NZ – Vietnam – Ireland – Jordan – NZ…
Iza and I are just back in NZ after our multi-country adventure. For the first month we did our own thing before meeting up in Ireland for my sisters wedding. I only did a days fruitless fishing in Vietnam, the rest of the time I was tearing around the country on the back of my brothers motorbike. We also made time to drink the worst beer in the world, eat some of the best food in the world and see the sights. I also only did one days fishing in Jordan with limited success. Don’t get your hopes up about seeing anything amazing but I will have some good information on Jordan’s fly fishing potential.. The rest of the time in Jordan was spent diving and snorkeling in the Red Sea. Fishing was not priority (for a change) for much of the trip but I had a few weeks at home in the west of Ireland where it was. Some of the fishing was excellent, mostly on Lough Inagh for grilse and Kylemore Lough for big sea-trout. I’m not sure when exactly I’ll be able to put a report together but it will include salmon, seat-rout, brown trout, pike, some saltfly and being hospitalized in a military hospital in the south of Jordan, actually, that’s enough said about the latter. It was hell.
The photo’s below are from before we left NZ about 9 weeks ago. My intention was to get a report out before we left but better late than never! Some good stuff to come but I’m waiting on a memory card in the post from Ireland so a NZ report may come first. Needless to say I’ll be on the water all weekend!
It’s good to be back!
Ronan..
Just over a month to October 1st! Groovy…
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- Heading to the river!
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- Some more Clutha exploration.
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- Iza and I didn’t do so well on Saturday but the tea was good!
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- Kevin and I took it on again on Sunday. A change of tactics from the day before made the world of difference!
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- The one that got away!
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- Lovely water. Nymphing worked best. We also had a few on egg patterns.
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- Clutha panorama..
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- A wee brown goes back..
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- A superb rainbow!!
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- Back she goes.
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- Kevin into a heavy fish..
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- We hooked about a dozen, landed 7, this was the best !
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- A week later. A flood during the week changed the fishes locations and habits.
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- The sun broke through eventually.
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- More exploration and another braid. This one I’m looking forward to trying in summer.
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- I fished alone on Saturday, Kevin joined me on Sunday. Fishing was tough!
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- Winter fishing has a lot to offer in NZ.
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- The fish in the braids are looking closer to spawning than a week ago. Time to leave them be and hit the main river.
