Saturday night action

We went out to try a few different spots on the Canning on Saturday night.

Night fishing can be a very good option during the summer months because we can avoid blowies and ski boats all together.

We fished on the freeway side of the river and around the Mt Henry bridge, and we caught a few fish each. Crazy Charlie was a killer on Friday a week ago, but fish liked something less flashy this time.

夏になるとやっかいになるのが、外道のフグと週末のモーターボートの大量発生。

そこで、週末にクロダイ釣りをするなら断然夜釣りの方が良いです。

ボートは日没後にはいなくなりますし、フグはなぜか暗くなるとフライを追わなくなります。

International guests

We had a lovely early summer weather on last Sunday, and I went South to take my friend and his family from Japan to catch some trout.

Fishing actually turned out to be difficult, and we only caught one fish at the end. It came up to take #18 mayfly emerger interestingly ignoring a small nymph tied behind it.

The fish wasn't a monster, but it was as beautiful as those native Japanese trout they catch over there, I thought.

I wished fishing could have been better for my international guests who came a long way, but at least we saw a few fish and got some actions (one fish nearly took my friend's fly).

It was a fine day for me to fish, and I hope they had a good time as well.

See you again folks.

EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro

It's still a good place to fish

Moore river was a nice place, but Canning river is not a bad place to fish either, if I can catch a fine fish like this from time to time.

We went to have an after noon session on Canning after we came back from Moore. This was only fish I got on Canning on a late sunday afternooon, but it was a good one to end the day.




EF 24mm f/2.8

Moore River field day

It was our club's field day yesterday, and we went out to Moore river (about 80km north of Perth).

I had never fished the Moore river before, so I was keen to see the place which my friend was describing as "a hidden treasure".

We got together in early morning at the boat ramp. I then jumped on Ross's boat, and we decided to head upstream.





The river was running between steep hills and sand dunes, and after leaving the car park area at the mouth of the river, I didn't see any sign of "civilization" or "progress" along the bank.

There were a lot of fish in the river. Grunters were everywhere from flats to snags, where as, breams were found mainly around snags. Some snags were very large and we managed to pull 3 or 4 breams from one snag.







The place was as beautiful as my friend's depiction, and I would like to thank every one for organising the field day, especially Ross for putting me on his boat.

Thank you guys. It was a very good day.








EF 24mm f/2.8

The element of surprise

We were on the river yesterday. We didn't land any fish, but one friend almost hooked up a big dog, and another friend landed $5 note.

The element of surprise.

This is what makes fishing interesting.

Big fish?


No, it is a dog.


One lucky fly fisherman.