I’m back aboard the Battleship. Totally jet lagged! My body clock is in haywire mode, but I did have a long drive up from KL, a short swim upon arrival, a longish 14K run in Gerik and a shorter threshold 10Km run the following morning. There is quite a temperature and time difference between Scotland and the Malaysian Tropics and my body really hasn’t got itself adjusted yet. No surprises there then! I used to be able to sleep on planes. Nowadays it’s simply impossible.

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I have been organising the BFCC casting calendar and have set four of the meetings for 2025. There are the usual venues in Kent, Derbyshire, Cheshire and Essex, however I close to arranging one near Bristol in May and hope to hold one in Jersey and one in Scotland too, though dates and locations are yet to be agreed. We have been invited to support the Scottish and English Game Fairs again, where we run a range of casting competitions for the public to attend. These are great fun events where casters can win some amazing prizes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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