Tomorrow the only goal that we have is pack up our stuff and move about 125 miles SE of here. We will travel in our rental cars for about 2 1/2 hours and hope that we can remember which side of the road to be on for the entire trip.
I have to say
that this is the most physically demanding fishing and technical
fishing that I have ever had to deal with. I have enjoyed it immensely, although I wasn't always able to realize how much I was enjoying it. The long hikes carrying a back pack trying desperately to keep up with a Kiwi guide who just lopes across this country are strenuous to say the least. River crossings are a trip in themselves as guide and angler hang on to one another and off you go.
Other than the one exception today a single bad cast often badly spooks a fish that you worked so hard to find and then get into position to make the cast. I found myself wishing that I had my grandson, Keegan, here to help me scramble up and down the steep riverbanks. I think that I might have worn the butt out of my brand new waders sliding down the steep banks. Today's banks were the steepest of all - often 25' to 30' high. Arghh, it hurts to even think about that tonight.
Tomorrow is travel and rest and then back to the fishing wars for 3 more days. I am expecting more of the same in our new lodge, Riverview Lodge, near Hamner Springs. We'll see what the reality is.
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