| Monday: | Paul Arden |
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| Tuesday: | Graeme Christie |
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| Wednesday: | Paul Arden |
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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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Hey Joe
Monday, 19 October 2026
We are suffocating here. We have a war with Russia in Europe. Multiple front wars in the Middle East. Artificial Intelligence has a 20% chance of wiping out human existence within 10 years, and a 100% chance of destroying what’s left of humanity. We have global warming threatening to turn Earth into Venus Two. And a US government changing the World Order so that bullies can screw everyone else with impunity. It’s complete chaos down here.
Mullet in the Trout Water
Tuesday, 20 October 2026
Labour Weekend is this weekend. Three days. The first long weekend of the trout season for most of the country, and the roads out of Auckland will be straining with a volume of cars. I'm heading to the Hawke's Bay.
Last year I did the same and fished a Hawke's Bay river. Lowland water, down where the tide makes a difference. The river was low and clear, mid twenties in cumecs on the Saturday morning. Low and clear usually means hard fishing. Not this time.
Old Boots, New Boots!
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
These boots, the Bestard Canyon Guide boots, are simply the best wading boots I’ve owned. Seven years!! Not seven years on the river every day, but a lot of river fishing, a lot of jungle bashing, and I left the boots outside in my boat when not wearing them. Extraordinary!
The Best Bonefish Fly
Thursday, 22 October 2026
To follow on from the Nasty Charlie last week I'm going to look at the Gotcha, because if the Nasty is the OG bonefish fly, maybe the Gotcha is the G.O.A.T.
Furious game
Friday, 23 October 2026
New week, same bubble, same work, different shit. Normally we say same shit in different package. That means that you are not totally happy with your life, same work, same routines, just different day and week. I would say new package in different shit. That describes last few weeks well.
You should do “biceps curls”
Saturday, 24 October 2026
I don’t remember if it was a study or just an article that suggested that biceps curls was a very important exercise. Not for any physical reason but a psychological reason. The reasoning was something a long the lines of, if you add something rewarding or fun in an exercise program the client was more likely to actually follow the program. But it had to be in the end of the schedule and the “boring” things had to be done first.
Plumbum
Sunday, 18 October 2026
I’m overextended. I glommed on to every fishing adventure that presented itself, leaving a trail of unfinished tasks and languishing obligations. So far this year I fished Malaysia, the Bahamas, Hawaii, Virginia, Wyoming, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Florida (twice), and Louisiana. I’ve caught snakehead, bonefish, trout, stripers, bonito, carp, corbina, surf perch, bass, sunnies, ladyfish, and redfish. Even now, I’m off to Argentina to fish for golden dorado. Because some of these were new places for me, juicy new locations, I extended some adventures with touring, which has highlighted other issues. Jackie has ants in her pants and always hits the ground running. I have a plumbum - lead in my pants. It’s fear-based and infects everything. I have to fight it - always, the struggle between planning - and dreaming - and doing. My nature always favors the dreamer. To get along is to change.
