The day before I had hooked myself on a treble on my first cast with a 4’6″ rod.
Today was meant to be revenge but the weather proved to be against us (Nigel, Itchyhand and me).
The rain started just as we entered the trail and we ended up walking to the nearest shelter to wait what turned out to be a half hour for the rain to subside. We bashed in to the spot and tried our luck. Despite unusually high surface action for a rainy day, we caught only 1 fish.
There was also only 1 school of toman fry which appeared infrequently for only a second or two before disappearing.
On the bright side, I managed to test out my new poncho which I had received as a Christmas present although it turned out to be only slightly better in that it covered most of my body but still had some (but lesser) problems with the humidity drenching the inside and it being a bit too bulky to easily move my arm to cast.
I also managed to catch a baby Toman on my Sasuke 105! Finally, after catching everything but Toman on my Sasuke, on Christmas day no less. I have even caught eels on that thing before.
We called it quits at almost exactly 9am as the rain kept pouring down heavily with only brief, intermittent dry periods. We then headed back to our respective homes to get ready for our respective Christmas lunches.