Squid @ Cranbourne

Jarrod Day

I was fortunate enough to attend yet another squid tuition seminar in another tackle store on Saturday gone, the attention that egingu and squid fishing in general has generated is nothing short of amazing with more and more people keen to understand all things squid, an intimate group of anglers gathered at Tackleworld in Cranbourne at 0900 in the morning (yawns) to hear the presentation prepared by staff member Jarrod Day, an accomplished writer and photo journalist in the fishing fraternity. Jarrod whipped straight into the subject and covered all things from specialist egi equipment to hanging dead baits under floats. One of the things that stood out for me was that by limiting the group sizes keeping the numbers down increased attendee attention and gave them a chance to see close up the items that Jarrod was addressing.  Throughout the talk Jarrod presented examples of many egi that lined the shelves and gave a good account of various brands and how they not only look different but also respond different to angler action, we also got a sneak peak at the new "IKA" jigs being brought out by Tackleworld. From egi he then spoke of scents and pimping materials like Royal awabi shell. I was not able to stick around to see the second talk as I had prior lunch commitments but from all feedback went as well as the first.

Jarrod on his collection

Going though egi

It will be worth keeping an eye on further details of future events held both at Cranbourne and other stores around Australia over the coming weeks with the winter trend showing plenty of squid on the menu, I will try and keep everyone up to date on all things educational both in store and on the water.