2008-02-29_MainBranch
Today was aquick scout to get back on the water in Minnesota’s Winter. I was anxious to get on the water as I had just returned from my first summer in Januaury in New Zealand.
2008-02-11, Peel Forest. Day Twenty-six.
Today is my third day in Peel Forest. It has rained since my first night here, almost steady. The rivers are running the white color of glacial silt. The reports of salmon in the rivers are regular and I remain skeptical of my New Zealand fishing successes.I started the day at 10am. My plan for [...]
2008-02-10, Peel Forest. Day Twenty-five.
I woke up groggy. I slept horribly. I was being harassed by at least one sniffy possum until the rains moved in. At that point I was occasionally awakened by gushing down pours, which I was able to identify by the leaks in the seams in my tent that has been worn by the seasons. [...]
2008-02-09, Peel Forest. Day Twenty-four.
I arrived in Peel Forest this afternoon. I paid $18 for two nights camping and bought some gas for my stove at $3.20.I set my tent and headed for the Rangitata River just down the road and across the path from camp. The Rangitata River. The Rangi is a medium sized river with braids and [...]
2008-02-08. Hammer Springs. Day Twenty-three.
Today I barely made it out of the hostel in Hammer Springs by the 10am check-out time. I spent two night in Hammer, fished the Waiau River and caught nothing but myself. I put a #10 tungsten bead head nymph though my shirt and my right nipple. Thankfully the hook was barbless. I met several [...]
2008-02-07, Abel Tasman to Hammer Springs. Day Twenty-two.
I woke at 11am and started my tramp back to Marahau at 11.30am. I made the coastal walk that was rated for four hours in 2 and a half hours. it truly was my missing to be the clock on this one and I was able to do just that, even finding the time to [...]
2008-02-06, Abel Tasman National Park. Day Twenty-one.
I slept until 10am. The campground is barren save for our Pacific Challengers and two late rising kayakers. My shade tree kept me cool well past sunrise. I awoke to the buzzing of a giant Kiwi bumblebee that was trapped between my rain fly and tent. I swatted the bee with my pillow a few [...]
2008-02-05, Abel Tasman National Park. Day Twenty.
I feel that Mother Nature has directed me back to me. I spent the last few nights in room seven of the Nelson Youth Hostel Association hostel with five of Pacific Challenge group four’s students. Today I walked 11 kilometers in three and a half hours from Marahau to the Anchorage campsite, of which, this [...]
2008-02-03, Cable Bay. Day Eighteen.
I drove the half-hour or so west of Nelson in search of Wuakapuaka Stream. From what the stream was described, as it would be similar to fishing in southeast Minnesota. A small stream with smallish trout.I scouted the stream by car driving down a winding road to the coast aptly named Cable Bay as many [...]
2008-02-02, Nelson / Marlbourough Reigon. Day Seventeen.
I made my way from Kaikoura back to Nelson today as I was to meet and asist Pacific Challenge group four on their way into Able Tasman in a few days time. On my way back i decided to have a go at some South Island Trout on Wuakamarina Stream. I drove a logging road [...]
2008-02-01, Kaikoura. Day Sixteen.
I drove several hours to the other coast of New Zealand to have a bit of fishing near Kaikoura as I had heard the the fishing was good there right now. I drove through a wine country named Marlborough onto the east coast. As I drove past seals resting on the rocks memories from home [...]