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Big fish hunting and a bed for my truck!

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The end of the season is approaching and with all the fishing opportunities available to me I find myself going back to the rivers where a really big fish is always on the cards. A few days ago Simon Chu and I teamed up to fish together for the first time. We have know each other for a long time but not very well. One learns a lot about a fella during a day on the river together and now I know Simon a lot better and I look forward to fishing with him again. Not all anglers are compatible on a river. For example, some anglers move quickly and others slowly. A quick moving angler coupled with a slower moving angler means one or both anglers will get frustrated. Its important that both anglers fish at about the same pace and so work as a team, sometimes spotting fish for each other. Both Simon and I waste no time on the water.

Over the next few days I hope to catch up with my good friend Bob Wyatt. Bob has just completed his latest fly fishing book which should be on the shelves any day. I’m proud to be in it! Chris Dore and I will fish together one day and hopefully Chris, Simon, Bob and Myself will take on a river together. two up two down I expect.

Sean is heading back to Tassie in a few days so we won’t be fishing together for a while. He’s off to Invervagas for a farewell root but we may have a few beers on Sunday night. If not, All the best mate!

Sleeping in the truck has been uncomfortable lately so I went to the skip and got some ply and bits of wood to make a proper bed that I can stretch out on. I’m off the The Warehouse soon to get a mattress for it. Roughing it doesn’t have be rough!

Enjoy the photo’s! My big fish hunt continues…

Stuntman Ronan..

 

A tying session at Simon Chu's place the night before our day on the river.. Seans selection fresh from the vise.. And my few... these are quite heavily weighted 12's Anglers! Simon into the first of the day........ Note Simon's straight rod.. this is the moment the fish broke the cast! My first of the day! Lunch! A sandfly enjoying his last meal!! Magnificent, strong fish.. Today the fish prefered my size 12! One in his sights... Got him! This lovely hen fish reminds me of a very special hen brown I caught in Croatia during one of my best ever days on the water a few years ago.. Back she goes... It's not easy to get a good under water shot.. Simon into an energetic brown.. Solid I hope this valley will never change, It's far more than just a river.. Back at the car in time for a beer before the sun drops over the hill.. A send off steak for Sean! Steak and spuds. Borrowed the tools and got the ply from a skip! Waste not want not!! Finishing touches... The lap of luxury... once i get a matress!

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