Hard Work Pays Off

A couple of years ago on our Snowy Mountains trip we were having a particularly hard time getting any fish at all. The culprit was the hot and dry summer we’d had which extended into Autumn. It totally ruined our trip.

But my brother, James and I walked down to the mouth of the river in the lake. If the fish weren’t going to come into the river, we were going to go get them.

I reckon we walked through 3 kilometers of knee deep mud. But we made it there and we both scored fish.

Back at the lodge that night, Woody imparted one of his gems of wisdom upon us…“See, if you put in the effort you get the reward.” He was right. We did. And we were rewarded.

This is about as close to a stuffed Meerkat as I can get for ya, Woody.

But anyway, today I put in a lot of hard work to make up for the 3 fish I dropped yesterday. The result was 4 fish landed. One of them 80cm plus.

I’d be clubhouse leader if I didn’t drop those fish yesterday.

Earlier in the day we spotted a pair of monsters in the river. These fish would had to have been 1 metres plus.

Couldn’t get this guys though. They weren’t moving for anything.

Rich