In need of a fix

After three days of pretty miserable weather here in Kuru, Locked indoors working on a canoeing project with my Partner Lena, I was desperate & in need of a fix. My daily check on the weather report last night showed promise for this morning so I decided to get up extra early and head of to a small lake I had stumbled across while out walking Dingo the dog last week in the forests. I’d found an old rowing boat with oars inside along its shore and decided to risk it and was pleasantly surprised to find it had no leaks.

To say it was the most picturesque setting is an understatement. The lake was a mirror and mist covered it like a blanket. The only noises I heard came from a loan Black woodpecker screeching from the far end of the lake and the incessant tapping of a Lesser spotted woodpecker on the side of a dead Birch stump close by.

Its moments like that, in places like this knowing full well that you will be the only person here for the whole day that stay indelibly printed in my mind, in fact the fishing was just an extra bonus by this stage.

Anyway to cut a long story short within twenty minutes I had caught 2 jacks both on a mouse imitation and a nice Perch (size un-important) on a small white & red streamer, and was feeling rather content with myself. I swapped over to my fast sinking line and attached a bally-bomber to the business end and decided to try some deeper water. My 3^rd cast (and to be honest by this time I wasn’t paying much attention except to my surroundings) I felt a rather strong thud from below and knew I was into something a little more substantial.

5 minutes later and I had a nice 3.5kg pike on board and my fix was complete.

I paddled back to shore and took this image just for remembrance of a perfect mornings pike fly-fishing.