Opening Weekend…
Another season is well under way. For opening weekend I decided to try some newish water. I had fished it once before about 11 or 12 years ago but only a pool or two and my approach was not great. My memories were of a stream being so willow lined that casting was impossible but thankfully it wasn’t all that bad. It was tough, but far from impossible. I put in a couple of very big days on it to kick off the river season. I covered about 40kms on foot over the 2 days. By the time I got to the truck at the end of day 2 my legs had nearly ceased up. They were burning. I don’t believe they’ve ever burned that much. Over the winter months on the lakes, my legs didn’t get the training the rivers give them and I felt it. It was well and truly worth the pain and effort though; I had some great, challenging fishing and some magnificent fish. That’s why I’m here.
Ronan…
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- The willows provided shelter from the wind and cut some of the glare reflected onto the water from white cloud.
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- Beautiful water and about a fish per k or 2..
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- A great start to the season!
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- Interesting water!
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- Cold at times, snow on the hills. typical October.. No rain thankfully!
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- The fish were in superb condition..
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- What was this eel thinking?? A 4.5lb trout? Ambitious!
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- A well hidden clutch of duck eggs..
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- Another big brown..
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- Beautiful fish this one..
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- The never ending road back to the truck. I left it all on the river each day.. The perfect opening weekend.
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- One more fish pic!!
At lunch time on day 1, I thought of Oliver Kite and his “generous libation” as I opened my beer. I gave a libation too.