If you venture into the far-flung fields of Fairfield’s Yarra Bend Park, you might come across a curious sight. People standing on the edge of a shallow concrete pool, fishing - but there are no fish in the water.
If you venture into the far-flung fields of Fairfield’s Yarra Bend Park on a weekend, you might come across a curious sight.
The club, which is turning 90, continues as it has for generations — members practise casting for distance and accuracy. They also practise fly tying – making artificial bait – and they fish in rivers and lakes across Victoria. Red Tag vice-president Vin McCaughey, 84, a member for 60 years, says fly fishing is the perfect hobby.“It keeps you fit,” he said, “and it’s ideal because you can do it when you’re seven and when you’re 90.”
“It’s not so much strength as timing. It’s not so much the big, strong people that cast well,” McCaughey said.Vin McCaughey casts his fishing rod over the pools in Yarra Bend Park, Fairfield.It’s been a wonderful social club for McCaughey, a retired electrician, who joined Red Tag soon after migrating from Belfast in 1961.
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