{"id":16494,"date":"2024-05-15T13:07:01","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/?p=16494"},"modified":"2024-05-23T00:02:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T22:02:58","slug":"summer-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sexyloops.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/15\/summer-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer snow!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most memorable days of my season was in March. I was out with Skyler and Eamonn. The prospects for the day were good with a little rain forecast in the morning followed by a nice sunny day from about noon. Off we went to the river. The morning was cool and dry. We got rigged up excited about what the day might bring. Shortly after starting fishing some light rain began. As we moved up river the rain turned into snow and the temperature rapidly dropped. This was unexpected but I didn’t think it would persist. Well, persist it did. It got heavier to the point of blizzard conditions and inches of snow started to accumulate on the ground. I was confident it would abate and the sun would come out and warm us up.. but 2 hours later the snow was still bucketing down with no end it sight. We were all wet wading. My feet were freezing – all our feet were freezing. With no sign of a break in the cloud I had to make the very unusual decision to bail out. Nobody complained. Once the decision was made to get out, it seemed important to make haste. Frostbite crossed my mind for the first time in my fishing life. We walked back in the river to stop our toes from freezing. I doubt we were in any real danger but holy feck it was cold. We got back to my truck and headed to the warmth of my house. We had lunch with the heat pump on full and cups of hot tea. After about an hour our core temperatures came up a bit and we were ready for round 2. The sun was now shining and it was nice a warm. Hot even! Such extremes in a day I’ve rarely experienced. It was March 15th which is usually still like summer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It should be said that this summer was cooler than usual. There were some very cold spells which actually made some options fishable in high summer that usually wouldn’t be. It was also extremely dry. I don’t think there’s been any notable rain in this area for about 6 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The photos below tell a few more stories. Trips with the kids and Rahel – our fantastic au pair, a lakes trip with Graeme, fishing with Bryan, the Highlights from the world famous Pisspot and more. Enjoy! Next up will be late March and into April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a look at my flies check this out<\/a>. They’re all available to purchase in-store at Patagonia Queenstown too. To book for next season (filling up fast) contact me ronan@sexyloops.com<\/em><\/strong> or visit my website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tight lines and Free Palestine. Ronan..<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bryan works a nice pool..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some dries for summer.. Mostly available from Fulling Mill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lovely Southland stream.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Plenty fish in this big pool..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Working some of the trickiest willow grubbers I’ve encountered.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brian into one during a brilliant day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cruising a backwater.. I got this one under my rod tip.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Nice water. Varied.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out for spin with Lochlan, Adalin and Rahel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Loving it!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lochlan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The next day we went to the East coast after Kahawai. Tides were all wrong!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Alan..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fishing was no good but it nice to hang out by the sea.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lochlan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rahel fires one out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good fun on the dunes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adaline – That’s Guy behind her trying to catch a fish.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Adalines art.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great work.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Out with Graeme.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Flats.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Another one goes back. Graeme learned
a lot from Zoom casting lessons from Paul.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More flats..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A super fish from a foot of water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Right through the boot and just touched the skin!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2 – Windy!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Good blind buggering.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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One on the Bruiser.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Interesting clouds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovely brownie on my indicator dry #12.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I usually walk past this water only browsing
as I pass it by. On this day it was full of fish!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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We had some great fishing in the dirty water.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The wind didn’t quit!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to head out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fellow Irishman, Kevin.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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..we had a nice day.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skyler into one..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Solid trout<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2 was different!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Snow. Lots of it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It got heavier and heavier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Made for a memorable day!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Skyler managed one..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is Summer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Bruiser saved the day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back he goes..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Time to bail out of this cold..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The same day after a slow, warming lunch.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A memorable day for all concerned.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John takes the Pisspot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great craic around the fire afterwards..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Brayden and Wesley.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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