Pocket Water

There has been some interesting banter on the forums recently. Chinese bamboo rod makers have been misusing images from quality rodmakers to market their mass produced product. They have been asked numerous times to remove these images but it seems the dont listen very well.

Today a UK tackle reseller was found using an image from Nick Taransky to promote his cheap bamboo rods on facebook and only after a fair amount of pressure did he relent and remove the image.

Nick has added an explanatory note to his site and it is included below …

September 2011- Imitation is the Sincerest form of Flattery, but THEFT is just Bad Manners!

It’s happened again. Another business is using photos of my rods from my Gallery Page to advertise their own Chinese imports, on Facebook and elsewhere. I have contacted them and they tell me that their “supplier” provided them the photos and that I should prove that they are mine!

As I’ve said when this has happened in the past, I wouldn’t mention it here at all, but I wouldn’t want anyone seeing the pictures on both sites mistakenly thinking that I have any thing to do with these Chinese blanks or rods

The image that is being circulated is this one

N. A. Taransky Bamboo Rods

Well, it’s been a while since I have updated this site. There’s been a lot going on in the past few years. Stay tuned fro some much needed updates

Well, it’s that time again. The Rise film festival is making the rounds again. If previous shows are anything to go by, this one will be a cracker again.

The press release says …

“RISE – Fly Fishing Film Festival has become the premier event on fly fishers calendars across three countries and two continents. In April 2008 the film tour will start in Dunedin and play over 35 shows over two months circumnavigating New Zealand and Australia. The two hour show comprises of the best fly fishing entertainment available from around the world. This year’s winner of the Fly Shorts – Short Film Competition will open the festival at each screening. The competition is open to the general public and always produces some exceptional short films.

The films will be an interesting blend of exotic and local fly fishing focusing on adventure, story telling and humour – all brought to life on the big screen.”

The films featured in 2008 include The Search – Tahiti, Fishizzle and Green Tide. The list of venues is available on the gin-clear website here,

I’ll see you there

No, they arent politicians, though they do have a lot in common

Since the alpine streams are a bit of a hike from here, we sometimes find it necessary to spend some time on water closer to home. Trout are a little scarce on my home water, but carp are plentiful and they are quite sizable. Now before I get an inbox full of hate mail from Carp fanatics asking why I don’t release them, I have to say that European Carp are a declared noxious pest in Australia. Where as in some states anglers are legally obliged to destroy the fish, in NSW we are not legally obliged to do so. That being said, we are strongly encouraged to destroy them, and thus no carp are returned to the water alive.

This guy is 70cm long, 10lb in weight and delicately sipped a bread fly off the surface . There are some additional pics in the gallery.

I've spent this evening updating the look of the site to something a little different. I've also updated the format of the image gallery to something a little more slick.

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