22 December 2010

Prep for NZ


I haven't able to go fishing for nearly three weekends because of
the end of year school stuff (which is always hectic) as well as all prep work for our trip to NZ.

I am still working on a spare tip for my bamboo rod which I will take to NZ, and it looks like I might be just able to finish it before we leave on Saturday.

There is still a lot of spaces in my fly boxes which should be filled with flies by now, and I do my best to tie some more. I can do the rest when I get there, I guess.






Got a new pair of shoes and a new mat for NZ

05 December 2010

A camp fish and a camp gear


I went down to a camp site next to Murray River on last Wednesday to attend our school camp.


The camp was all being well looked after by other teachers and students were having fun playing basketball before the evening meal, so I took my rod and walked down to the river instead.

There are some trout in the river, but they are few and far between. It is more realistic to catch perch down there, and that was what I was doing to kill a hour or so before the dinner.

It wasn't that exciting in terms of fishing, but it was still nice to be there, watching the water flows, and getting fish at the end of the line from time to time.


先週の水曜日の放課後に学校のキャンプに行ってきました。夕飯の前に2時間程時間があったので、近くの川へちょこっと釣りに行って来ました。川にはマスも放流されているのですが、この川で釣れる魚の殆どは、ヨーロピアン・パーチです。

名前から分かる通りの外来種で(マスも同じですが)、日本で言う所のブラックバスの様に、色々な所で増殖してしまい、今ではリリースが御法度になるくらいです。「マスよりも美味しい」と言う人が多く、沢山釣れて、味が良いと、キャンプで釣るにはちょうど良い魚です。





Speaking on camping, I bought a new tent last week for our trip to NZ. My Macpac Eclipse is loosing its waterproof urethane coating, and I have contacted Macpac to get a fly sheet replaced. Unfortunately I was told that they don't make Eclipse anymore.

So I needed to look for a new tent, and after a long search on the net, I decided to get Macpac's Microlight tent (mainly because it was $150 cheaper than a normal price during their Chrissy sale).

The new tent looks good and solid although things look bit cheaper here and there compared to my old NZ made tent. Hopefully, the new tent will serve me good for a long time as my old tent did.

スクールキャンプから帰ると、オーダーしておいた新しいテントが届いていました。

僕の古いMacpacのテント(Eclipse) は、フライシートのウレタンの防水コーティングが剥げ始めてしまい、その事を
Macpacに問い合わせると、「残念ながら、同じモデルはもう作っていない」と言われました。そこで、いろいろとインターネットで探してみた結果、同じMacpacのMicrolightというソロテントを買う事に決めました(クリスマスセールで$150も値下げしていたのが一番の理由です)。

二人用の前のテントより比べると狭く天井も低いです。それと、前のテントはニュージーランド製でしたが、Macpacのテントは今ではベトナム製。細かい箇所が色々と安っぽくなっています。

それでも
前のテントよりもずっと軽くて、パッキングも大分小さいです。これで、クリスマスホリデーのNZ旅行も安心です。


Microlight is lot lighter than Eclipse for being a solo tent.






Pegs from the older tent when the tents were still made in NZ


Cheap pegs for the new tent. The tents are now made in Vietnam


An old instruction with nice pictures. New one looks cheap and boring.