Monday, 8 June 2009

Triple Luck

As you know I have been fishing quite a bit since I got back to Sweden, and yes... I still love fishing those days I do not catch anything. Saying that, I LOVE the the days when I do. A couple of weeks ago I went to our local put-and-take lakes to teach Camille fly-fish. As we did not catch anything we decided to spend one more day at the lakes. The only way you can fail is by giving up:)


















This particular day I was lucky. Only a couple of hours into our day I caught my first trout. Being just over a kilo it wasn't a giant but after my last attempt I was stoked that I finally succeeded to trick one of them.

We had some grilled sausage (low fat of course) and a couple of cups of coffee. Just after lunch it was time for number two. It was a bit heavier than the first one but not in as good condition as the first one. Still twice the excitement:)


As you might understand I was pretty happy about finally catch some fish and restore some of my lost ego after our pike fishing and a unsuccessful day of trout fishing. The sun was about to go down when...


















Number three. Not only did I catch some trout, I broke my own record of a days fishing in Harasjömåla put and take waters. After three fish it did not matter much that I lost another fish only minutes after landing my third one. Four trout would have been great but three is good enough to me.



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Saturday, 30 May 2009

Fly fishing...

I count myself as a pretty competitive person. In most cases I think this is a good trait. The only bad thing is that when I loose or somehow get beaten I tend to sulk. But then again, I do have a couple of things I enjoy doing where I am happy even though I am not winning. I mentioned a few month ago that I have taken up surfing which is one of those activities. The problem is, I am in sweden where there basically are no surf and spring equals freezing cold water.

Flyfishing... that is another thing I really enjoy. To be out in the woods for hours even days. Sure, I love to catch a big fish but still this is one of those things I can spend the whole day doing and walk home empty handed and feel okay with it.















Yesterday I went to the local put and take lakes in Olofström. Camille joined me for a whole day of practizing casting and attempt to catch a trout or two. The day started grey, some rain and rather windy. Some sandwiches and coffee later the weather changed for what you se on the pitcure. An awesome day... so even though we walked home empty I felt satisfied. 

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Monday, 11 May 2009

Size does NOT matter

I have always been a bit of an outdoors-kind-of-person. Growing up near the coast, fishing was always one of my hobbies. So being home for a bit of a holiday naturally means that I have spent a few days on the sea trying to catch one of the big ones.

The other day I decided to take Camille out for her first day of pike fishing. Pike is a barracuda looking predator which has a firm, tasty flesh that makes it ideal for healthy and delicious meals. Pike can grow up to 30 kilos even though my record is much more modest at 4.5 kilos. I live on the fact that a smaller fish tastes better. (hmm that sound good, i stick to that story)









So this day we went out to try our luck. About 30 minute into our day, Camille not only caught the biggest fish of the day,  but it was her first pike AND it broke my record by 500g. This was a 5 kilo pike.



















Now, I wasn't really supposed to show this last images, but what the heck, at least I did not come home empty handed... and as I said before, smaller fish taste better.


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Tuesday, 7 April 2009

The boat is in the water

The last weekend I went done to the coast to help my dad put our small fishing boat in the sea. After a tough morning, cleaning and polishing the boat we finally got it ready for our first fishing trip for 2009. 





















During spring the highlight is the king salmon. It is rare to catch but if you are lucky there is the chance of catching salmon up to 30 kg in the southern of Sweden. I should add that I am still waiting on a catch like that.

The weather was beautiful so even though we did not catch any dinner I was happy to spend a couple on the sea. Hopefully I will have time to get back to the sea soon. 

I grew up fishing and this has been one of the things I missed in Sydney. I know that the fishing around Sydney is supposed to be good but I have never got around to sending down my fishing equipment. As I return to Australia I will make sure to fish even in Sydney.

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