b'Feature Launching with the tractor from Anglers Lodge on the ramp across the road is simple.A nglers Lodge atwe managed to get up in latewith a couple of regular guests to Amodeo Bay justNovember with a good mid-weeka warm welcome over a beer as north of Coromandelforecast to take out the Oceanprowe talked about all things fishing.township has beencentre console along with LanzaJen and Dave really love the around since 1972,Rods builder Graeme Paterson,place, not only being regular annual which is a couplewho was also keen to join me andcampers themselves over the years, of years older thanput a bend in his latest rods. but they also actually got married me being a good 74We had organised our stay withthere as Jen has been coming to the classic model. I have stayed there forJen and Dave, the new ownerslodge since a kid with her parents a few trips in the past, and it reallyof Anglers Lodge who had putand when the opportunity came offers a top base for keen anglersus up in one of their great two- to purchase the lodge this year, looking to fish off their doorstep andbedroom cabins for a couple ofthey jumped at it.This summer I had been trying to get back therenights.Arriving in the evening towill be their first for the busy high over spring to chase the workups. park the boat and unload all ourseason and they have made a lot After some bad springtimegear in the cabin, we soon settledof new changes over winter ready weather had pushed out our plans,down with Jen and Dave, alongto welcome many more visitors.10FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE'