one salmon in an entire day spent on the water. When I was a young boy, twenty years ago, I would expect to catch at least two. My Opa would tell me stories of times before I was born when it was not a question of if you would catch a fish in a day, but how long it would take you to fill the boat. I can only imagine the stories my Opa’s Opa would have shared with him had he grown up fishing this same area.

Fish Tales!

Superfishous!

We all know that fishermen are superstitious folks. And I’m no slouch in that department. I believe myself to be the most superstitious of all. It all started at 4:15 am. “Bang, Bang, Bang” on my door. “Get up its time to go fishing”. Naturally the day began with getting dressed. I opened the closet door and picked a lucky fishing shirt. Not any one in general though. You see I organize my closet from most lucky to least lucky. That’s not the only thing I have in order of luckiness. We will get to that shortly.