A day that could have had a better result.....

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A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by meppstas » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:25 pm

A day that could have had a better result.. . 1-9-17

Decided to have an afternoon trip to the river in what was pretty cool overcast conditions with a very light breeze. I'm fishing a one kilometer stretch of river that runs through a friends property and I'm hoping it's running clear enough for a spin session. After a twenty minute walk through his paddocks it wasn't long before I was at the river. It was running a little higher than I had expected, but it was clear enough to spin fish and that's all that mattered. I started off with a Mepps #00 gold blade Aglia mainly because at this time of year it's the best colour to use in cold water. A silver or fluoro coloured spinner are good too and will catch fish in cold water early in the season.
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Still plenty of water in the river...
I worked my way along this little river only to find the trout weren't out and about where I'm fishing at this stage. This first stretch I fished usually gives up a few trout too, but not today. I came to a small ninety degree bend in the river that had a nice little eddy in it, certainly was a good holding area for trout. It only took three cast and retrieves when a small 300 gram brown took the Aglia, it played merry hell for it's size. Being a river fish they do that all the way to the net where they still play up. As the spinner came over a shallow sand bank in front of me I watched that little brown come up behind it before it made a fast smash and grab at it. The following two sections of river I did have a few hit and misses, that's when I decided to change over to a gold F3 Rapala. The change of lure did the job in the next stretch of river where I picked up two more browns from three hook ups. They weren't big fish either with the best one going 360 grams, they were both nice well conditioned browns..
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First brown taken here..
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Small brown & first of the day..
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Two browns caught here...
I came to another ninety degree bend in the river that was much wider and deeper than the one I fished earlier, this pool has given up a few browns before when I have fished here. On the second cast and retrieve I felt a bit of weight come onto the lure, it felt like I had picked up a bit of the green algae that was in the river. I gave the rod a light jerk and it came free and that's when I spotted a large brown following the lure and gabbing at it all the way into the shallows. I even stopped the retrieve because that's when they'll often take it. The next cast this large cunning fish just cruised up behind the lure, nudged it a few times then turned and moved back into the deep light tannin water. It repeated the same thing three times with three different hard body lures that I flicked into that pool, all with the same result. At one stage it swam up and around me in the river as I stood motionless. Today the luck was on his side, next time if he's still there, it will go my way.. That brown would have been close on 3 lb, a solid and beautifully coloured fish.
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Looking downstream..
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Great view from the river...
I fished on for another three hundred meters where I picked up two more browns from five hook ups until I came to an area on the river where flood damage work (from June 2016) had been carried out. The river here was wide, shallow and full of green cotton like algae and that's when I called it a day. It was one of those days that could have been better had that large brown and a few others taken the lure. It wasn't to be, “no good crying over spilt milk” as they say...
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Another two brown taken here..
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One of two browns caught & released..
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All wide and shallow water ahead of me, called it a day here..
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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Paulanderson » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:43 pm

Great looking stream Adrian and no bush-bashing required.

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by meppstas » Sun Sep 03, 2017 6:49 pm

Thanks Paul, a lot easier on the body that's for sure... :-D

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by davek » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:02 pm

Killing it Adrian, great scenery to go with the fishing, cheers davo. :water:
It's an exhilarating feeling catching a fish
But it's an even better feeling releasing them

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Lightningx » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:13 pm

Top report as always. Enjoyed the read. Awesome pics :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Marty.A » Sun Sep 03, 2017 7:34 pm

Another great report Adrian but don't be so hard on yourself by seasons end you will have caught more trout than most of us will in a lifetime. :notworthy:

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by meppstas » Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:37 pm

Thanks guys...

Marty, you'll all catch up when I eventually retire from trout fishing... ;-)

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Marty.A » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:07 pm

meppstas wrote:Thanks guys...

Marty, you'll all catch up when I eventually retire from trout fishing... ;-)

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Hopefully not anytime soon mate.
Haven't been out in ages as getting my dad ready for a major operation later this month so fingers crossed it goes well then I have a lot of catch up fishing to do :thumbsup:

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Bayrock » Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:14 pm

Unreal beauty there, what an amzing place to fish

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Re: A day that could have had a better result.....

Post by Gummysmasher » Mon Sep 04, 2017 5:35 pm

always a great report

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