I’ve been a bit quiet over the last few weeks. Firstly, I haven’t been fishing much. Yes I know that’s a criminal offense. And secondly when I did get a day off to wet a line I decided to take a couple of cameras with me. Since then I’ve had my head buried in video editing software, but more on that…
Month: September 2012
Crocs! High fives and hisses
Its been a croc filled fortnight. Here’s a selection of pics, stories and science from my recent enounters with these modern dinosaurs. First to Cahills Crossing on the East Alligator River in Kakadu where we discovered a new call sign, mullet were mauled and we made a quick exit when we were hissed at by a techno croc. The next encounter occurred on a section of the…
What we are doing over the weekend and some cool fly fishing vids
I promised you all an actual fishing post after my last links post and I delivered, although the fishing wasn’t great. I was actually catching something… However, given the spate of 3oths, birthdays and the like I’ve had since I’ve been back in Melbourne its been pretty hard to get out and get in a good fish. Added to that…
The fly fishing addiction
Apparently ‘rhythms’ is the the longest word in the English language that doesn’t contain a vowel. Sitting in a close second would have to be ‘nymphs’. This is one example of how flyfishing has this strange effect on you where you start to notice and experience flyfishing-related things. It might be a dead possum on the side of the road,…
A few moments to escape- fishing on a non fishing holiday
Well, I’ve just returned to Melbourne from the Rockhamton area. Returning to Melbournes dreary weather after four days of warmth and sun is tough to say the least. I was up in sunny Queensland for a wedding and not to go fishing, so only got in a few little sessions. The wedding as held on a farmstay just out of…