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ROLL-ON SUMMER

CONTENTS

04 BEAUTIFUL BEER 08 RHEEM – HOW TO CATCH A KINGFISH 10 JESSE JAMES CASSRELS &

LOGAN DODDS – ADVENTURE JUNKIES

14 GOING DEEPER FOR TROUT

This edition of Rheem Off-site features a fair whack of variety – fitting for the outdoor enthusiast keen to make the most of our long days while they last!

Starting on page 4, the guys from Good George tell us about business, beer varieties and food matching, and offer some tips for brewers at home.

In this edition we have two Tradie Profile subjects – Logan Dodds and Jesse James Cassrels. These guys are a couple of qualified plumbers who lead extraordinary lives. Find out more on page 10.

Late summer is the perfect time to target trout residing in the deep. Turn to page 14 to read Grant Dixon’s advice on how to troll the depths for trout in a sporting manner.

The Targa Rally is an iconic event in New Zealand’s motorsport calendar. James Cowles writes about his experience during the latest event held in the deep south. See the story on page 18.

We hope you enjoy this edition and wish you luck with your outdoor pursuits!

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Co-owner & Head of Brewing at Good George, and Daniel McGregor, Good George’s Brand Manager, discuss business, beer styles and food matches, and tips for brewers at home.

The Good George story

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f we told you that Good George was the best thing to come out of Hamilton, you’d probably think for a minute then make a joke about how we don’t have much competition. That’s okay – we can handle it as we don’t take life too seriously although we are serious about brewing.

Good George came to life after a bunch of friends got together and decided, after years in hospitality and brewing, it was time to create their own craft beer brand. Their belief was that beer can be so much better and more rewarding. It shouldn’t be bland, full of chemicals, mass produced and boring. Nor should it be hard, pretentious or scary.

Exploring and drinking beer should be enjoyable, simple and really rewarding.

The small problem was they had no idea how to brew beer. Not put off lightly, they decided to open Hamilton’s first independent pub, dedicated to craft beer from New Zealand brewers. The idea gathered momentum in 2011 when a site in the industrial heart of Frankton was discovered. It was the perfect mix

of location, character and potential.

The former St George’s Church was in need of much love and attention; however it provided an awesome space and backdrop for the creation of a Dining Hall and Brewpub, which would eventually expand into the future brewery. Most importantly, it helped give Good George its brand name.

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bar and dining areas and showcased to the garden bar through huge windows. The idea was to demystify the brewing process - to educate and share the love of beer to all who come to visit the bar and dining hall.

A few years on and the Brewery has expanded outdoors from the original premise – with 14 new tanks and 81,500L of capacity being added. All bottling, canning and packaging is done on site as well. Brewery tours are available, and the Dining Hall serves brunch, lunch and dinner 7 days a week. There are now a number of Good George venues around the countryside, a core range of award-winning beers and ciders, plus seasonal brews.

Popular beer varieties and food-matching IPA (India Pale Ale) is a hoppier version of a pale ale. Its name is

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derived from a time when hops were used in the beer to preserve it for exporting to British troops in India.

These days it’s the most popular craft beer style because it packs a lot of flavour and bitterness. It’s a perfect match to anything with strong flavours or if you’re adding spice to a dish – think wild boar or spicy seafood.

Pilsner is a crisp refreshing beer style, similar to a lager – picture the perfect beer for quenching your thirst after mowing the lawns on a hot summer’s day. Pilsner as a style is defined by the type of malt used in the brew. Good George’s version merges the Czech malt traditionally used with some Kiwi additions to create a ‘Geographically confused’ version of the beer style. Lighter on flavour but very refreshing, this one’s a perfect match for fresh caught fish or shellfish.

There are now a number of Good George venues around the countryside, a core range of awardwinning beers and ciders, plus seasonal brews.

East Coast IPA is an emerging but very popular adaptation of the standard IPA style. An East Coast IPA is different because it is unfiltered, meaning that instead of filtering and removing all the hop particles to

TIPS FOR BREWERS • 90% of a brewer’s job is cleaning – your fermenter, bottles and everything else • Most brewing infections come from the heat exchanger • Pitch plenty of yeast into your beer to drop the PH as fast as possible • Get good fermentation temperature control – out of control ferments lead to glue like aromas and massive hangovers!

• We all like fizzy beer – to get the carbonation of your beer high in the bottle you will need 2.8 vols of CO2

make the beer clear and bright, the brewers leave it in there which keeps adding fruity, floral flavour to the beer, and means it remains cloudy and hazy. The big, soft juicy, fruity flavours of an East Coast IPA pair well

with roast poultry.

Cider is a very fast-growing category.

