DICK LEWERS

Hall Of Fame Inductee 2017

Richard ‘Dick’ Lewers was best known for his long-running Modern Fishing column ‘Ask Dick Lewers’. Dick was also involved in various recreational fishing bodies and was a fixture at both the Sydney and Melbourne boat show fishing clinics for many years.

Dignified, quietly spoken, but with a devilish sense of humour, Dick personified the term ‘nature’s gentleman’ and was revered by all who had contact with him.

The ‘Ask Dick Lewers’ column was the longest-running question and answer column in the world.

Aside from his column writing, Dick was an accomplished book author, with his first work being published way back in the 1950s. Understanding Fishing Tackle was the ‘bible’ in the 1970s, and Fabulous Bass and How to Catch Them, published in 1995, was a true labour of love for this warm, genuine and humble man.

A superb communicator, it wasn’t just about tackle and technique with Dick, though. Many past and present-day fishing writers sought his advice about becoming magazine contributors, and his well-considered, thoughtful replies were of sufficient encouragement for them to put down the rod, pick up the camera, and get their thoughts down on paper.

With Dick’s passing in December last year at the age of 92, Australian recreational fishing lost one of its true champions.