Nik Byrne

Nik is a very thoughtful and considered angler, who researches new techniques and experiments with different ‘out of the square’ techniques to tempt a wide range of species. Nik is at home chasing wrasse as he is after bream, trout and game species. Nik writes on a whole range of techniques and locations around the coast and inland – his article in issue 1 on using soft plastics for trout is still one of the most regarded articles on the subject published anywhere.

Emma Heynes

Emma is a talented cyclist and athlete and a medical scientist to boot. Emma will fish for anything with fins, but specialises in chasing big fish from her 6.5 metre boat. Although she is at home wrestling with the big ones, she also loves to chase trout in small streams on dry flies. Emma writes with authority on a wide range of subjects – mostly saltwater, but look forward to some fly fishing stories with a different perspective.

Leigh McKenzie

Leigh is a dedicated bream angler who loves his tournament fishing. Predominantly a lure fisher, he does break out the fly rod on occasions, much to the alarm of all those nearby! His credentials in tournament fishing are first class – 2nd in the 2006 ABT round in Hobart, he backed that up with an excellent 6th overall at the 2006 ABT Grand Final in NSW at Ballina. In 2007 he won the Derwent round with an Australian bag weight record.

Patrick Sullivan

Patrick is the originator of www.sportsfishtasmania.com - Tasmania’s biggest sport fishing web site. Also a keen and successful tournament angler, he will chase any sportsfish anywhere he can find it. He is a very innovative angler, often targeting species such as bream with new and radical techniques. He is also a keen fly fisher, especially on the highland lakes. Patrick writes about new and cutting edge techniques, as well as some of his favourite venues.

Plinio Taurian

Plinio is an old school Tasmanian angler – Plin was chasing big western lakes browns with hard bodies bibbed lures many years before the current craze. Now based in Hobart, Plin has a been a successful tournament angler on the mainland bass circuit over a number of years. Plin loves chasing trout and bream, especially with bibbless crankbaits! Plin’s informative writing style helps anglers of all skills understand new methods and techniques.

Brendan Turriff

Brendan is an up and coming rock star – his sometimes satirical tunes have found an increasingly larger audience. He is also a keen surfer and reports regularly on surf conditions for swellnet. Brendan, or Beevor as he is better known, is a very keen fly and lure angler who has a great capacity to inform and entertain with his writing.

Regular Columnists:

Shaun Clancy

Shaun Clancy is Victorian based, but provides us with a regular column on advanced boating electronic issues, such as sounders, GPS units and electric engines. Shaun is one of Australia’s top tournament anglers and an extremely keen bream fisher who constantly experiments with cutting edge lure fishing techniques.

Bob Cooper

Bob Cooper pens the regular ‘Bob’s Bits’ column, a quirky look at the other side of fishing. Bob’s wry sense of humour and keen observation skills help him pen a witty and sometimes risqué column at the rear of the magazine each issue. Bob has been a fly fisher for most of his years – he has been, amongst other things, a Parks Ranger at Lake St Clair, and a creator of hand crafted landing nets and leather fly wallets.

Phil Ellerton

Phil contributes both the regular hot spot articles and feature articles from time to time. He is also the regular columnist for the Mercury Newspaper, giving him unique access to regular fishing updates. Phil will chase anything with fins, but is especially addicted to fly fishing for trout in the Bronte Lagoon area.

Bruce Gibson

Bruce is one of Australia’s best commercial fly tiers – his innovative fly tying style is envied by many tiers across the country. Bruce is our regular fly tying columnist and writes feature fly tying articles from time to time. A native of the north west coast, Bruce loves to fly fish all across the highlands, but loves the western side of the plateau the best. Bruce is also a very accomplished photographer.

Jamison Godfrey

Jamo is now our regular cooking page writer. Jamo is a chef at a couple of well known Hobart restaurants, and combined with an excellent grasp of how to catch the fish, Jamo gives a great perspective into how to actually cook up a classy feed of fish.

Andrew Large

Largie is something of a legend in game fishing circles – he is the southern bluefin tuna guru! He spends most weekends during the tuna season out off his beloved Eaglehawk Neck. He is also a pioneer in the hard body lure for bream scene on the Derwent. His trout credentials are excellent as well, both on lure and fly. Andrew writes our regular species column, selecting popular and not so popular species for each issue.

Steve Steer

Arguably Tasmania’s top tournament angler, Steve has won 6 ABT events and is perhaps the most innovative lure angler Tasmania has seen for some time. Much of the growth in Tasmanian soft plastic and hard body lure fishing can be attributed to Steve and his openness in explaining techniques and tackle. Steve is at home chasing trout as he is pursuing bream. Steve writes the regular Plastics column, as well as some top technical articles that uncover much of the secrets to lure fishing.