After three (3) weeks of wandering around South East Asia
and not picking up a fly rod for a month (my longest dry spell for more than two (2) years) it was great to get back and to appreciate
what we have on our door step. While I came across some fantastic places none
comes close to what we have here in “God’s Country the NT”.
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| From the "Beach" in Manila |
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| To "God's Country the NT" |
Bynoe the location neap tides with heaps of fish to be sight
cast to. Had four (4) days exploring the flats with water clarity the best I
can remember. At one point the sounder showed 3.8 metres and the bottom looked
as if it was just below the surface. For most of the time Barra and other flats
dwellers were easy to find, hooking up a different matter as I think the water
clarity made them very easy to spook. I found the best result in this clear
water was to strip the fly of most of its bulk leaving a very anemic offering.
This I found did not spook the fish as much. Ended up with good numbers of
Barra to 70 cms and Queenfish to 80 cms. Great few days!
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| From the flats! |
My contacts tell me that things are warming temperature wise
out Kakadu way so going out to see if the Barra have awoken from their winter
freeze. Report to follow in a few days.
Remember: “If you never never go, you’ll never never know”.
Get out there and fish!
Tight lines
Jim Churchley
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