Hey FW Crew,

Haven't posted in ages so thought i'd put up a report of recent events (which does actually include a fish among other things).

Was really lucky to get the chance to travel overseas with my wife from August-October and had a ripper time. Hadn't been to North America & Europe so was great to tick off a heap of places we'd always wanted to go. My wife has had a really rough run with her health in the past few years so we were really grateful for all the different experiences we had away together.

As part of our travels did a big road trip around the west of USA/Canada for 5-6 weeks and went to some absolutely incredible places. For anyone out there who loves camping and national parks you'd do well to get over there and check it out for yourself. Repeatedly left speachless by the beauty of nature, no man made city can ever compare! I've chucked a few pics below to show you what I mean (if you haven't seen before!). Being an Arsenal fan, another big highlight was seeing my first live game. The fact that it was a win against Bayern Munich at the Emirates was just the cherry on top.. but I digress, this is a fishing forum after all!

The thing was, as good as the trip was, I didn't go fishing for a good few months and never really had the chance. So as home drew near, I decided as soon as I got back I was gonna have a fish ASAP. Last year about this time I decided to go for a mulloway and was fortunate to nab one early on, so decided to give it another go. Obviously one is never enough and considering you're on this forum I'm sure you can relate. So within a few days of touching down back in Perth I caught up with a mate of mine and the baits were thrown out into the night. Normally my fave form of fishing is walking our world class beaches casting lures all day but sitting down for a chill out & chat under the (few visible) stars isn't a terrible way to spend a few hours.

Anyway, about 3 hours passed and nothing at all had happened.. But sure enough, just as the  "shall we hit the road?" convo started up, something picks up the old mulie and puts the foot down in a big way. I was only fishing 15lb braid again so after about 5mins of sprints he settled down and I began the old trusty lift & wind. I knew it was a good fish so the heart was really moving, and I was seriously stoked to see Mr Mulloway eventually emerge from the calm waters after a good fight. Great times! I honestly was hoping my mate would get onto the next one and not me again but I'll take it.. I guess we'll have to get out there and try catch another!

Now for some photos of the North American camping portion of our trip if you are at all interested!
 

Moraine Lake, Canada. Yep, the water is that blue, it's crazy!

Jasper National Park, Canada where we were seriously stoked to see snow for the first time even though it was still summer! 

The Highline trail at Glacier National Park, Montana. Hadn't heard much about this place before looking into this trip but it's incredible! Not far from the border of Canada & US and highly recommend visiting if you get the chance.

The rewards of the Highline trail:

This grizzly bear grylls wandered into our campground at Glacier. Very lucky to see such a massive beast so close up in the wild, but didn't sleep amazingly well in our tent that night! He clearly had the "if I can't see you, you can't see me" thing going on here.

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming was a great next stop:

Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Another @ Grand Teton,




There's a reason they have this guy on the Utah number plate! Arches National Park

Views for days at Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

Hiked up this bad boy at Zion National Park, Utah. This was definitely one of our favourite places that we visited, such an awe-inspiring landscape!

Hiking up the river canyon called "The Narrows" at Zion. A nice change being in the water when it's 37C in the sun!

There's a reason that millions of people from all over the world go to Yosemite!

Cheers guys! 


 

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