This is a true story about two guys, both Fly Fishermen who lived half a world apart and had never met each other before, until they were thrown together on a saltwater fly-fishing trip out of Bamaga which is a rather isolated part of Northern Queensland up near the top of Cape York on the Gulf of Carpentaria about 80 kilometres from Indonesia.

John Giacon who instigated this story came from New Zealand where he was a Director of New Zealand Angling Limited and the organiser of this particular trip; Chris was a Practicing Solicitor from Durban in South Africa. John formed a personal opinion that Chris needed all the practise he could get!

So this tale was born out of several incidents, which has 'scoring' as the common denominator. Please be aware that the sport of Fly-fishing is renowned for the camaraderie it generates between the participants, it is very often called "The Brotherhood of the Angle". Despite the Fellowship angle (yes a pun), even camaraderie can generate opportunities for fly-fishing adherents to score off each other.

For example, who catches the first fish, the biggest or the most, the species and even technicalities such as the lightest weight leader materials, the rods or the reels, the better caster, or indeed the difficulty of the cast. These are all scoring points and they are all well used.

But as this tale progresses, you will see there was quite a bit more to the camaraderie between John and Chris. They were both passionate followers of rugby and of course New Zealand and South Africa are traditional foes, and to exacerbate the rivalry, both nations were embroiled in the Super 12 competition of 2005, and if that was not enough fuel for the fire they were also locked in the Tri Nations competition with Australia. So dear readers "Scoring" is a prime factor you will need to be aware of as you join the protagonists and their mates in this true and epic tale.

Like most rugby games, this book has two halves, which has been necessitated by the length of time the story took to tell. The first half spans from 2005 to 2008, and the second half from 2009 to 2014. To be honest the one up-manship is still happening, but I have chosen to end the second half in 2013 simply because the All Blacks were undefeated Champions in that year and you might think I am quitting while I am ahead! How good that feels!

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