The best pastime ever!
Posted by Don Packett under Uncategorized on July 26 2005 at 9:15 PM
Sunday morning saw my grumpy half-open eyes looking toward the East.
The lady, her dad, her brother and I drove about 30 minutes away from Benoni, close to a place called Dorstfontein, to the coolest fly-fishing venue ever, Oxbow Estate.
Seven fully stocked trout dams (of which I tried three), and not one bite! It was my first time, but definitely not the last. Members get a half session at the ‘Trophy Dam’ where all the biggies swim, that’s where I’ll be next season! At the end of the day we walked away with three fish, which tasted great that evening!
This pic is of me trying to hold the rod, while trying to find the buggers in the water. Pic taken by the lady, Jan.
If you’re in the mood for a relaxing day by the water I strongly recommend you give Frank and Alison a shout. Great hospitality, great fishing and awesome monkey-gland burgers, you can’t go wrong.
July 26th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
Holy shit! Not Frank and Alison Lovell!? We used to go on caravan holidays with them. They’re by far the nicest, Brady-bunchiest family I’ve ever met…
Don, you a Benoni boy?
July 27th, 2005 at 12:12 am
i say we do a blogging flyfishing w/e. i’ll show you how the fuck its done (you just bring the dubious, beer, and the row boat)..
July 27th, 2005 at 8:26 am
mike: Not a Benoni boy, but as they say in the East, “I’m connected”. You’re absolutely right, Frank and Alison rock.
smg: spliff + beer + row boat = not a clever idea. On land, however, that’s a different story.
Tell you what, you organise it, we’ll all be there.
July 27th, 2005 at 10:51 am
Don, I knew you as a punk rocker. Now you’re a self-confessed fly fisherman… YOU’VE CHANGED! What happened bro?
July 27th, 2005 at 5:17 pm
Hmmmm….
Either there is some subtle Benoni humour that I am missing (unlikely), or you intended the heading of this post to be “The best pastime ever!”?
July 27th, 2005 at 5:28 pm
Damn! Corrected. Thanks BigGuy.