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Tip one
Being able to cast accurately will certain- ly help you catch more fish, particularly when targeting species such as barramun- di, bream and mangrove jack, which reside in heavily structured areas.
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So grab the kids and put a bucket and a small plastic flower pot in the back or front yard and mix it up with baitcaster and spin outfits, seeing if you can land a lure into the bucket and then the smaller pot.
Once you cast your lure into the targets, challenge yourself and move back a metre to try to do it again and so on.
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Remember to take the hooks off the lures so they don’t keep getting caught in the grass. By making it a competition and con- tinually practising with this fun challenge you will become a great accurate caster. Tip two
Do some maintenance on your tackle box. Put your lures in order and replace old trebles.
Clean your reels by removing the handle and spool and spraying a small amount of * continued P35
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