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STEVE FISHER
n e edles and old bike spoke s as m o n key cl i m b e rs .
There was not much term i n al ta c kl e ava i la b l e i n ta c k l e s h o p s
a t the time; it was all home ma d e. I n th e 1 9 8 0 s , M a r t i n “ L u c k y ”
L o cke used his engineeri ng b a ckg ro u n d to s t a r t S o l ar Ta c k l e
a n d bought all his experienc e i n to t a ck l e w i t h b u zze r b a r s an d
te rminal tackle.
There was an old metal b r i d ge th a t to o k yo u to t h e i s l an d
where the Hilton and Point sw i ms we re . I t i s lo n g g o n e n ow an d
t h e island is left alone as a b i rd s an c t u ary. M y favo u r i te sw i m ,
which I always fished, was t he B r i dg e sw i m. T h i s wa s t h e o n ly
way fish could get from B a ldw y n s i n to t he Co m p e t i t i o n L ake .
T h ere used to be trees in t he wa te r b o t h e n d s o f t he b ri d g e ,
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