I left my bass spinning outfit at home this morning. All I took was a 6 weight fly rod. A brave move given my track record of trying to catch something, anything, on a fly from my kayak. But every angler has their day.
Tag: kayak fishing
The dawn of another topwater season
In my quiet corner of the world the fish are becoming more aggressive. They are hungry. And they are starting to look at the surface for food. My surface lure season has begun.
Early season bass fishing
Wild flowers coloured the shoreline as I paddled upstream in search of some early season bass. It was a beautiful morning to be on the river, but the water was still cold and the bass weren’t in the […]
Kayak fishing for estuary perch
Spring has arrived and with the weather warming up it was time to dust off the kayak and chase one of my favourite fish, the estuary perch.
My home water
There’s a river close to my home. It has a steep, rocky shoreline, surrounded by a thick forest of gum trees. The landscape is typically Australian. There’s a dry, harsh undercurrent to the bush. But there’s beauty in it too. Beauty in the timeless river that cuts through the hills. A river that is my home water.
