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MEMBER PROFILE: IAN MITCHELL NEIL VINCETT

Back in Australia Ian continued to follow his passion for fishing in Australia and found he was having good success based on the techniques he had refined in New Zealand. At that time nymphing wasnotapopularfishingmethodandEuronymphing was unheard of in Australia until using bead head flies became the norm.

In 2008, his wife was offered a job in London, ith thi t h ld th b k th k d

When time permitted Ian set off fishing around the UK.

Hesaidthat,mostlythisinvolvedfishingreservoirs at Walthamstowe , near Tottenham. is reservoir consisted of concrete ponds stocked with rainbows that were best caught on Boobies on a sinking line, the schools of trout would circumnavigate the reservoir and it was a wait and see game

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He also had the opportunity,while he was there, to fish the famous chalk streams, the Test and the Ichen Interestingly he said that although it was enjoyable to fish these famed places with their manicured banks and stocked trout he longed for the wild rivers of Australia and New Zealand and remarked to me that we are very fortunate to have these places at our doorstep.