PRODUCT AWARENESS

It’s Tuesday as I write my column this week, and old mate Andy Ralph has just sent me a text: “Hi AJ, FYI they’re evacuating Cooinda Lodge and Jim Jim bridges are about to go under. “We’ve had 4 or 5 really good monsoon bursts this wet season… along with a really good start with Cyclone Fina. “If this isn’t going to be a fantastic Runoff barra season, then I don’t know what else it’s going to take,” Andy commented. That pretty well sums up what all Darwin anglers are thinking

I never thought I’d write this, but I think we’ve had enough rain this wet season. It really has been phenomenal, and every major river system in the Top End has been belted with torrential downpours for weeks on end. The anticipation of the Runoff ahead is at fever pitch amongst the Top End angling community. Mind you, plenty of anglers are already getting out… and getting wet to boot of course. In that vein, the first round of this year’s Top End Barra Series was held last