The trip on the 17th was more planned. A forumite from FlyTalk, who was down from the Freestate, wanted to fish the harbour with me. The plan was to meet him there at around 3:30. We’d wade the banks for a while, and then, when it got darker, would hit the breakwater to go for some kingies. Unfortunately the wind was howling, and so he decided not to give it a fish.
Seeing as I was all packed and ready to go, I decided to give it a try anyway. It turned out to be a good move..although the fishing was tough in the howling wind, and although I only produced 1 fish in about 2 hours, I picked up a new species. So I can now gladly say I’ve caught a Blackhand Sole on fly. Ok, so it was tiny, but a new species is a new species…and they do only grow to 15cms…