Sea change

Fishing on our home water has been pathetic for the last couple of weeks. We have been checking everywhere, but we haven't had much luck.

It is always unpredictable around here, but even comparing to the normal level of uncertainty, it is getting beyond our understanding. I don't know what the tide and wind are doing right now, but we haven't been able to crack the code. Bait fish everywhere, the tide is running fine, but we don't get much action.

So, I suggested Mike to have sea change. We decided to ditch the Canning River all together, and instead, we went to fish somewhere else on the Swan River yesterday.

Well, I got 4 fish and lost one, and a few more hits between. It was a matter of casting out and getting my fly back. No thinking was required. Cast, retrieve, and bang!. It was as simple as that.

I went back to the Canning today and again I got no fish. May be they were all caught during the Christmas break and ended up on the BBQ grill.

この辺りのクロダイは、潮の流れや風向きや太陽の高さやフッシングプレッシャーなど、色々な事に左右されるため、パターンを使かむのが難しい。それでも、今までの経験から釣れる場所やフライを選ぶ事である程度の読みは可能です。

ただ、ホームグラウンドの川は、どういう事か最近めっきり釣れません。ベイトも沢山いるし、潮の流れも良い感じなのに、クロダイの反応はとても悪い。

こういう時は、気分をリセットするのが一番。という事で、昨日は、スワンリバーの方を探ってみる事にしました。結果は、４匹にバラシが１匹。釣れる時は、こうも簡単に釣れるのに、釣れない時は、アタリの一つも無し。

潮の流れに理由があるのか。水温のせいなのか。それとも他に原因があるのか？簡単に答えがでないところが面白いと言えばそうなんですが、釣りはやっぱり釣れた方が面白いです。