Sunday morning was chilly with showers and strong southwesterlies.
日曜日の朝はにわか雨に強い南西風で寒かった。
Odd showers on my way driving up the river. Hope the sky will clear later on.
川に向かう道中でも降ったり止んだり。後で晴れてくれればいいが。
It was cold to start fishing but the water colour looked quite good. Fishing should be good today!
釣り始めるには寒かったけど、水の状態は極めていい。今日の釣りはいいはず。
The first one bit on a gold bead nymph soon.
すぐに１発目の魚がゴールドビーズのニンフにバイト。
Good one, 2 inches short to 20".
５０ｃｍに２インチほど足りないいいヤツ。
A good one put good bend in my Scott G2!
いいヤツがスコットＧ２を絞り込む！
This was a nice and fat over 3.5lb hen, 20inches.
３．５ｌｂ、５０ｃｍの太くていいヤツだった。
Good 17-19inches brownies kept taking nymphs at most likely spots all morning.
The only one thing out of my thought was they took nymphs in faster runs and riffles more than slower runs I was thinking which means they were more active than I thought.
Having such a pleasant moment on late autumn trout river. Winter is approaching fast.
晩秋のトラウトリバーでなんとも楽しいひと時を。冬が駆け足で近づいてくる。
This nice autumn colour fish took a nymph in a fast run.
このキレイな秋色の魚は速い流れでニンフを取った。
Bye~~.
バイバ~イ
It's getting harder to remember how many fish I have landed today.
今日何本釣ったか覚えているのが大変になってきた。
Actually this was the 9th fish.
実際これが９本目。
This must be a good one! Very strong!
これはいいヤツだろう！ 強い！
Over 3lb nice jack.
３ｌｂ超えのいいオス。
Great day!
すばらしい日じゃないか！
And then, I caught the best fish of the day, a wee bit short to 5lb, 23inches jack.
そしてこの日のベストフィッシュ、５ｌｂにちょっと足りない５７ｃｍをキャッチ。
I thought this must have been one of those two good ones that I dropped last Monday. On last Mon, I saw his shape, colour and size because he jumped out of the water showing his whole body as soon as I hooked up and got hooked out....
He stayed at exactly the same spot. As a matter of fact, I tried this spot this morning but caught some other fish only. And I came back here again in the afternoon for him because I believed he was still there and finally landed.
I was pretty sure this was the one I dropped 6 days ago!
Although I have seen some other fishermen at lower reach of this river, I have never seen anyone at my favourite stretches out of the middle reach. I thought no one had come to fish here since I left on last Monday. Always only me! This is just like a dream situation for Japanese fisherman like myself. This never happens in Japanese fisheries.
Try to fish some different parts of the river where have never been before.
全く来たことのない場所をいくつか釣ってみる。
This good looking fish took a dry off the top to end the day.
最後にこのキレイな魚がドライに出た。
I had a great day!
いい１日だったなあ。
Today(Mon), the temperature was only 5℃ at noon with showers and hails in Dunedin! and It seemed to be even lower at my home river. Witer has come to the South NZ. So even myself, didn't feel like going back to the river today.
Only two more weekends left to the end of the season.
