Young anglers lured into fishing

In 2002 there was a revolution in light-tackle lure fishing, at least among the majority of the younger members of the angling fraternity.

This was the year that Shimano released its Squidgy range of soft plastic lures and used Steve Starling and Kaj Busch as frontmen to promote the Squidgy products around Australia.

Soft plastics were not new; many anglers had been using them for years.