Good George’s cider is made by fermenting apple juice and adding plum puree to give it a subtle plum tartness and light pink colour. Sitting

in the middle of the sweet to dry flavour spectrum our Doris Plum Cider is a sweet, tart, refreshing drink perfect for drinking in the sun over ice, matching very well with shellfish or most cheeses.

• Don’t be shy with hops, they add great aroma and flavour and are a preservative for the beer • One of the most important things in beer is balance – getting the malt sweetness and the hop bitters is like yin and yang • Buy the best raw materials you can no matter what the cost • Bottle in brown glass to keep out the light • Cap your bottles with airtight seals to reduce oxidation and gas leakage

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HOW TO CATCH with A KINGFISH Geoff Thomas From the Bay of Islands to the Bay of Plenty, and the west coast wherever some structure can be found, there is no shortage of these magnificent fighting fish.

While some kings are hooked by accident while dropping baits for snapper, they are easily targeted.

For those anglers who like tossing lures you can cast stick baits or poppers around channel marker buoys, for kings will always be found hanging around such obstacles. They like anything which breaks up the flow of strong currents, even the thick wire which anchors the large buoys. The best time to try this fishing is at dead low tide, when the kings venture closer to the surface. Jigs dropped down deep beside the buoys and rapidly retrieved will also attract kings, and the more action a jig displays the more likely they are to bite, so a vigorous action on the rod is recommended.

Another approach is to rig a dead piper on a short trace with a single live-bait hook through the head and a small ball sinker sliding above it. The beak of the piper can be poked into the hole in the sinker to hold it in place, and this bait is easily cast and should be wound in steadily. A jerk of the rod tip will vary the swimming action, and the piper works best when slid across the surface, simulating a live fish trying to escape.

Those anglers targeting large kings will drop live baits to the bottom when drifting over a deep pinnacle, and lively baits like a slimy mackerel or kahawai will provoke more strikes than more sluggish fish like jack mackerel or sprats. But they will all catch fish when the kings are in the mood. The live bait shoud be hooked through the nose so it can be pulled down by the sinker. When presented on the surface, tethered to a balloon,

the bait is hooked through the skin in front of the dorsal fin. And the balloon should be attached to the top of the swivel between the line and trace, and if dental floss is used it can break away when a fish is hooked. Similarly, the sinker can be attached to the swivel with floss when sending a bait down deep, so the sinker can break off and you can play the fish without the weight on the line.

Speed jigging is another popular method of fishing over pinnacles and reefs, and kings are easily identified on the screen of the fish finder as a red mass on top of the rock or reef. It is then up to the skipper to position the boat so it drifts over the school of fish, taking into account the direction of the tidal current and wind.

Another approach which is gaining in popularity is to wade the shallows and look for cruising sting rays.

Kingfish will follow a ray, waiting for it to disturb a small flounder which they chase and catch. Small flounder, called dabs, are popular prey for many predators including snapper.

Geoff’s Tip: Kingfish are tough fish and are easily released but will have a better chance of survival if a tool is used to remove the hook while the fish is still in the water.

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Logan Dodds (left) and Jesse James Cassrels (right) – plumbing ambassadors and globetrotting adventurers

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hen the opportunity came up to do a tradie profile on Logan Dodds and Jesse James Cassrels I naturally did some background research on the blokes.

Already familiar with their names as NZ social media personalities, I scrolled through their Instagram posts which resembled scenes from the latest Bond movie – helicopters, flash cars, motorbikes, exotic locations, skydiving, crisp suits and

beautiful women. In contrast, all I could offer them was a fish out on a Hauraki Express charter, but luckily I was greeted with enthusiastic responses.

The guys turned up bright and early – Logan in a shiny BMW bearing coffee for the boys, and Jesse in a brand-new Mercedes X-Class ute.

It was obvious that having a strong social media following brings some nice brand sponsorship perks! We jumped on the boat and started

It was obvious that having a strong social media following brings some nice brand sponsorship perks!

cruising out into the Hauraki Gulf, where we were met with a niggly 15 knot north-east breeze. It quickly became obvious that Jesse and Logan were down-to-earth chaps who enjoyed a laugh and had a serious passion for outdoor adventures.

Both Jesse and Logan are qualified plumbers and ambassadors for the NZ plumbing industry. Although Logan doesn’t do much plumbing anymore, Jesse still spends a

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start their own business in their 20’s.

