Night fishing after work & Sunday trip

I went to fish after work on Thursday around the Mt Henry Bridge, and again on Friday around the Canning Bridge.

I did well on the Thursday session but fishing was only good for about a half hour around 6:00, then it became quiet as if someone flicked off a switch .

I wasn't thinking to go fishing on Friday, but got called up by a friend, so I went. We got to the river at about 7:30 and fished until 9:30, catching a few fish at the end. I thought fish were being slow (not like Thursday when they were hitting flies very hard), but they were staying in one area longer (or different schools were passing by).

木曜日の夜は仕事の後で友達と釣りへ。六時ちょっと前に釣り始めてからの３０分は立て続けにアタリがあったのですが、その後はパタリ。かなり水が冷たかったので、日が落ちてから魚の活性も急降下したのかもしれません。

金曜日は、釣りに行く予定は無かったのですが、今度は違う友達からの出動要請があり、木曜日に行った橋よりも１０km位下流の橋へ行きました。木曜日とは逆で、７時半から９時半に川からあがるまで、アタリはチラホラとありましたが、これまた活性が低いのか、どうも食いが浅く、ヒットがあってもフッキングしない事が殆どでした。

Fish found at the Bridge on Thursday




EF 24mm f/2.8

I went to Mandurah for our club's field day today.

A friend and I got to the river around 8:00, and we started fishing around the bridge first. The tide was very fast, and it was difficult to get a fly down deep enough with floating lines, however, we managed to hook up a couple of fish after many drifts and mending.

I then switched to my popper but the current was too fast for my popper to stay at the top, and it kept being dragged under water instead, so I gave up the idea after a dozen casts.

We saw other friends starting hooking up fish after fish with their intermediate lines, so we discussed about changing line as well, but we decided to have a coffee break instead.

After having a nice hot chocolate, we moved to the area where we normally catch herring and australian salmon on poppers. Unfortunately we didn't see much today apart from one fish took my popper which unfortunately came off as I pulled it towards my landing net.

今日は、フライフィッシングクラブのフィールドデイでマンジュラに行って来ました。

二週間前に来た時と同じ様に、まずハイウェイの橋の周辺を釣りましたが、何時もの様に潮の流れがとても速く、フローティングラインでは難しい状況でした。それでもメンディングを駆使してなんとか魚をフッキングしましたが、やはりインターミディエイトを使っている人の方が良く釣っていました。

友達とラインを換えようか、何時もの様に湾の反対のフラットでポッパーで魚を狙おうかと悩んだ結果、カフェで温かい物でも飲んで、それからフラットへ移動する事にしました。しかし、フラットへ行ってみると今日は空っぽで、選択は裏目にでる結果となりました。

Fish I got in the morning, taking a streamer on a natural drift


Mike casting in the morning mist


Fish took Steave's green fly


EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro

We left Mandurah about 4:30, and when we got around near my place at sunset, I realized that the river was looking very beautiful today, so I asked my friend to stop the car, and I took some photo. Of course, I also had to make a few casts just in case.

帰りの夕方、川沿いの道を通る事にしたのですが、空と川の流れがとてもきれいだったので途中で友達に車を途中で止めてもらって川の写真を数枚撮りました。見慣れた流れと景色ですが、夕方の川は何時見てもきれいです。

EF 50mm f/2.5 Macro