Dad and sons try their luck at bottom of Avon River

Dad and sons try their luck at bottom of Avon River

By Anna Sargent

Source: nzherald

1/12/2023

Credit: Anna Sargent, RNZ

Some people catch fish. Others like Tim Riley catch cell phones, rusty nails, 100-year-old drill bits, coins and whatever else is metal and lurking on the bottom of the river.

Christchurch-based Riley and his young sons are magnet fishermen, and they love going out in the evenings after work and school to see what they can pull up from the murky depths of the Avon and Heathcote Rivers.

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