Let It Be Summer!

It has been a little while since my last visit to the blogosphere and unfortunately it hasn't been because I have been lost in the wilderness on all sorts of fishing adventures... I have been, as quite a few of us have been, stuck at work or unimaginably frustrated at the lack of fair weather to fish in. Don't get me wrong, I don't just fish bluebird days without a fart of wind but the seemingly ever present winds that are hanging around are doing my head in. But summer is almost officially here!

The last fish I managed to get out on was in marginal 20 Knot winds and the only rivers in the area were nice and murky coloured and not much use for fishing. Being me however, I tied on a wooly bugger and tried for all it was worth. It resulted in a single strike that left me with a snapped leader and a sweet new piercing courtesy of a size 12 cone headed wooly bugger. Successful day really! 

Wind back to mid last week and Cameron and myself ventured up a new stretch of water that google earth helped us scope out. We packed our gear and excitement and charged out to the river. The water was as good as we had hoped it would be, but the fish were proving difficult in every way. The very few fish that we did manage to hook had ideas other than co operating with our plans. They fought hard and used all sorts of dirty tricks which was very pleasant to find out indeed. Although the numbers were not plentiful, the whole experience was worth it tenfold.

All in all the new water exploration was definitely worth the time away from our usual fishing waters. Sometimes it is much better to shake the familiar waterways and go out blind and test out new skills. Coming in to summer is going to make this even more exciting and not quite as difficult as the waters will be clear and the fish on the rise. Bear in mind though, that these fish will also be very wary so be on your toes!

Here are a couple of trailers to some top notch short films. Those of you who attended the rise film festival will recognise a couple of these but thought it was time to jog the memory. Enjoy!



Blood Knot [Trailer] from TwoFisted Heart Productions on Vimeo.






7 degrees south - Alphonse Island - official trailer from alphonsefilm on Vimeo.

Go check out the full story behind all of these sweet trailers and share it amongst your mates!