By 7am we were kitted up and on the water. There was a fair amount of activity around us in the shallows, and I could see it was sizeable Rainbows, so things were looking good. At around 8am I pulled out my best Rainbow of the year, a hen fish weighing in at 2,6kg. Shaun quickly informed me that I was cheating as I’d used the infamous Mrs Simpson. This of course was all biterness as he had none in his box.
Shortly after that I pulled out a stockie of around 15cm on a damsel nymph probably my smallest ever still-water fish). And then, sadly, everything went quiet. Eventually we switched tactics and Shaun started dead drifting a nymph on a strike indicator. This produced another good Rainbow from amongst the weed beds – it weighed in at just over 2kgs.
After a short lunch breaks the weather really started to move in. The wind was howling, making it difficult to cast. Since we hadn’t produced a fish in a while we packed up and headed home. What a fantastic day’s fishing!