Well last saturday nights fishing was interesting. i have been getting into leaving my fly to settle more in between retrieves and keeping the retrieve to a few small strips and found that i have been getting strikes while the fly is stationary but i have also had a few where i felt the fish on so i struck and nothing.
One thing that i have a bad habbit of is the old trout strike where i lift the rod up and pull the line. When there is nothing on you then have a situation where you have taken the fly out of the zone and away from the fish. on making some enquiries on the saltwater blog there is a consensus that leaving the fly in the zone and then a small twitch will bring the fish back on the fly again and what i am feeling is the fish nipping at the tail.
Thus the best thing I can do is not to strike and let the fish take the fly on its own and once this has happened strike by pointing the rod at the fish and pulling on the line. if the fish doesn't take off wait and after few seconds give the fly a small twitch.
sounds easy but years of trout strike in competitions gives you a gut reaction to movement on the line and it may take a while to wean me off this.
Sunday 12 January 2014
Sunday 5 January 2014
Pt Chev
well this was an interesting night. turns out that an incoming tide and north westers turn the water so murky i don't think the fish would ever see the fly even if it was right in front of them. would have been better to try somewhere other than the harbour
Whangamata
I had the opportunity to got to Whangamata for new years and was keen to have a go salt water fly in the estuary. i had not been here since i was a kid and had no idea about the area and how to fish it. As we were staying with friends that didn't have kids we decided that we would get out of the house early each morning to hang out at the estuary have breakfast and entertain our 14 month old son.
The mornings were the best part of the day and the beach was stunning first thing as the sun came up.
I fished my way to the mouth and found the kahawai were sitting in the wash and were keen to have a go at my fly. I managed to get 10 kahawai on the first day and 4 on the second. some small kids were interested in what i was doing and got all excited when they were able to touch a small kahawai that i had caught.
For anyone wanting to go to Whangamata and fish the area here is a quick low down on what i found while i was there.
1. There is a pippy bed right in the middle were the boy is if you can cast as close to it as possible.
2. On the incoming tide there is a current line that carries on past the tip of the sand point in picture that holds fish but this changes when tide starts going out.
3. the was at the mouth has fish sitting just behind it.
4.i saw some fish jumping right on the far side so if you can manage to get across there you could fish all round the rocks to the point
5. i didn't manage to fish in the surf at the mouth but i am sure kahwai would be there cruising along picking food out of the surf.
6. i have had read that the harbour inlet at the northern part of Whangamata is good but will have to try this next time.
Even though i only had a small amount of time to fish this and learn as much as i can much more time is required to fully learn the whole area and the best spots.
The mornings were the best part of the day and the beach was stunning first thing as the sun came up.
I fished my way to the mouth and found the kahawai were sitting in the wash and were keen to have a go at my fly. I managed to get 10 kahawai on the first day and 4 on the second. some small kids were interested in what i was doing and got all excited when they were able to touch a small kahawai that i had caught.
For anyone wanting to go to Whangamata and fish the area here is a quick low down on what i found while i was there.
1. There is a pippy bed right in the middle were the boy is if you can cast as close to it as possible.
2. On the incoming tide there is a current line that carries on past the tip of the sand point in picture that holds fish but this changes when tide starts going out.
3. the was at the mouth has fish sitting just behind it.
4.i saw some fish jumping right on the far side so if you can manage to get across there you could fish all round the rocks to the point
5. i didn't manage to fish in the surf at the mouth but i am sure kahwai would be there cruising along picking food out of the surf.
6. i have had read that the harbour inlet at the northern part of Whangamata is good but will have to try this next time.
Even though i only had a small amount of time to fish this and learn as much as i can much more time is required to fully learn the whole area and the best spots.
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