christmas day 2016
Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:15 pm
With the rest of the family busy with lunches I found myself itching for a fish. grabbed the fly rod and headed to sugarloaf to see if i could rustle up a carp or two.
walking the banks i could see schools of bait everywhere and cruising out a little deeper little redfin. The reddies were voracious in the hot conditions and i managed to land something like 20 through out the day, nothing noteworthy in size but a bit of fun pulling multiples out of a school.
walking slowly and trying not to spook shallow feeding carp has its advantages as i was treated to the sight of this little guy while i took a breather. he came out to grab a drink as bold as you please and ended up actually falling asleep in halfway in the water. didn't realise i was there till i walked past him and even i think he was too hot to care
I stayed till dark because the reddies were really going crazy. at one point i was ankle deep in the water and had bait using me for shelter and redfin bumping into me trying to get at them.
Didn't end up seeing any carp except for one jumping way out in the middle. finished off with a great sunset and an argument with a wombat in the dark trek back to the car
thanks for reading
Niroj
ps, does anyone know where the bloody carp in this joint have gone? i've seen maybe two in about 4 visits to the place and i know it's chockers with the things.
walking the banks i could see schools of bait everywhere and cruising out a little deeper little redfin. The reddies were voracious in the hot conditions and i managed to land something like 20 through out the day, nothing noteworthy in size but a bit of fun pulling multiples out of a school.
walking slowly and trying not to spook shallow feeding carp has its advantages as i was treated to the sight of this little guy while i took a breather. he came out to grab a drink as bold as you please and ended up actually falling asleep in halfway in the water. didn't realise i was there till i walked past him and even i think he was too hot to care
I stayed till dark because the reddies were really going crazy. at one point i was ankle deep in the water and had bait using me for shelter and redfin bumping into me trying to get at them.
Didn't end up seeing any carp except for one jumping way out in the middle. finished off with a great sunset and an argument with a wombat in the dark trek back to the car
thanks for reading
Niroj
ps, does anyone know where the bloody carp in this joint have gone? i've seen maybe two in about 4 visits to the place and i know it's chockers with the things.