Doing it tough at Weegena..

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Doing it tough at Weegena..

Post by meppstas » Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:29 pm

Doing it tough at Weegena..

Shot off to Weegena for another afternoon session because it's the only time I have the chance to wet a line lately. This trip was to private property where I have a decent old walk to the river which is usually well worth it. It was quite warm this afternoon and by the time I reached my entry point into the river I was already knackered. I started off with the usual gold Aglia spinner and worked a couple of fast water runs that normally give up a fish or two. They didn't give up a single fish or even a follow which was a real surprise. The river was still very low and running clear so I had a feeling the fishing my be tough here today.
Nice trout holding area. Mersey River. 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
Nice trout water..But not today..
Good trout water, Mersey River. 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
No trout here today either..
Sunglare, Mersey River 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
Very low river levels..


The following stretch of water I started fishing was a deep wide medium flowing run, it was here I used a small Daiwa hard body and had a rainbow hit it hard but it missed taking it and didn't get hooked. That was the one and only fish I saw over the next two hundred meters of river before I finally had a small (260 gram) rainbow take the gold Aglia in a long fast water run. In fact I managed to catch and release four rainbows and a small brown in that fast water stretch. The going was really tough here today because of the slime on the rocky river bottom, not only that the rocks kept moving under foot with every step I took making the wading pretty difficult. Over the rest of the session that covered some 500 meters all I caught was one more rainbow and this one was the best fish of the day. It wasn't big at all, just a 320 gram well conditioned fish that was full of colour. So that was my trip done and dusted, not one of my better ones here either with just the six below average size trout caught and released.
Mersey River. 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
Four rainbows & a brown taken in this shallow fast water..
Great colours in this Mersey River rainbow. 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
Only decent size rainbow for the day..
Mersey River brown  (Medium).JPG
Small wild brown trout..
Fast water, Mersey River at Weegena. 21-4-17 (Medium).JPG
Fast water..
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Re: Doing it tough at Weegena..

Post by mazman » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:01 pm

Nice work adrian, how did you find the daiwa?
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Re: Doing it tough at Weegena..

Post by FishnMiss » Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:29 pm

Seriously mate, every time I load one of your posts you do my head in :(

The pic compositions, reports etc are always awesome and I'm jealous :-D

Love your work man :a_goodjob:
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Re: Doing it tough at Weegena..

Post by meppstas » Thu Apr 27, 2017 8:13 am

mazman wrote:Nice work adrian, how did you find the daiwa?
Thanks guys, It's a great little lure Alex, only problem is I've lost two out of the three that I bought.. :(

One from a snag in a wide deep section of river and the other from a trout taking it as soon as it hit the water then wrapped itself & the line around a snag and busted me of, lost both the fish and the lure... Going to order a few more of them later, very impressed with them, they have great action too..

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