Upon leaving school, Jesse wanted to pursue his dream of becoming a prowakeboarder. However, his old man encouraged him to do a plumbing apprenticeship. It was a good move for Jesse, who got a trade behind him and saved up enough cash to go catch up with his penniless wakeboarding mates overseas. Jesse has since travelled all over the world - capturing his extreme experiences and sharing them on the net. When he’s not working as a plumber, he’s busy promoting various brands or

considerable amount of time on the tools and loves it. They have recently been travelling around high schools to champion the plumbing trade as a career option – the guys reckon they are a good age for the task because the students can relate to their youth and sense of adventure, but still listen to them seriously as they have real-world experience behind them. They recommend a trade like plumbing for any kid who isn’t keen to go to university – tradies are in high-demand, can earn while they learn, and many will be set-up to

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tradies are in high-demand, can earn while they learn, and many will be set-up to start their own business in their 20’s

MCing events.

Logan’s path was somewhat different.

He wasn’t enjoying school and upon being told to leave he started a plumbing apprenticeship. By 2015, he took off on his big OE equipped with a new GoPro. The travel video he made with that GoPro went viral – picking up more than 5 million views and the attention of international media. Since then, Logan has fully embraced his dream life as a travel photographer and videographer. Visiting dozens of countries, capturing breathtaking moments, and teaming up with scores

of awesome brands along the way.

It also materialised that the guys were pretty handy fishermen. We found a big area of workups south of Kawau Island and the fellas deployed some kabura slow-jigging lures. It didn’t take long before we had plenty for a feed so the call was made to scope out some kingfish – just the right type of fish for a couple of hard-core adventurers!

Unfortunately, despite our prime livebait offerings the kings eluded us on this spring day, and it was time to cruise back in because the guys had some important ‘commitments’ to attend to. Logan was gallivanting off in a helicopter that afternoon while Jesse had a stag-do to attend before heading off down to the lakes on a Jetski adventure – lucky for some!

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Downriggers give anglers options – targeting trout anywhere from the surface down to 40 metres.

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Over the summer months, trout, especially those in the deeper lakes of the North Island’s central plateau, tend to head for the depths. The use of a downrigger to fish both deep trolling and harling depths make this piece of equipment a must-have on most lake boats‌

By Grant Dixon

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hile jigging is one way to target these deeper lying fish, for those who like to keep on the move, running your lures off a downrigger is an effective way of presenting a lure to them.

Previously, the main technique to get your lure down was the use of lead and wire trolling lines. This was more

a way of harvesting fish, rather than catching them in a sporting manner.

Using 100 metres of lead and wire, plus substantial amounts of backing, was the norm and was not much fun.

Dragging that sort of weight around soon tired the fish and could hardly be called sport.

With the introduction of downriggers, where a heavy 10kg

ball or weight was dropped down on a cable, the line being attached via a release clip, much lighter line could be used.

Standard tackle now is a fastactioned carbon fibre rod, a small multiplying or centre pin reel, loaded with light 4-6kg mono. The fish strikes, releasing the line from the clip and it is game on.

Downriggers have revolutionised trout trolling tackle. Smaller reels, such as the blue Abu spooled with four-kilo mono on the bottom left, are now the norm compared to heavier wire, harling and leadline outfits.

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Another advantage is a downrigger can be used to target fish at a variety of depths using the same tackle. No longer does the trout-troller need a harling outfit for the shallows, a lead-line for depths to 20 metres and a wire line for targeting fish at greater depths – the one rod does it all, fishing a variety of depths depending on how deep you set the downrigger.

Downriggers have improved my enjoyment of trout trolling, although there are some basics you need to be aware of.

As the skipper, you need to keep a constant eye on the depth sounder, especially when fishing bottom contours. A moment’s inattention at the helm can see the boat move from say 30 metres up to 10. As the downrigger ball is almost directly below the transducer, the depth change is immediate and if the ball is not raised quickly, it is likely to get hung up on the bottom.

There are some sophisticated downriggers available, some of which have their own associated depth sounders. These can be set to follow the bottom contours, raising and lowering the weight accordingly, keeping the lures from getting snagged automatically.

For the same reason of immediacy, you cannot swing across the stern of a boat trolling conventional lead and wire lines. Their terminal tackle with be most likely a hundred metres or so astern of them – cross too soon and

A nice bag of Tarawera trout caught with conventional harling tackle. you are likely to catch their lines.

If you are coming towards another boat and anticipate you want to turn behind them any time soon, make the move early and while giving them plenty of room, pull your lures in front of them rather than behind.

Downrigged lures are generally run only 50-60 metres behind the ball, so are unlikely to collect those of the passing boat when you pass in front.

Because the lighter mono used can be damaged by the release clips over time, I tie a small section (100mm) of dacron into the main line some 50-60 metres along its length. The clip is

‘…a downrigger can be used to target fish at a variety of depths…’

attached to the dacron, thus saving the mono.

