West Lakes nov 30th

[Mickyj]

Well after deciding to stay home Saturday,I was champing at the bit to get down and catch a fish.So I arrived at the water just before 7.30 am .And before I left home, I had thought it was less windy than Saturday. How wrong I was.
With at times an almost howling gale coming over my right shoulder I started casting.i had decided to use a fly i had ties earlier in the year and yet to land a fish on.the bright pink fly seemed to work at first.With large amounts of tiny bream chasing it.
But after moving spots a few times I was snagged .And this snag started on my left hand side in front of me. And ended up on my right hand side and behind me .
With me and this moving rock back ashore I swapped to a fly I had bought and caught Bream on .A very rough or crude Crab like pattern in green.And again straight away this fly had small bream chasing it .Short lived and moving spots I ended up catching some funny looking seaweed .
So deciding it was time to change up to one of my own green bait fish fly ,I moved on.
And straight away larger numbers of small bream were attacking this fly .But they were all very small and nothing large seemed to be around.
But i kept on and the wind got stronger at stages but I kept at it .And once again I was snaged this time to a underwater tree branch .
So moving back to where the car was parked I kept casting and the fish numbers increased but size didnt .
And at 9.45 that was enough for me .
So caught today
1 rock
2 seaweed
3 tree branch
All released unharmed
Cheers
until next time
tightlines.

[Alaska]

Bad luck Micky I went to the cricket and the wind did not calm down till lunch time.

It would have been a bit of a problem fly casting with that gale.
Have you had another go at the carp in the Torrens?

[Mickyj]

Bad luck Micky I went to the cricket and the wind did not calm down till lunch time.

It would have been a bit of a problem fly casting with that gale.
Have you had another go at the carp in the Torrens?

Nah I haven't Alaska the thought of snakes has kept me away .
The biggest problem with the wind was it kept pushing my fly etc in to close to shore . If it was a warmer day not a problem there always seems fish around the shallows .Or if the wind had come over my left hand shoulder my line may have gone more towards the middle .
Don't despair though I saw a few schools of bait fish so hopefully in the next few weeks things improve .
And there were so many undersize / tiny fish that the future looks ok as well.Didnt see any flatties after seeing thousands (seemed like that many) of tiny fish in schools last summer nothing of them so far.

[JAS]

Hey Micky

Great tale from the riverbank as always. Don't worry keep at it...I'm still convinced you'll catch something fishy before winter sets in

Did you manage to find anywhere a bit more local to help with that reel or have you had to write it off?

Regards
JAS

[Mickyj]

Hey Micky

Great tale from the riverbank as always. Don't worry keep at it...I'm still convinced you'll catch something fishy before winter sets in

Did you manage to find anywhere a bit more local to help with that reel or have you had to write it off?

Regards
JAS

Nah i have written it off for now .
I think you mean summer Jas

[JAS]

Hey Micky

Great tale from the riverbank as always. Don't worry keep at it...I'm still convinced you'll catch something fishy before winter sets in

Did you manage to find anywhere a bit more local to help with that reel or have you had to write it off?

Regards
JAS

Nah i have written it off for now .
I think you mean summer Jas

No I don't

Regards
JAS

[Mickyj]

Hey Micky

Great tale from the riverbank as always. Don't worry keep at it...I'm still convinced you'll catch something fishy before winter sets in

Did you manage to find anywhere a bit more local to help with that reel or have you had to write it off?

Regards
JAS

Nah i have written it off for now .
I think you mean summer Jas

No I don't

Regards
JAS

well I guess I should catch something before winter here .please can i catch a fish before winter