Mika Lappalainen | Tuesday, 24 May 2022
First full fishing day is coming up. We move to south with Battleship. Paul parks us to nice bay. It is burning hot, we take Rocket C with Paul. Time for snakeheads.
Paul explains and shows how snakehead fishing should go, I take few training shots. I feel everything but being ready, it is hot like in hell, well I don't really know how it will be in there. I drink water more than ever before in my life.
Midday is getting closer when Paul see set of babies.
Game is on. Babies are moving slowly next to shore, adult is rising with them now and then. I make casts.. not even close, I'm too slow as Paul says. I'm thrilled, my knees are shaking, this is most exciting fishing ever. Sun is burning, I just concentrate babies and when adult will rise. I start to be exhausted, I would love to have break and sit down, but I can't this fishing is taking me to another world.
Finally I get perfect shot, fly is exactly where it should. BUT where the hell is my plopplop... I fucked up million dollar opportunity. My plop is too late... adult is gone, babies turn to chase fly, I try to avoid them and still I'm able hook one. Well it is my first snakehead, everything after that will be bigger.
Paul has seen free riser during my stupid fishing. He says that is time to go there. I'm happy about that, finally I can sit down and have a break. I'm not sure if it was sun, birthday whiskey, jet lag or Paul's home brewery.... the game was on and I was not in. Well it can't be whiskey's fault, single malt has ever never made any harm in the world. It could be home brewery but it was two nights ago and even it was like juice made from someone's socks. Jetlag, not really, sun maybe or just maybe I fucked up.
Paul is fishing free risers, I have some tuna and crackers and I'm pissed off. Later we have casting training and kind of competition, that goes for Paul. Later in the evening we have knot competition, make your best knot which you use on flies. That one goes easily for me, Paul had to use his tippet knot and even that couldn't beat my fly knot.
Fishing in here is all about casting and accuracy, it is fucking difficult and one of the best in the world.
Have a nice weekend and go fishing
Mika the legendary "fucking up" :p
Ps. Part three and four might be coming up :D