| Monday: | Kalyn Hoggard |
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| Tuesday: | Paul Arden |
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| Wednesday: | Tracy&James |
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| Thursday: | Martyn White |
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| Friday: | Mika Lappalainen |
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| Saturday: | Rickard Gustafsson |
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| Sunday: | David Siskind |
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Dry Run Creek
Monday, 24 March 2025
A lot of people have a special place that brings back fond memories from childhood—a place that reminds them of family or loved ones. It seems to be a natural human tendency to develop emotional attachments to certain times or places. For fishermen, this attachment to a specific location at a particular time takes on an even deeper significance—a call to action, perhaps.
Fishing!
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
I’m pretty flat out at the moment and I’m fishing with a new guest from Hong Kong. Ben is an Aussie and is doing fantastically well and has landed two Snakehead in two days of fishing. The first was a free-riser that’s been really good. The last two evenings of looks like it might happen what will do and the second an adult off babies. We have had a few other looks and three proper Gourami shots as well. One of which looked at the fly for about a minute before refusing.
The accuracy rules are inaccurate!
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
Immediately outside of my front door is a grassed area where I can practice fly casting. Unfortunately it's not big enough to do any out-and-out distance work unless the wind is in a very specific direction, and even then my casts fly past the entrance to a children's play area, thus if there are any kids about, I simply don't attempt it for fear of upsetting a belligerent parent. As such, I tend to use the area to practice accuracy and presentation casts (I also see if I can land my fluff across the road on the far pavement whilst going under the bar of a wooden fence – this is a tough cast). When practising accuracy I always take a tape measure with me to make sure I place my target cones at the correct distance according to the ICSF accuracy rules.
Irrational
Thursday, 20 March 2025
It snowed yesterday in Tokyo. Unacceptable. I'm really glad to be heading down to the island, even if it is a bit early in the season.
The forecast is middling, high 20s-low 30s with some chance of rain. Hopefully I'll be OK as the island I'm going to is flat but the nearby islands are mountainous and usually hold the clouds and rain there. And encouraginly I was sent a picture of a blochii that was caught in the area on Tuesday.
Back in casting
Friday, 21 March 2025
We postponed session with Paul from Sunday. As I thought I was not really conditioned to do it, weather was bad and that was also last possibility to deliver reindeer meat to customers. Even delivery meant driving 350 km but we also had to change, meet some friends and also had night over in hotel. Some relaxation.
This week has been really good with northern lights so if you have been around you had couple amazing nights. I had two ice fishing days with guests, not really success as some snowing during day and north wind. I'm hoping things change Friday as there have been two nice days and Friday should good also. Hopefully some action when ice fishing.
Wanderings in Fly Casting Elbow Land
Saturday, 22 March 2025
My journey in treating my fly casting elbow has been a bit back-and-forth, but it's trending toward improvement—especially when I consistently do my homework. It’s easy to become complacent and neglect the things that lead to improvement, such as regularly exercising the extensors of the wrist. Although I’ve recently had periods when my elbow felt completely fine, overall it's still significantly better than before. Unfortunately, whenever I've slipped off the wagon by neglecting the rehab exercises, I've experienced setbacks in my rehabilitation progress.
Back to Back
Sunday, 23 March 2025
I had another backhand training epiphany. I hope this will be the end of their discussion. I’ve experienced a quantum leap in confidence and the way I went about it may be useful. Clearly, paying attention to backhand casting will pay dividends regardless of method. We all get more comfortable with various tasks and motions as we perform them over time. But two things bedeviled me. First, my backhand has always felt like a weak stroke. Second, aiming it is difficult. It is hard for me to cast to a target - I tend to shift my gaze to my forehand backcast instead of the ultimate target. So in my fever dreams (I should get a life), I thought of a new drill. It seems to have helped me solve both problems.
