10 September 2013

How come fish weren't biting?

Here are a few photos of fishing on the weekend.

The weather and the tide were looking good, but fishing was slow compared to a week ago. I was getting odd hits from time to time, but fish weren't really biting for some reasons.

It was quite warm around the mid day, but the temperature dropped very quickly in the afternoon. Perhaps fish felt cold too and became sluggish.

The wind was coming from a strange direction in the afternoon too.  I find that the wind plays a big role for black bream fishing. Fishing seems to get better on a certain wind direction on a certain place.  For example, on one spot I fish, I have never caught fish on Westerly in the afternoon.  The same spot can fire up, on Easterly in the morning for some reasons.

In terms of wind, I haven't caught many fish on a flat calm day.  Fish become super spooky, and as soon as my fly line hits water, they bolt.  On the other hand, I have had good results on very windy conditions.  Even I can only manage to punch out 3 m into the wind, I still hook up fish sometime.



























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