Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Authurs again
Well my father is home from the mainland once again for his regular (though not as regular as he might like) 2 week fishing trip. And as is usually the case, the weather has not been overly kind, with his first week producing very few windless days, even though the temperatures have been up. This week is looking much better so hopefully he will add to his first weeks total of 1 fish!
I called in for a visit last Sunday on my way to Hobart for work, hoping to spend some time in his new boat with the fly rod in my hand, but gale winds made that impossible. After hanging around the shack for a few hours, I saw on the news that the Hobart weather was still 33 at 6:30, so I decided to brave the winds with my spinning rod for an hour or so, before continuing on to Hobart, which by then should have cooled down a bit. My hour fishing was well rewarded with 2 trout landed on a good old wobbler lure. A lesson to all fishermen, regardless of the weather there is always some method that will allow you to fish, and fish are seldom caught sitting in the shack.
So my lead extends by 2, and my confidence is up for winning my first ever GTA.
I called in for a visit last Sunday on my way to Hobart for work, hoping to spend some time in his new boat with the fly rod in my hand, but gale winds made that impossible. After hanging around the shack for a few hours, I saw on the news that the Hobart weather was still 33 at 6:30, so I decided to brave the winds with my spinning rod for an hour or so, before continuing on to Hobart, which by then should have cooled down a bit. My hour fishing was well rewarded with 2 trout landed on a good old wobbler lure. A lesson to all fishermen, regardless of the weather there is always some method that will allow you to fish, and fish are seldom caught sitting in the shack.
So my lead extends by 2, and my confidence is up for winning my first ever GTA.
# posted by hillie @ 4:31 PM 
