Paul Arden | Tuesday, 5 August 2025
I fitted the new 115hp motor to the back of the Battleship yesterday with the help of a friend. Actually, Amin did most of the technical work and I assisted him! And it’s very nice indeed!
But I have a lot to do now. I have a guest arriving at the end of next week; Peter from. Australia. I need not just to clean the boat, but also change the new prop from steel to aluminium, do some work on the new 25, take apart three Minn Kota thrusters, drain the Battleship fuel tank of petrol/2T mix and replace with petrol, and change the windscreen on my truck!!
Fortunately the list is not endless! But it’s certainly going to keep me busy for a couple of days.
My guiding season is looking very busy next Wet Season. I have two trips every month from Dec through to Feb booked or almost booked now. That’s great and I’m looking forward to that. Guiding is my bonus that pays for toys! Coaching flycasting is the daily living expenses of course.
Lots of rods going out this week and I think we will have caught up with orders so we will start building a stock level inventory over the next months and start work on the HT9 again. Finally!
Now if you have found a rod recently — an HT5 serial number X279 — this belongs to a very nice chap who is currently fishing in Montana. He bought the rod last week and then left it on the roof of his car. Please send me an email and I can put you two in touch! The magic properties only work for the original owner and very bad karma happens to anyone else. For example the thief that stole the HT Comp 5 Serial no4 out of my boat, was both struck by lightning and eaten by tigers. No big fishy for him.
If you are after an HT of your own, then now is a very good time to order. There are no tariffs and if for some reason you get “tariffed” then we refund this.
Have a great week! Mine is looking very busy!!
Cheers, Paul