I’m back… I think…
Long time no report! My laptop was out of action for a while, then I lost my writing momentum and I had some other stuff.. It’s not always easy to keep this going! Lot’s has happened since so I’ll just skim over it… Actually I wont, the photo’s below the text will!
Daltona’s 1978 Johnson outboard would not start the last time I tried. After work today I drove to Queenstown to pick her up.. I had it parked up at Chris Dore’s place. She’s home now and I’ll fix it soon. My guess is something simple like spark plugs.
I want to talk about a few things but It’s just not happening. One of those things is the differences and similarities between sight fishing a lake edge and sight fishing a river. I’ll bring it up another time.
West coast tomorrow morning. I’ll leave here at 6am and get there a few hours before low tide. Weather is promised to be a mixed bag. Fairly light winds, huge swells (over 7m), sun, rain, clouds, all sorts! I’ll go and give it hell.. hopefully It will be fishable…
Next week I’ll get my writing momentum back…
Tight lines all!
Ronan..
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- Tackling up!
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- Chris Dore catches a fine stick!
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- He got one in the end!
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- By having 2 rods set up I was able to fish the deep holes at a moments notice..
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- Drinks, Absinthe and Pizza with Chris at V-know… One of Queenstowns best kept secrets!
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- We had a few of these! Powerful stuff…
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- Mike and I at the start of our mission..
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- Mike releases a quality brown.. The Winston is christened!
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- A good start for me..
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- Fishing for lake edge cruisers is a very exciting form of fishing.. It’s always just a matter of time until you spot one then the game is on.
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- A nice lake in central.. Benmore was too dirty so we had to look elsewhere..
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- Mike with a superb 5lber
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- Admiring the bend in his newly acquired old Winston!
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- Mike did well with his chances.. another quality fish!
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- Back he goes..
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- This one took me blind. I had the fly in the water while I was spotting ahead of me..
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- A bright fish..
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- Back he goes…
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- The fishing went off in the evening so I changed to a clear intermediate and a bugger. I had a couple of these.
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- Guinness time!
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- Mike being rewarded for setting up very quickly!
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- We had a few small fish too..
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- Back he goes with a kick of his powerful tail..
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- Mike’s crazy fish! That’s quite a beak!!
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- Beautiful too though!
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- Setting up an ambush…
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- This was a strong fish!
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- The presentation..
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- The strike!
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- The loss… but there will be another along soon!
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- At times the fishing was chaotic!
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- A very happy angler!
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- 2 perfect days spotting cruisers.. Thankfully the snow which was forecast never came!! Not even close..
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- A dunstan buzzer.. Size 12, maybe even a 10! Shuck only.. The fly had emerged.
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- Some nice dunstan water which I never explored before… Exciting water to prospect this summer..
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- Some of Otago’s future.. Keen as!
It’s like the fishing’s version of Austin Powers loosing his mojo !!!!!
Hope the visit of the Irish prize winner and Hugh didn’t put you off your stride…..
haha!! I guess it is.. They stayed for dinner. I cooked up one of my inventions! It was great to see them. I have not forgotten about your ability to identify flora and fauna, I’ll try to get something for you over the weekend.. Time I put you to work again!
Very good hope you didn’t see the green fairy after the absinthe…..yeah itching to get going with the flora and fauna, seeing as spring is on the way…have a good weekend….all-ireland hurling final replay on this weekend Cork v Clare and the usual antics with the boys…
Haast pass closed.