Keeping Up With Bob and Karen: Our Last Fly Fishing Day Was Amazing

Today was our final day on the water and again Karen and I were blessed with perfect weather for most of the day and willing trout. The browns were easy to find today. We learned to constantly to check all backwaters. Today several browns were found in the slack water. Dry fly fishing today was exceptional. On one particular long flat we sighted 6 nice browns. We were able to entice several of them. We almost stepped on the best fish of the day. Luckily he was dozing. Karen and I carefully stepped back. I delivered the dry. No response. I slowly pulled the fly back. Remember there is no current. I recast, again nothing. Was this a fish not willing to play? I jigged the fly and suddenly the brown came to life. He circled the backwater once. I recast to his right and he slowly and I mean slowly came over and sipped down my dry fly. That was cool. Karen had her best day on the water too. She caught several nice fish today. She even had a brown and a rainbow on at the same time.

Sadly a weather front rolled in later and put an end to our day. Karen was startled twice today. Once by a hearding dog and its owner looking for several cows and once by a large eel right at her feet. We helped the farmer find his cows because we saw them during our journey today. What a neat last day on the water.

We took the fishing gear apart and sadly packed it away although we absolutely loved our last day on the water.

The weather front moving in will make our long drive a bit easier to take. Off to Oamaru tomorrow. Will we see penguins?

Believe it or not Karen had a brown and a rainbow on at the same time with her two nymph system. She lost the brown and netted the rainbow.