My blue frog

I took out my blue frog for a spin on last Sunday.

It was windy and choppy, and it was difficult to paddle and fish. 

However, the weather was lovely (it had been raining hard for a few days), and I got a couple of fish. So I was happy to be on the water in the end.

By the way, on this particular day, the tide was going out fast while the wind was coming against the tidal flow at roughly 45 degree angle (South Westerly).  My initial thought was that I would be drifting down the river with the current like a cork, but I was wrong.

I was actually being pushed towards the opposite shore by the wind while everything else like my fly line, seaweeds, etc are moving fast straight towards the ocean. If I was just sitting there and let everything goes, I would have ended up on the other side of the bridge, 20 to 30m upstream from where I started.

I would say packraft is essentially a balloon, and like a balloon floating on water, it is at the mercy of the wind.  The effect of the tidal movement seems to be secondary at least on the water around here, and this is a good thing to note for planing future trips, I thought.

久々にペットの青蛙を泳がしに行ってきました。

風も波もあって、のんびり釣りができる感じではなかったですが、 天気は良くて、魚も数匹つれて、それは、それで、良い一日でした。

ところで、今回改めて思ったのですが、パックラフトは風にめっぽう弱いです。潮が効いていて、僕の初めの推測では、川の流れに乗って河口へ向かって流されるだろうと思ったのですが、いざ出てみると、風に吹かれて徐々に上流へ流されて行きました。

風船のお化けの様なパックラフトにとっては、潮の流れよりも風の影響の方が 大きいようです。