Multiple lines can be fished from the one downrigger using release clips attached to the wire cable a minimum of 2-3 metres above the weight. There is a bit of an art to deploying multiple lines on the one downrigger, but practice makes perfect. The main thing is to take it slowly, especially when dropping the weight to any depth as the water pressure on the lines can break it out of the release clip prematurely. Then you need to wind up and start the process from scratch.

Bottom left: Faith Dixon with a nice Taupo trout taken on downrigging gear from 30 metres; Before downriggers, anglers often used 100 metres plus of wire or copper line on 4/0 multiplying reels to reach the fish down deep – not a lot of sport in that!

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The Targa The Targa is an iconic event in NZ’s road racing calendar. The Targa Competition is the passport to driving as fast as you dare through scenic and technically challenging Kiwi roads, testing your driving and navigating capability, and your service crews’ tenacity. On the other hand, the Targa Tour is for those who want to enjoy their non-competition vehicles on the same stunning roads.

The latest edition of the ‘ultimate road race’ was held over the last week of October 2018 in the lower South Island. It involved 5 days of driving, with 621km of special stage racing on closed roads and a further 1851km of touring.

The Team & Vehicle Our Magnum Prestige Racing team for the 2018 event consisted of driver Garry Cliff, winner of many Rally championships and experienced Targa competitor, myself as navigator – something I’ve done since 1982, and full-time race car engineer Mark Smith.

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Our vehicle was a 1999 Subaru Impreza STI Coupe, set-up for racing in 2018 by Mark. Under the hood was a 3.0 litre 6-cylinder Boxer motor, together with 4wd limited slip differentials, MCA suspension, and a 5-speed gear box.

Our 2018 Event Day 1 • 6 Special Stages • Departed Invercargill with stages in the north at Wyndham and Gore and as far northwest as Roxburgh before returning to overnight in Invercargill • The fast-open straight Southland Roads on Day 1 saw us lose some time to the bigger horsepower, purpose-built Targa vehicles Day 2 • 6 Special Stages • Departed Invercargill starting with the Catlin’s Highway Stage followed by stages around Balclutha, Lawrence, Taieri, Outram and overnighted in Dunedin with service and Parc Ferme at Forsyth Barr Stadium • As we moved North into Otago and Central the more technical route was more favourable to our lesser horsepower setup and we were able to claw time back and climb the leader-board • The highlight of Day 2 was the 43km stage through the very picturesque Catlin’s Highway (not that there was a lot of time to take in the scenery!)

Day 3 • 8 Special Stages • Departed Dunedin heading north with stages around Palmerston including a couple of passes through Trotters Gorge then toward Oamaru and as far inland as Duntroon before returning to Overnight in Dunedin again with service and Parc Ferme at Forsyth Barr Stadium • Day 3 brought the rain which really suited our car and experience on gravel proved to be game changer in the slippery conditions and we pressed on taking more time out of the Tarmac specialist cars who all seemed a bit timid in the

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trying conditions – lots of fun and adrenaline at up to 200kph in the rain around corners Day 4 • 6 Special Stages • Departed Dunedin with a couple of local stages including the fantastic Mt Cargill Road before heading southwest towards Milton, Lawrence and Millar’s Flat and overnighting in Queenstown • The weather improved by Day 4 and the evened things out for the field Day 5 • 4 Special Stages • Departed Queenstown with a couple of 4 lap sprints around Highland Park in Cromwell along with the fantastic stage over the Crown Range before finishing at the Queenstown lakefront • Unfortunately the lap sprints didn’t suit our vehicle, and consequently we dropped some time and a few overall positions • The event concluded on a great 22

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note in front of a large crowd gathered on the Queenstown shoreline

Results Overall the week went very well for us, with only one setback mid-week where our fantastic service team performed a miracle and swapped out an engine during the overnight service break in Dunedin. It was very fortunate that we had a spare available and the changeover in Dunedin meant we still completed all 30 stages without losing any time or gaining any penalties. We ended up with the following results: • 1st in Class 8 (pre-2001 4WD production Class) • 1st Overall in Index Performance 4WD (a handicap system where they take into account the age, weight and engine size of your vehicle) • 18th Overall from 68 starters.

A special thanks to our few sponsors Rheem, Mico Plumbing & Bathrooms, RMC, Clyne & Bennie Plumbing and

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James Cowles has been sitting in the silly seat as Navigator in Motor Rallying since 1982. With various drivers James has crossed the finish line at the International Rally of NZ along with finish lines throughout New Zealand, achieving numerous championship podiums and many class and outright wins. James is a director of Canterbury plumbing firm Clyne and Bennie Plumbing.

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