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Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 17 October 2004 21:03:49

Mick Barson

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Well, I bought the book [kindly autographed] on Friday and got around to reading it last night and finished it this arvo.

To say i enjoyed it would be an understatement, strangely i felt like i was secretly listening in on someones life long memories, the kind that only close mates and family would know of, even though the book is for open sale i felt priviledged in being taken on the journey, reading about 'the way we were' was a step back in time, the way Rosco wrote about the characters and stories on fishing the Swanbourne drain seemed to make it all very real to someone like myself. I was chuckling to myself reading about 'flying boots', nodding knowingly to the 'SK Law' and relieved that i'm not the only bloater magnet

The book is as much about Ross Cusack as it is about his mates & fishing aquaintances and as i read it i realised i was not only being taken on a journey by a fellow angler but i was being given invaluable information from one of fishing's finest. Thanks Cuey, this book wont be stuck away in a book shelf but will be read and re-read

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 20 October 2004 8:39:10

Ross Cusack

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Thanks Mick -- it's great to have reaction from someone who has actually read the book. Just about everyone has said it "looks good, feels great" but I'm more interested in whether the darned thing is readable/enjoyable! If not the whole effort was a waste of time.
It was good to catch up with you too.
Best
Rossco

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 20 October 2004 13:59:49

Ian Stagles

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WAngler forum users that have read Cuey's book, or indeed any of the others in the WAngler Shop, may care to add a product review. The facility can be found on the page where each book is displayed.

Thanks

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 20 October 2004 15:51:59

Scott Coghlan

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Certainly not a waste of time Cuey!
A ripping read (even if it makes us young'uns a bit jealous) and a precious historical reference when it comes to rec fishing in WA to boot!
Wonderful stories like the naming of mulies could have been lost forever.
I recommend it to anyone and everyone on this site.
It gets the official two thumbs up.

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 20 October 2004 16:01:30

Bo Schafers

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quote:

The facility can be found on the page where each book is displayed

Or you can add your review *directly* by Clicking Right Here

Bo

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 24 October 2004 15:51:11

Ross Cusack

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Time to say thanks to people for emails, PMs and various thoughts and messages about my book.
Two hours at Bluewater Scarb this morning (Sun) were interesting and productive, and I was thrilled to see Dave Adams stroll up with a book to be signed after driving all the way from Armadale!
Another highlight was a little old lady who bought five copies in one hit, for herself and various family members.
And then there was Monksie, cradling his beautiful little daughter -- very nice to catch up with him.
Thanks also to Hal for his thoughtful review in the S.Times, and for arranging the signings at his shop.
Gonna be another at Bluewater Morley, I believe.
Cheers
RC

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 25 October 2004 13:50:33

David Adams

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Ross

It was a pleasure to catch up with again and also to find out some history about that rod I brought in for you and Hal to have a look at. There has been some history and good fish in that rod.

I will cut and paste the review that I posted under the Mandurah Boatshow thread as it is more appropriate here. I will also add a few more lines
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Ross

I duck and dive all over the book. Reading bits from here and there. I will then go back and read it from the front. What I enjoy is the fact it is not a "how to" but a travel through time revisiting all the times and places of the past. Not only your travels and history but that of many other pioneers of angling in WA. Many of these times and places are also etched into mine and my wife's memory and we find we are reading out loud passages from you book and saying "remember that time at Kalbarri when the same thing happened to us". Kath (wife) has been going to Kalbarri since 1964 when she was a youngster. I was a late visitor in 1974.

Your description of battles with big Mulloway and Tailor on tackle built in the 60s and 70s rings a bell with us and the words you write paint the picture in our heads. It is like we were standing alongside you as silent witnesses. (Kath is still using 35 year old rod and 30 year old reel and still landing big Mulloway).

This is a book that needed to be written and it records for the first time the places, people and history of our state. It is a book that can be handed down to future generations and be just as readable.

ADDED - What I also like is the ability to take the reader on a journey to places and times largely changed. I nearly wrote the word "progress" but then I thought that is not always the case. People may change, places may change with time but when you are standing on a lonely surf beach at 6am on a summer morning with the easterly at your back and the swells rolling over the gutter then it doesn't matter if it is 1950 or 2050. A Mulie is a Mulie and a Tailor or Mulloway will hopefully always be hungry.

Congratulations.

regards

Dave and Kathy Adams.

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 28 October 2004 10:53:19

Ross Cusack

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I continue to be absolutely stoked by email, PM and phone reaction from people who really matter to me, including Ron Pearson, Max Garth, Noddy Radford and Chris Still.
Cheers
RC

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 28 October 2004 11:01:14

Phil Shilcock

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quote:

Bluewater Morley, I believe

Any idea when this might happen Cuey?

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 28 October 2004 11:38:19

Ross Cusack

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Phil, most likely this Sunday -- waiting for HH to confirm.
I'll post again when I hear.
Cheers
RC

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 28 October 2004 11:59:56

Phil Shilcock

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quote:

most likely this Sunday

Bugga.
I will be in Perth the following weekend.

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 28 October 2004 13:49:41

Ross Cusack

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Sun. 10-12 confirmed for Bluewater Morley. Sorry about that Phil. Probably be at Bluewater Melville down the track towards Christmas.
Cheers
RC

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 1 November 2004 20:49:22

Mick Holt

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Well, finally finished Cueys "Hooked for Life" and what a fantastic read it was.

For me "The Way We Were" was a brilliant insight into fishing (and the people that were good at it) some 50 years ago. It amazed me how some of those fish (namely those giant tailor) stayed connected long enough to be landed given the tackle being used by todays standard.

The other piece that stuck in my mind after puting the book down was a "Family Hat-Trick".
Although my memory is a little hazy i can still remember the picture in Fishing World of Cueys young bloke sitting in the sand with a gleaming mulloway leaning up against him. It may even been the same pic used in the first edition of "Fishing the Wild West".
Needless to say i was a tad jealous of seeing this Cusack boy and his mulloway.........and remained so for another 12 years untill i finally nabbed one for myself.
For a fishing family that day at Kalbarri would have been about as perfect as gets!

Ross,
Your book is a credit to you, your family and all your fishing mates. Its a book that i'm sure the Cusack family (and us fisho's) will cherish for many years to come.

Cheers

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 2 November 2004 8:19:28

Ross Cusack

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Mick, may a 20-pound tailor and a 70-pound mulloway find their way on to your hook (preferably via a soft plastic). Thanks a million.
Cheers

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RE: Cueys book [Hooked for life] - 2 November 2004 9:27:14

Craig Leatt-Hayter

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What a great read (attended the Mandurah Boat show primarily to get a copy signed) – living history.
Makes me think I should document things I have done so my son can get a sense of family history. Also reminded me of little throw-away lines from my father; like when I tried rabbit trapping as a young fella and was told of the times he (dad) put out a dozen traps and caught fourteen rabbits!! Not to mention the stories of chasing deer in India with dogs (Salukis’s), and other jungle hunting stories.

Well done Ross.

cheers

Craig

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