Lazy sunday

I was meant to be doing some work today, but I was being lazy and didn't get to do much. I then went out to fish for a hour or so in the afternoon.

Fishing wasn't as good as yesterday, but I was happy to get a couple of fish on such a lazy Sunday afternoon.

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At the right tide

My friend, Mike, told me that he has finally decided to upgrade his old Daiwa #5 fly rod. So we went to a fly shop to try a few different rods.

After having a lunch at a cafe, we stopped at East Perth to see if fish has came back there. The water was disappointingly dirty thanks to a heavy boat traffic and strong onshore wind, and we quickly decided to leave the place even though I got one fish within a few casts.

友達のマイクが、新しい竿を探していると言うので、今日は地元のフライショップに行って竿を何本か試し振りして来ました。ランチの後で、East Perthのポイントを釣りましたが、早々に一匹を釣ってからは当たりが全くありませんでした。週末なのでパワーボートが沢山出ていて、ボートの引き波と岸に向かって強い風が吹いていたせいで、水は完全に濁っていました。これでは、釣りにはならないと判断して、早々にボートの行き来が少ないCanning River に場所替えです。

While we were driving back, we were talking about where to fish. We eventually decided to fish on Canning River to avoid the weekend boat traffic.

The tide was very low when we got there in the late afternoon, and we drove along the river to find a possible fishing spot.

We stopped at a sand flat which we normally drive pass. This part of the river doesn't get our attention usually. I have fished there couple times before and I got nothing but broken flies being chewed up by schools of blowies.

The place however looked interesting today as we would be able to walk to the channel normally too deep to get to.

ポイント選びに車を走らせていると、普段はウェーディングでは行く事が出来ないポイントが、潮の引きが大きい今日は行けそうに見えました。砂州の先にある落ち込みがポイントですが、普段だと深すぎてアクセスできません。

We decided to check this place first before moving to our other usual spots which have been dependable. Our bet however paid off at the end as we were hooking up three or four fish each and getting a lot of hits in between. Mike even got his 6lb tippet broken off by a nice fish.

Fish were laying at the edge of the drop-off probably waiting bait fish passing by with the incoming flow. Fish were baiting for a hour or so, and when the tide slowed down, they were gone. It was another usual story of being at the right place on the right tide, we thought.

１０分位やって駄目だったら他のポイントへ移ろうと決めて釣りを始めましたが、いきなりマイクが６lbのティペットを良いサイズの魚に切られ、その後は、二人ともまあまあのサイズの魚を、３、４匹釣りました。

魚は、落ち込みの周りを潮目にそって移動していていて、流れに乗ってくるベイトを追っているようでした。それから、しばらくすると、潮の流れが遅くなり、当たりがパッタリ無くなりました。やっぱりこの釣り、潮の流れを読むのがポイントだと改めて感じました。

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Full moon

The moon was stunningly beautiful tonight, and the river looked magical under the bright moon light.

今宵は、満月。月明かりに照らされて川は、なんとも神秘的でした。

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I only had an hour to fish today, but I got one fine fish. Canon D10

Afternoon at Mandurah Estuary

I went down to the river mouth in Mandurah to catch some herring today. It has been 6 or 7 weeks since I fished there last time, and I was still catching some estuary salmon back then.

According to my friend, salmon has gone from the estuary since, but he told me he has been catching many herring in the river for the past few weeks.

I got down there in the late afternoon today, and soon realized that the tide has changed a lot while I was away. The tide was now reversed, and I couldn't find any fish where I was catching fish last time, and it took me while to figure out where fish were.

I eventually found schools around the deep water, and I started hooking up fish. I hooked up ten or so, I think, but I kept dropping them as they jumped out of water. It was frustrating watching fish throwing a hook away at a rod tip. I was still able to land some though, and I kept a few for our dinner plate tomorrow.

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Bream and a blue summer sky

It turned out be a lovely weather today, and the blue sky reminded me of a nice summer day that we had in Japan a couple of weeks ago.

I got a couple of fish today, one small one, and one nice one just under 40cm mark.

It looks like summer is here, and it might be time to pack up my waders, I thought.

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Back to business

I am finally back to fishing since we came back from our school trip to Japan.

I had a short fishing session on Friday to get a half dozen herring. It was nice to be on the water and to cast line, feeling to be free again (it required an awful amount of energy and patience to look after a group of teenagers for two weeks day and night).

Today, Mike and I went down to the Canning on the way back from our Club's casting day. Although the weather was wet and cold, I was just happy to be on my home water and catching a couple of fish to wrap up my wonderful action packed holiday.

Casting day today




Tony's big toy








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2010 Japan Trip

I have been away for two weeks for our school trip to Japan.

It was a truly amazing time with lots of smiles, laughter, and surprises, and I think I am very very fortunate for being able to go on the tour with such a lovely bunch of people.

Thank you everyone. I had a great time with you guys, and you made me realized that I have a really wonderful job.


Flying over Shark Bay


A view of Osaka Castle


Traveling to Miyajima on a ferry




Sunset at Miyajima




Kyoto Tower from Kyoto Station










Having a tea break at Ginkaku ji in Kyoto


Walking on Philosopher's Path to Nanzen ji






Mt Fuji behind clouds


Tokyo Tower


A view of Tokyo from Tokyo Tower

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